Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee OSHA Head Says Spike in State Worker Deaths ‘Alarming’
Aug 30 2016 // The head of the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration says a spike in on-the-job fatalities last month is “alarming.” TOSHA administrator Steve Hawkins tells WPLN-FM four of the 10 deaths in...
Starr Companies Opens Nashville Office, Hires Ponder as Branch Manager
Aug 29 2016 // Starr Companies has added Michael Ponder as the branch manager for its newly-opened Nashville office. He will be responsible for strategic growth, financial performance as well as broker and client relationships within...
Safety Inspections of Thrill Rides Vary by State
Aug 24 2016 // In some parts of the U.S., the thrill rides that hurl kids upside down, whirl them around or send them shooting down slides are checked out by state inspectors before customers climb on. But in other places, they are not...
Tennessee Deputy Commissioner West Elected to National Association of State Fire Marshals
Aug 23 2016 // The National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) elected Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Deputy Commissioner Gary West as secretary-treasurer during its annual membership meeting in...
Tennessee’s Hudgens Tapped to Head Southern Workers’ Comp Group
Aug 22 2016 // The administrator of Tennessee’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has been named president of the Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation Administrators. Abbie Hudgens has been administrator of the...
People – Southeast
Aug 22 2016 // Brentwood Services Administrators (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., has hired Stephanie Bryant as senior claim representative in the Brentwood office. The company also announced it has promoted LaTronya Roberts on...
Declarations
Aug 22 2016 // Star Trek Tragedy “In spite of our unbelievable grief, we decided to come here to prevent other families from the same tragedy.” — Victor Yelchin, father of “Star Trek” movie actor Anton...
Ulmer Named President, CEO of Tennessee-Based Regions Insurance
Aug 17 2016 // Regions Financial, headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., has named Rick Ulmer president and CEO of Regions Insurance Group, Inc. with responsibility for Regions Insurance operations in 10 states. Regions Insurance Group is a...
Tennessee Town Urges Caution After 2 Fires Caused by Oily Rags
Aug 16 2016 // An east Tennessee community is urging the proper storage and disposal of oil-soaked rags following the fourth fire involving spontaneous combustion in the past four years. The city of Oak Ridge says in a news release that...
Tennessee Investigating Outbreak of Equine Disease Affecting Race Horses
Aug 15 2016 // Tennessee’s state veterinarian office is investigating an outbreak of a disease involving 17 horses in Middle Tennessee. The Agriculture Department said in a news release that a group of racing quarter horses tested...
Tennessee Ride Inspector Reported Worn Rivets on Ferris Wheel That Dropped Girls
Aug 15 2016 // Worn out rivet fasteners on a Ferris wheel are being blamed for an overturned gondola at an eastern Tennessee fair that sent three girls plummeting more than 30 feet to the ground. The Tennessee Department of Labor and...
3 Girls Injured, 1 Critically, in Fall from Tennessee Ferris Wheel
Aug 11 2016 // One of three girls who fell from a Ferris wheel at a county fair in Tennessee suffered a traumatic brain injury and remained in critical condition Tuesday, a doctor said. Dr. Bracken Burns, director of trauma services for...
Tennessee Fines Zenefits $62K Over Unlicensed Insurance Sales
Aug 8 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) has issued a Consent Order against YourPeople, Inc., (DBA Zenefits FTW Insurance Services) and ordered the California-based company to pay a civil monetary penalty...
Tennessee Reports $1.5M in Insurance Restitution So Far in 2016
Aug 5 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Insurance’s (TDCI) Consumer Insurance Services Section returned $1,577,917.59 to Tennessee consumers through the first half of 2016. The restitution efforts were the result of TDCI...
The Crichton Group in Tennessee Names Hite Partner, Vice President
Jul 29 2016 // The Crichton Group, an independent insurance agency in Middle Tennessee, has promoted industry veteran Dan Hite to the position of partner and vice president. Previously, Hite served as commercial insurance advisor for the...
Zenefits Settles With Tennessee Over Unlicensed Health Insurance Sales
Jul 26 2016 // Zenefits reached its first settlement with a state government over its use of unlicensed health insurance brokers, an issue that prompted investigations in at least three other states and led its founding chief executive...
Tennessee Commish McPeak Elected to Global Insurance Committee Leadership Post
Jul 25 2016 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance Commissioner (TDCI) Julie Mix McPeak has been elected by her fellow members of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to serve as vice chair of the...
Brentwood Services Administrators in Tennessee Promotes Roberts to Claim Representative
Jul 14 2016 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., promoted LaTronya Roberts on its Tennessee Claims Department team to the position of claim representative, according to Jeff Pettus,...
3 Deaths Reported in Tennessee from Weekend Storms
Jul 11 2016 // The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency says severe storms overnight July 8 are to blame for three deaths in the eastern part of the state. The agency says a 60-year-old man and 40-year-old woman were killed in Carter...
Tennessee Updates Captive Law, Sets Sights on Being ‘Captive Leader’
Jul 11 2016 // Tennessee has stepped up its efforts to establish the state as a captive leader with new enhancements to the state’s captive insurance laws passed this year by the Tennessee Legislature. The changes to the 2011...
