Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Trinity Benefit Advisors of Tennessee Joins BKS-Partners Operating Group
Jun 9 2020 // Knoxville-based Trinity Benefit Advisors (TBA) has entered a partnership with BRP Group, Inc. to become part of its BKS-Partners operating group. TBA is a provider of employee benefits to employers across the southeastern...
Tennessee to Require COVID-19 Testing at Long-Term Care Facilities
Jun 1 2020 // Gov. Bill Lee’s administration announced Friday that long-term care facilities will soon be required to test all of their residents and staff for COVID-19 after initially just urging nursing homes to do so. According...
Farm Workers Getting Sick, Spreading Coronavirus As Peak Produce Season Begins
May 29 2020 // All of the roughly 200 employees on a produce farm in Tennessee tested positive for Covid-19 this month. In New Jersey, more than 50 workers had the virus at a farm in Gloucester County, adding to nearly 60 who fell ill in...
DUAL Specialty Underwriting Adds Black to Management Liability Team in Tennessee
May 28 2020 // DUAL Specialty Underwriting (DSU), the Management Liability division of DUAL North America, has added Heather Black as a senior underwriter. Black will be located in Nashville, Tenn. Black brings nearly 18 years of...
States Sharing of COVID-19 Patients’ Data With First Responders Sparks Privacy Concern
May 21 2020 // More than 11 million people have been tested in the U.S. for COVID-19, all with the assurance that their private medical information would remain protected and undisclosed. Yet, public officials in at least two-thirds of...
Hub International Acquires Assets of Hatchett Insurance Agency of Tennessee
May 15 2020 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Hatchett Insurance Agency, LLC (Hatchett Insurance). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Winchester, Tenn.,...
Reliance Partners of Tennessee Appoints Albrecht as CFO, CRO
May 13 2020 // Reliance Partners has added Thom Albrecht as chief financial officer and chief revenue officer. Albrecht is a 32-year veteran of the transportation space and served most recently as chief commercial officer and chief...
How to Manage Two Disasters at Same Time
May 7 2020 // On March 5, Tennessee governor Bill Lee announced the state’s first confirmed case of Covid-19. Three weeks later on Easter Sunday, tornadoes touched down outside of Chattanooga, killing four people and flattening...
Strong Storms Knock Out Power for 100K in Tennessee
May 6 2020 // Storms with high winds swept through Tennessee knocking down trees and power lines, causing one death and leaving more than 100,000 customers without power, officials said. The storms Sunday caused one of the largest power...
Tennessee Halts Temporary Producer Licensing as Testing Centers Reopen
May 4 2020 // New applications for temporary insurance producer licenses in Tennessee have been discontinued by the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) as physical testing locations begin to reopen throughout the...
Tennessee Insurance Claims from Deadly March Tornadoes Top $1B
May 4 2020 // More than 15,600 insurance claims seeking more than $1.1 billion have been filed in Tennessee over deadly tornadoes that tore through the state early last month, state officials said last month. Tennessee Department of...
Direct Auto Insurance of Tennessee to Give 15% Credit on April Auto Policies
May 1 2020 // Direct Auto Insurance affiliates will give personal auto insurance policyholders a 15% credit on their April premiums in an effort to assist customers impacted by COVID-19. Policyholders do not have to take any action to...
Many Tennessee Restaurants Get Green Light to Reopen Despite Virus Spread
Apr 29 2020 // Most of Tennessee’s restaurants were given the green light to allow dine-in service once again Monday as part of Gov. Bill Lee’s directive to begin reopening the state’s economy that had been largely...
Tennessee Insurance Claims from Deadly March Tornadoes Top $1B
Apr 27 2020 // More than 15,600 insurance claims seeking more than $1.1 billion have been filed in Tennessee over deadly tornadoes that tore through the state early last month, state officials said Thursday. Tennessee Department of...
Georgia Governor Gives Certain Businesses Green Light to Reopen Friday
Apr 22 2020 // Georgia’s governor announced plans Monday to restart the state’s economy before the end of the week, saying many businesses that closed to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus could reopen as early as...
Destruction from Storms Across Southeast ‘Worst in a Decade;’ Death Toll Rises to 30
Apr 15 2020 // Storms that killed more than 30 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United States on Monday, leaving more than 1 million homes and businesses without power amid floods...
Farm Bureau Insurance of Tennessee to Distribute $30M to Policyholders
Apr 15 2020 // Farm Bureau Insurance of Tennessee said it will issue $30 million in special payments to its auto policyholders in the state in response to economic stresses caused by the coronavirus emergency. The special payment is...
Death Toll Climbs to 9 From COVID Outbreak at Tennessee Nursing Home
Apr 8 2020 // Nine people have now died in a coronavirus outbreak at a Tennessee nursing home that saw more than 100 people test positive. Sumner Regional Medical Center spokesman Kyle Brogdon on Tuesday confirmed the new total of...
How Acceptance Insurance of Tennessee Is Responding to Crisis
Apr 8 2020 // Acceptance Insurance has committed to helping its employees and customers during the COVID-19 pandemic through continued pay, home goods donations and safe working conditions, according to a statement from the...
Business Moves
Apr 6 2020 // East Hub International Limited, Triester, Rossman & Associates Hub International Limited, a global insurance brokerage, has acquired Triester, Rossman & Associates Inc. Located in King of Prussia, Penn., TRA...
