Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fisher Named Executive Director of PIA of Tennessee
May 25 2016 // Kristopher Fisher has been named executive director of the Professional Insurance Agents of Tennessee. Transitioning from director of Member Services to executive director, Fisher’s new responsibilities include:...
Insurors of Tennessee Adds Small as Membership Specialist
May 18 2016 // Insurors of Tennessee has added Ellie Small to the Association staff as membership specialist. Small will manage the continuing education program, coordinate course registration and provide administrative support to the...
Tennessee-Based Reliance Partners Promotes Chastain
May 17 2016 // Reliance Partners has promoted of Jordan Chastain to the position of senior director of Sales for the transportation division of the company. Chastain is a native of Gainesville, Ga., and a graduate of the University of...
Tennessee Investigating Death of Knoxville Steel Mill Worker
May 16 2016 // The Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death of a worker at a Knoxville steel mill. Knoxville police have said 55-year-old Anthony McDowell was working in a storage area of Gerdau...
Tennessee Revokes 14K Licenses of Clarksville Area Drivers
May 10 2016 // Thousands of people in the Clarksville, Tennessee, area received surprise notices in the mail that their licenses have been revoked because records show they have not paid court fines and fees dating back to 2012. A total...
Tennessee Bill Allowing College Employees to be Armed Becomes Law
May 5 2016 // A bill allowing staff and faculty at Tennessee’s public colleges and universities to be armed on campus became law Monday without the Republican governor’s signature. Gov. Bill Haslam said in a statement that...
The Crichton Group in Tennessee Promotes 2
Apr 24 2016 // The Crichton Group, an independent insurance agency in Middle Tennessee, has promoted Austin Madison, a partner, to senior vice president, and Blake Weidman to partner and vice president. As senior vice president, Madison...
Big ‘I’ Agents Honor Wilson with Yates Lifetime Achievement Award
Apr 22 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) has awarded Bill Wilson with the Jeff Yates Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor the association bestows on a non-agent, for a...
Tennessee Says At Least 15% of State Affected by UnitedHealth Withdrawal
Apr 21 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) is notifying consumers that UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company will no longer offer coverage to Tennessee consumers through the Federally Facilitated Marketplace...
Fire at Tennessee Apartment Complex Kills 1, Destroys 11 Homes
Apr 20 2016 // One person has died and 11 homes have been destroyed following a fire at an apartment complex in Harriman, Tenn. Harriman Fire Department Chief David Bailey tells news outlets that the fire broke out Sunday morning at the...
Officials Caution Tennessee Residents of E. Coli From Sewage Spill
Apr 8 2016 // Environmental officials in Tennessee are advising the public not to come in contact with water in a lake near the Mississippi River in West Tennessee where a broken sewer line has resulted in “an extremely high level...
Study: School Bus Crashes in Tennessee County Double the Guideline
Apr 8 2016 // An independent study has shown that school bus crashes are double the performance guideline in Knox County, Tennessee. Media outlets report the study was conducted by Missouri-based School Bus Consultants was made public...
Tennessee-Based The Crichton Group Appoints Jones as President
Apr 4 2016 // The Crichton Group, an independent insurance agency in Tennessee, has promoted veteran team member Cooper Jones to president. Jones succeeds Bob Jackson in the role, who will now act as a co-chair of the company and...
Tennessee Doctors Sued for Operating Pill Mill, Defrauding Government
Mar 28 2016 // The United States government and the state of Tennessee have sued a Lenoir City chiropractor and a Manchester doctor, accusing them both of fraud and operating pill mills. Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s office in...
Tennessee Reports 37% Growth in Captive Insurance Industry
Mar 21 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announced that 57 new captive insurance companies domiciled in the state in 2015 – a 37 percent increase over 2014. The new captives are comprised of 47...
DUI Arrests Rise in Tennessee City, Decrease Statewide
Mar 15 2016 // The number of people arrested for driving under the influence in Chattanooga has risen despite a decrease in the number of DUI arrests statewide, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. A recently released...
Tennessee Announces Disciplinary Actions Against 2 Insurance Agents
Mar 14 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announced disciplinary actions against two Tennessee licensees for several violations including the knowing misappropriation and conversion of moneys and...
PIA of Tennessee Adds New Program Administrator
Mar 6 2016 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Tennessee have hired Jessie Litkenhus as program administrator. Her primary responsibilities will be coordinating the association’s educational programs, events, and marketing...
Tennessee Reports Fire Death Rate Reached New Low In 2015
Feb 24 2016 // The Tennessee State Fire Marshal (SFMO) reports that for the second consecutive year, Tennessee fire deaths decreased to a new state-record low while the number of lives saved by smoke alarms installed by the state’s...
Tennessee Warns of Hoverboard Dangers After 2 Nashville Fires
Feb 22 2016 // The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office issued a consumer alert about the potential fire hazards of so-called “hoverboard” toys after two recent fires in Nashville. One of the fires destroyed a $1...
