Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Higginbotham Acquires J.M. Insurance in Tennessee
Jan 31 2022 // Higginbotham Insurance has added J.M. Insurance Agency to its family in Tennessee. J.M. is an independent broker of commercial and personal P&C insurance, bonds and employee benefits. The broker, which has grown...
Alera Group Acquires Cate-Russell Agency in Tennessee
Jan 28 2022 // Alera Group has acquired six agencies around the country, including Cate-Russell Insurance, an independent insurance agency in Maryville. Tennessee. Cates-Russell, which offers business, personal and benefits products, is...
Tennessee Doc Pleads Guilty Then Sues Insurer After Clinic Burns Down
Jan 26 2022 // A Tennessee doctor who pleaded guilty to running a pill mill has now filed suit against his property insurance carrier for failing to pay after a suspicious fire destroyed his clinic. Dr. David Bruce Coffey of Oneida, in...
Tennessee Jury Awards $9 Million to Man Who Sipped Cleaning Fluid at Restaurant
Jan 20 2022 // A Tennessee jury has awarded damages far above what the plaintiff asked for, after finding the Cracker Barrell restaurant company at fault for allowing a customer to accidentally drink a cleaning compound. The customer,...
$1 million Available for Tennessee Volunteer Fire Department Equipment
Jan 19 2022 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance is reminding residents that the state has $1 million available for firefighting equipment for the state’s more than 500 volunteer fire departments. The department...
Hilb Group Buys Interest in Tennessee-based Churchill Agency
Jan 5 2022 // The Hilb Group announced it has acquired membership interest in the Churchill Agency, based in Brentwood, Tennessee. The Hilb Group is a property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage headquartered in...
Gallagher Acquires Five Points in Tennessee
Dec 28 2021 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Franklin, Tennessee-based Five Points Benefits Solutions, an employee benefits provider, the company announced this month. Five Points, founded in 2011, serves clients in...
Tennessee Approves 5.6% Cut in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs; COVID Impact Uncertain
Nov 30 2021 // The Tennessee commissioner of commerce and insurance has ratified a 5.6% decrease in workers’ compensation loss costs for voluntary market in 2022, which will result in the ninth straight year of rate decreases for...
Tennessee Governor’s Counsel Warned that Anti-Vax Bills Illegal
Nov 24 2021 // Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s office warned lawmakers that their sprawling bill limiting COVID-19 restrictions would violate federal law that protects people with disabilities and put the state at risk of losing federal...
Reliance Expands Auto Quote Platform to Tennessee
Nov 23 2021 // Reliance Global Group, which utilizes artificial intelligence and data mining to assist agents in writing auto insurance policies, announced it has launched 5MinuteInsure.com in Tennessee, its fifth new state in recent...
If a Tree Falls on a Porta-Potty, Injury Not Compensable, Tennessee High Court Finds
Nov 22 2021 // If a tree falls on worker while he’s on a bathroom break, the resulting injury is not necessarily compensable, the Tennessee Supreme Court has decided. In Brett Rosasco v. West Knoxville Painters and State Farm Fire...
Habart Named Director of Tennessee’s Surging Captive Section
Nov 22 2021 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance has promoted the Captive Insurance Section’s acting manager to be director of the section. Jonathan Habart Jonathan Habart has been acting director since Aug. 3 and...
Federal Court in Tenn. Dismisses Another COVID Coverage Suit
Nov 9 2021 // Another federal court has dismissed a COVID-19 virus-coverage lawsuit brought by a company that had its business-interruption claim denied by its insurance carrier. In Agilitas USA vs. Hartford Fire Insurance Co., the U.S....
Berkley One Moves into Tennessee, D.C., Indiana
Oct 25 2021 // Berkley One has expanded its personal lines business to Tennessee, Indiana and the District of Columbia. Berkley One collector vehicle coverage is also launching in Idaho, Oregon and Washington, the company said in a news...
3M Offers $98M to Settle Tennessee River ‘Forever’ Chemicals Claims
Oct 20 2021 // Industrial conglomerate 3M Co on Tuesday said it had agreed to pay about $98.4 million to settle claims that it contaminated the Tennessee River with toxic chemicals. 3M agreed to resolve a lawsuit by environmental group...
Porch Group’s Homeowners Insurance Moves into Tennessee
Oct 7 2021 // Homeowners of America, a property and casualty insurance provider and subsidiary of the Porch Group, announced it is open for business in Tennessee. Tennessee is HOA’s 10th state of operation. The line of business...
Officials Investigating Gas Leak at Tennessee Tyson Foods Facility
Sep 8 2021 // Officials are investigating a release of toxic ammonia gas at a Middle Tennessee chicken processing plant that led to the evacuation of more than 200 residents. Fire officials said the gas leak at a Tyson Foods facility in...
Tennessee Leads States’ Suit Against Biden Administration Over LGBT Protections
Sep 1 2021 // Attorneys general from 20 states sued President Joe Biden’s administration Monday seeking to halt directives that extend federal sex discrimination protections to LGBTQ people, ranging from transgender girls...
Final Victim of Tennessee Flooding Found; Death Toll Stands at 20
Aug 27 2021 // The body of the final person missing from a devastating weekend flood in Middle Tennessee was recovered on Wednesday, prompting the search for victims to be suspended as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Tennessee Flooding Damages More Than 270 Homes
Aug 26 2021 // Crews with chainsaws and heavy equipment cleared their way through trees densely matted with vegetation, garbage and building debris Tuesday as searchers scoured a normally shallow creek for more flooding victims in rural...
