Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Disaster Aid Available for Tennessee Small Businesses Affected by Virus Outbreak
Mar 26 2020 // Tennessee small businesses that have been economically harmed as a result of the coronavirus outbreak can apply for U.S. Small Business Administration disaster loans, the state said. Small businesses and nonprofit...
Tennessee Regulator Places Moratorium on Policy Cancellation of Tornado Victims
Mar 18 2020 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) has issued a directive to all licensed Tennessee insurance carriers that cancellations/non-renewals for non-payment of insurance premiums on all lines are to be...
Difficult Choices Ahead for Historic Buildings in Tennessee Ravaged by Tornadoes
Mar 17 2020 // Property owners affected by the tornadoes earlier this month now face two options: rebuild or bulldoze. The storms damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses throughout Middle Tennessee. And historic buildings...
Tornado Death Toll Rises to 25 in Tennessee
Mar 16 2020 // The death toll from storms that unleashed powerful tornadoes in Tennessee early this month has risen to 25, authorities said Thursday as they announced that a man had died of his injuries. The death raised the number of...
Hub Acquires Assets Harris, Madden, Powell, Stallings & Brown of Tennessee
Mar 12 2020 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of Harris, Madden, Powell, Stallings & Brown, Inc. (HMP). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. HMP is an independent,...
Tornado Warning System Worked for Tennessee Twisters, But Effectiveness Unknown
Mar 9 2020 // Sirens screamed. Emergency weather alerts buzzed cellphones. News crews pleaded with people to seek cover. In the aftermath of the massive tornadoes that ripped through Tennessee early Tuesday morning, emergency officials...
Weather Service: At Least 6 Tornadoes Hit Tennessee During Severe Storms
Mar 9 2020 // At least six tornadoes hit middle Tennessee during a series of storms last week that killed 24 people and caused massive damage, the National Weather Service in Nashville confirmed Friday. The strongest tornado overnight...
Tennessee Licenses 200th Captive Insurance Company
Mar 9 2020 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) has licensed its 200th insurance company, Mattoon Insurance Co., making the state the seventh-largest captive domicile in the U.S., according to a statement from...
Amid Tennessee Tornado Devastation, Surviving Homes Become Beacons of Hope
Mar 6 2020 // Moments after a tornado tore through his quiet Tennessee neighborhood, Darrell Jennings walked out his front door and heard screaming. The house next door – and many others – had been leveled to its...
Tennessee Sets Up Mobile Units for Tornado Victims Without ID
Mar 6 2020 // Two mobile units have been deployed to help residents who lost state driver’s licenses or photo identification in severe storms that ravaged Tennessee counties this week. Tennessee’s Department of Safety and...
Death Toll from Tennessee Tornadoes Climbs to At Least 24
Mar 5 2020 // Rescuers searched through shattered Tennessee neighborhoods for bodies Tuesday, less than a day after tornadoes ripped across Nashville and other parts of the state as families slept. At least 24 people were killed, some...
Tennessee Left Reeling by Devastating, Destructive Tornadoes
Mar 4 2020 // Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing 24 people. One of the twisters caused severe damage across downtown Nashville, destroying the stained glass in a historic church...
Tennessee Governor Declares State of Emergency After Multiple Tornadoes
Mar 3 2020 // Damage to areas of Nashville from severe tornadoes that hit the area March 2 and March 3, 2020 is captured by resident Adam Holdren. Reprinted with permission. Severe weather and tornadoes have impacted several counties in...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Full Service Insurance Agency of Tennessee
Mar 3 2020 // USI Insurance Services, a provider of risk management, employee benefit and retirement plan consulting, has acquired Franklin, Tenn.-based Full Service Insurance Agency, Inc. Founded in 1975, Full Service Insurance is a...
Tennessee Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Appeal by Drug Makers in Opioid Suit
Feb 28 2020 // The Tennessee Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from pharmaceutical companies asking to be dismissed as defendants in an opioid lawsuit. The suit was filed in Campbell County in 2017 by six Tennessee district...
Tennessee Licenses 200th Captive Insurance Company
Feb 21 2020 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) is marking the licensing of its 200th captive insurance company, Mattoon Insurance Co., making the state the seventh-largest captive domicile in the U.S.,...
Tennessee Teen Kidnapped by Teacher Settles with School District for $650K
Feb 20 2020 // A lawsuit has been settled between a Tennessee school district and a former student who was kidnapped by a teacher when she was 15. Tad Cummins sparked a 39-day nationwide manhunt when he fled the state with the former...
Tennessee Grand Jury Wants Criminal Investigation Into Coal Ash Worker Illnesses
Feb 20 2020 // A grand jury in Tennessee said it would support a criminal investigation into claims that a Tennessee Valley Authority contractor failed to protect workers cleaning up a massive coal ash spill, many of whom later fell ill...
Soggy Neighborhoods Under Flash-Flood Warning in Mississippi
Feb 19 2020 // Forecasters expected more heavy rains in parts of the flood-ravaged South on Tuesday, prolonging the misery in neighborhoods surrounded by water. Some of the hardest-hit areas were under a flash flood watch, as the...
Ex-FEMA Spokeswoman Dennis Tapped as TDCI Assistant Director of Communications
Feb 13 2020 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) has appointed Abbey Dennis as assistant director of Communications & External Affairs. Dennis most recently served as the deputy press secretary to the Federal...
