Latest Tennessee Headlines
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Tennessee Lawmakers Reluctantly Move Bill Requiring Seat Belts on School Buses
Apr 6 2017 // A bill that would require seat belts on new school buses in Tennessee continues to advance in the Legislature, but lawmakers remain skeptical about the restraints. Questions about the cost of the measure and concerns about...
Tennessee Revokes Licenses of 4 Insurance Producers Over Violations
Apr 5 2017 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) announced disciplinary actions including fines against four former Tennessee insurance producers who violated various provisions of Tennessee law, according to a...
Tennessee Sees Improvement in Number of Insurance Consumer Complaints in 2016
Apr 3 2017 // Insurance complaints ranked last of the top 10 consumer complaint categories for 2016, according to the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Division of Consumer Affairs. The number of consumer...
Tennessee Lawmakers Reject Bill Shielding Drivers Who Hit Protesters
Mar 24 2017 // A Tennessee committee has voted down a bill to protect drivers from lawsuits if they hit protesters who are blocking traffic. On Wednesday, the House Civil Justice Subcommittee voted against the legislation by Republican...
Reliance Partners Adds Copeland to Leadership Team in Tennessee
Mar 23 2017 // Reliance Partners has expanded its leadership team with the addition of veteran insurance professional Stephen Copeland as senior director of Customer Service. Copeland has more than 20 years of industry experience, which...
BSA in Tennessee Promotes Wall To Medical Only-Claims Rep
Mar 22 2017 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., promoted Courtney Wall in February 2017 to the position of medical only-claims representative in the Brentwood office, according to Jeff...
Tennessee Sees Improvement in Number of Insurance Consumer Complaints in 2016
Mar 21 2017 // Insurance complaints ranked last of the top 10 complaint categories for 2016, according to the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Division of Consumer Affairs. The number of consumer complaints...
Dolly Parton Fund Aids 921 Tennessee Wildfire Victims
Mar 16 2017 // Dolly Parton’s My People Fund has issued monthly checks to 921 people who lost their homes in deadly wildfires that ravaged East Tennessee last year. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Dollywood Foundation...
Brentwood Services Administrators in Tennessee Promotes Perkins
Mar 14 2017 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., has promoted Shelby Perkins to medical only-claims representative in the Tennessee Claims Department in the Brentwood office, according...
Deadly Bird Flu Found at Tennessee Chicken Farm That Supplies Tyson
Mar 6 2017 // A deadly form of bird flu has been confirmed in a southern Tennessee operation that supplies Tyson Foods Inc. with chickens, marking the first U.S. case at a commercial farm this year and prompting South Korea to ban...
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Mar 6 2017 // Gov. Eric Greitens has tapped Chlora Lindley-Myers to lead the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration. Her appointment is subject to approval by the Missouri...
Tennessee Captive Industry Sets Record Growth in 2016
Mar 6 2017 // Tennessee’s captive insurance market saw a record annual total of 104 risk bearing entities (RBEs) added in 2016, according to data released by the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI). The new...
Lindley-Myers Appointed as Head of Missouri Insurance Department
Feb 16 2017 // Gov. Eric Greitens has chosen Chlora Lindley-Myers to lead the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration. Lindley-Myers currently serves as deputy commissioner at the Tennessee...
Judge Rejects Bid to Dismiss Alabama Water Contamination Lawsuit
Feb 16 2017 // A federal judge in Alabama is refusing to dismiss an environmental group’s lawsuit over alleged chemical contamination in the Tennessee River. The Decatur Daily reports U.S. District Judge Abdul Kallon won’t...
Tennessee Captive Industry Sets Record Growth in 2016
Feb 13 2017 // Tennessee’s captive insurance market saw a record annual total of 104 risk bearing entities (RBEs) added in 2016, according to data released by the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI). The new...
Farris Evans Insurance Agency in Tennessee Restructures Ownership
Feb 10 2017 // Farris Evans Insurance Agency (FEIA) of Memphis, Tenn., has restructured the ownership of the privately held firm and promoted Vice President Chadwick Willoughby, now a major equity holder of the company, to president. The...
Tennessee Police to Monitor School Buses After Deadly Crash
Feb 9 2017 // Law enforcement officers in Tennessee plan to follow and ride Hamilton County school buses at random after a bus crash killed six students in November. The Times Free Press says the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Hamilton...
Tennessee Valley Authority, Environmental Groups Await Decision on Pollution Case
Feb 7 2017 // The Tennessee Valley Authority finished a four-day trial Thursday in which environmental groups accuse the utility’s power plant outside Nashville, Tennessee, of illegally polluting the Cumberland River with coal...
Tennessee Wildfire Insurance Claims Hit $842M
Feb 6 2017 // Tennessee state officials said last month that insurance claims have topped $842 million in the deadly eastern Tennessee wildfires that burned thousands of buildings. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported the number,...
Tennessee Insurance Dept. Wraps Up 2016 With Disciplinary Actions Against 5 Agents
Jan 24 2017 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) has taken disciplinary actions including fines totaling more than $77,000, license revocation and other punishments against five Tennessee insurance licensees for...
