Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tennessee Focused on Reducing Highway Traffic Deaths
Nov 20 2013 // The Governor’s Highway Safety Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol are reaching out to communities across the state to offer help in reducing traffic fatalities. The Tennessean reported that the agencies are...
Regions Insurance Expands Employee Benefits Practice in Tennessee
Nov 6 2013 // Birmingham, Ala.-based Regions Insurance, an affiliate of Regions Bank, said it entered into an agreement with The Hanback Group in Nashville, Tenn., to obtain the firm’s personnel and accounts. Financial terms of...
Tennessee Court Finds City Not Liable for Death by Fallen Tree
Nov 4 2013 // The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled that Knoxville isn’t liable for a tree that fell on and killed a woman driving on a city street. Judge Thomas R. Frierson wrote for the court that even if the city knew the...
Tennessee DUI Results in Question After Firing
Oct 31 2013 // Thousands of driving under the influence ((DUI) results from across Tennessee may be in jeopardy after the firing a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation employee for mishandling evidence. The Chattanooga Times Free Press...
Medical Bills Pile Up for Tennessee Meningitis Victim
Oct 29 2013 // More than a year after a routine steroid injection turned into a painful fungal infection that nearly killed her, Marjorie Norwood is still suffering physically and emotionally. She also carries a huge stress: the hospital...
How Being an Agent Prepared Tennessee Sen. Ketron for Politics
Oct 21 2013 // Insurance was a great training ground for now State Sen. Bill Ketron, who has been a member of the Tennessee Senate since 2002 while also serving as president of his own independent agency founded by his late...
States Going After Employers Who Misclassify Workers as Independent Contractors
Oct 18 2013 // When construction slowed during the recession, some companies hired workers and wrongly designated them as independent contractors to avoid paying insurance, taxes, fair wages and overtime. Danny Odom, chief operating...
Despite Recent Tennessee Tragedy, Progress Made on Reducing Fire Deaths
Oct 15 2013 // Gary Vaughn was mentally ill and homeless, but neighbors on Humber Street in South Memphis had known him for years and took care of him. On the evening of Sept. 28, they saw smoke and flames erupting from the abandoned...
Judge Blocks Tennessee Rules on Health Navigators
Oct 10 2013 // A federal judge has blocked the state of Tennessee from enforcing emergency rules for people who advise others about the new health insurance exchange. The Tennessean reported that U.S. District Judge Todd Campbell issued...
Answer Financial Relocating Main Tennessee Sales Center to Knoxville
Oct 2 2013 // Online insurance agency Answer Financial Inc. is relocating its main Tennessee call center to West Knoxville. The office is slated to open next week. The agency is celebrating its new state-of-the-art sales center with a...
Judge Allows Tennessee Rules on Health Insurance Navigators
Oct 2 2013 // A judge refused to block emergency rules covering people who dispense advice on the new health insurance exchange in Tennessee that launched Tuesday. Chancellor Russell T. Perkins ruled Monday evening that the...
Insurance Pros in Politics: Being an Agent Prepared Tennessee Sen. Ketron for Politics
Sep 12 2013 // Insurance was a great training ground for now State Sen. Bill Ketron, who has been a member of the Tennessee Senate since 2002 while also serving as president of his own independent agency founded by his late...
Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, Announces Its Expansion into Tennessee with Opening of Dedicated Marketing Office
Sep 10 2013 // San Diego, CA, 9/10/13 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, is pleased to announce the opening of a dedicated marketing office located in Knoxville, Tenn. The new office will be...
Tennessee Court Reinstates $43.8M Verdict for Auto Accident Victim
Sep 6 2013 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has reinstated a $43.8 million verdict for a Memphis child who was paralyzed in an auto accident. According to court records, Billy Meals was 6 years old on Jan. 18, 2002. He was riding in the...
Tennessee, North Carolina Football Players Sue NCAA Over Concussions
Sep 6 2013 // Three former college football players are suing the NCAA, saying it failed to educate them about the risks of concussions and did not do enough to prevent, diagnose and treat brain injuries. Chris Walker and Ben Martin,...
Tennessee’s Jamieson & Fisher Joins Keystone Insurers Group
Aug 29 2013 // Keystone Insurers Group said Covington, Tenn.-based agency Jamieson & Fisher Inc. has become its 21st franchise partner in the state. The announcement was made by Jamieson & Fisher President Ed Kaiser and Keystone...
Tennessee’s Heavy Rains Tested Lessons from 2010 Flood
Aug 12 2013 // Unusually heavy summer rainfalls in Tennessee have given the agencies involved in flood control and emergency management a chance to show that they have learned to cooperate after the disastrous missteps of...
Victims in Meningitis Outbreak Cleared to File Product Liability Suits
Jul 29 2013 // Victims in Tennessee of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak won the right to pursue a new avenue of litigation against healthcare facilities and doctors there, after a ruling by a U.S. bankruptcy judge this week. Tennessee...
Severe Flooding Can Happen In a Flash, Tennessee City Learns
Jul 23 2013 // This is why they call it a flash flood. A rainy night in South Pittsburg, Tenn., on July 10 quickly turned into something legendary. Relentless rains spawned a newborn river that decided to make its way right through...
Tennessee Health Club Sued Over Legionnaire’s Disease
Jul 22 2013 // A man who used a Memphis fitness club linked to cases of Legionnaires’ disease has filed a $2 million lawsuit. The Commercial Appeal reported attorney Sadler Bailey filed the negligence suit in Shelby County Circuit...
