Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
State Farm Plans Small Hike in Tennessee Auto Rates
Jan 25 2011 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the largest insurer of autos in Tennessee, is increasing its overall rate level in the state an average of 0.4 percent effective Feb. 21. After this rate change is implemented,...
McPeak to Head Tennessee Commerce, Insurance
Jan 24 2011 // Republican Gov.-elect Bill Haslam has named insurance regulatory attorney Julie McPeak to oversee the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. The department includes the Consumer Affairs, Insurance, Securities,...
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Jan 24 2011 // National wholesale broker USG Insurance Services, Inc. has added Jason Holloman as a property broker specializing in large commercial and catastrophe-exposed risks. He will be based in USG’s office outside...
Poor Forecasting of Tennessee Flood Blamed on Bad Data
Jan 24 2011 // River forecasters for the National Weather Service underestimated the flood level that a major river would reach during Nashville’s fatal May floods because they relied on inaccurate data from the U.S. Army Corps of...
Poor Forecasting of Tennessee Flood Blamed on Bad Data
Jan 14 2011 // River forecasters for the National Weather Service underestimated the flood level that a major river would reach during Nashville’s fatal May floods because they relied on inaccurate data from the U.S. Army Corps of...
McPeak Named Tennessee Insurance Commissioner
Jan 12 2011 // Republican Gov.-elect Bill Haslam has named insurance regulatory attorney Julie McPeak to oversee the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance. McPeak has more than 12 years of legal and administrative experience in...
Insurer Pays Tennessee for May Flood Damage
Jan 11 2011 // State officials say Tennessee has received reimbursement for last May’s flooding that damaged state buildings and other state-owned property. Treasurer David Lillard says the state received a $7.5 million check this...
Dukes Named Tennessee VP for Keystone Insurers
Jan 5 2011 // Doug Dukes has been named state vice president of Tennessee for Keystone Insurers Group. Dukes will manage Keystone’s expansion into Tennessee, slated to occur this month. Dukes most recently served as field and...
Wilson Smith Group Acquires Tennessee Transportation Agency
Jan 5 2011 // Wilson Smith Group, LLC said it has acquired a majority of the outstanding shares of the Nashville, Tenn.-based managing general agency, Greenwich Transportation Underwriters, Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not...
Inspectors Find 2 Tennessee Dams in Need of Repair
Dec 31 2010 // State inspectors have found two privately owned hazardous dams in Tennessee that are in need of immediate repair, including one that the property owner seems unwilling to fix. An investigation by The Jackson Sun in May...
Southeast’s Top Stories: Disasters That Happened and 1 That Didn’t
Dec 23 2010 // The top insurance stories in the Southeast in 2010 included several disasters that caused considerable death and destruction in the region and one that didn’t do as much harm as feared. The April 20 blowout of...
Trial Ordered for Tennessee Trooper Claiming Politics Behind Demotion
Dec 22 2010 // A federal appeals court has ruled a jury will hear complaints from a Tennessee highway patrolman who claimed discrimination based on his political affiliation. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals this week reversed a lower...
Person Leaving Keys in Car May Be Liable, Tennessee Court Rules
Dec 13 2010 // A Tennessee court has ruled that a person who leaves keys in a car can be held responsible if the car is stolen and then involved in a crash. The Tennessee Court of Appeals– in a case involving a stolen car, a police...
Lawsuit Filed Over Deadly Tennessee Home Blast
Dec 9 2010 // A couple who lost a son in a Tennessee home explosion last year has filed a wrongful death suit against the Knoxville Utilities Board. According to WBIR-TV, Steve and Sue Krzeski claim a device connecting the natural gas...
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Dec 5 2010 // Aon Corp. reported that Andrew Appel, the firm’s chief operating officer, will be leaving the company at the end of the year. The company said there are no plans to fill the position upon Appel’s...
Tennessee Gets $7 Million for Flooded Home Buyouts
Dec 1 2010 // U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide more than $7 million to Davidson County for home buyouts. The buyout program will be coordinated by the local...
Tennessee Insurance Department Easily Passes State Audit
Nov 17 2010 // A government audit of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) has found that the agency has managed to reduce costs and operate efficiently during the economic downturn. In fact, the state...
Growth, Stability and Changes in Store for Long Term Care Market
Nov 14 2010 // With the first of 77 million baby boomers nearing retirement age in 2011, assisted living facilities and nursing home facilities will play a more important role than ever before. About three million Americans will require...
Tennessee Teens Delay Getting Behind the Wheel
Nov 9 2010 // Mackenzie Leake put off learning to drive for almost a year longer than most of her friends. It was out of a sense of self-preservation. “Every day I went out, I saw some sort of accident or scattered car parts in...
Actuaries Elect Tennessee’s Miller as President
Nov 9 2010 // Mary Frances Miller, a consulting actuary with Select Actuarial Services in Nashville, Tenn., is the new president of the American Academy of Actuaries Miller, who has 20 years of actuarial experience, first served on the...
