Latest Tennessee Headlines
All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Senate Halts Return of 57,000 to TennCare; Advances Cover Tenn.
May 3 2006 // A health insurance proposal that Gov. Phil Bredesen has been labeled as fiscally reckless failed to advance out of a Senate committee in Nashville, Tenn. after four Democrats and one Republican declined to vote on the...
Cover Tennessee Insurance Plan Advances in House
Apr 27 2006 // Gov. Phil Bredesen’s plan to offer health care coverage to uninsured Tennessee workers has been advanced by the House Commerce Committee. Committee members raised similar concerns as those brought up earlier this...
Tenn. GOP Lawmakers Question Funding for Bredesen’s Insurance Plan
Apr 26 2006 // Republican lawmakers in Nashville, Tenn. have questioned the lack of an extended funding plan for Gov. Phil Bredesen’s Cover Tennessee health insurance proposal. Bredesen, a Democrat, has said he wants to use $100...
Tenn. Judge Dismisses Move to Revoke Sen. Ford’s Insurance License
Apr 21 2006 // Efforts in Memphis, Tenn. by the state Department of Commerce and Insurance to revoke former state Sen. John Ford’s insurance license were shot down by a judge on Wednesday. The department said when Ford spent...
Tenn. Health Insurance Plan Advances With Sunset Amendment
Apr 20 2006 // Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen’s proposed health insurance initiative was unanimously approved by a House subcommittee after being amended with a six-year sunset provision. The “Cover Tennessee” proposal is...
Bredesen: Tennessee Health Plan ‘Opposite’ of Massachusetts
Apr 19 2006 // Massachusetts may be getting a lot of attention for a new law requiring health insurance for all state residents, but in Nashville, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen is happy to be taking what he calls the opposite...
Bulletins Issued, Hotline Accepting Calls About Tenn. Tornados
Apr 17 2006 // Tennessee Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Paula A. Flowers has announced that her department is ready to assist consumers and insurance companies as they work to rebuild the communities affected by last week’s...
Deadly storms hit Midwest again in new round of spring tornadoes
Apr 17 2006 // The new round of tornadoes hit the Midwest less than one month after a similar grouping of twisters, high winds and damage hit a five-state area on March 12. News Currents Another round of deadly storms hit the Midwest...
Thousands of Claims Anticipated After Tenn., Ky. Tornado
Apr 6 2006 // The cleanup is underway in the aftermath of a large F-3 to F-4 tornado that tore a swath of death and destruction on Sunday evening through northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky, leaving 18 people dead and hundreds...
Inmate Oversaw Tenn. Emergency Management Purchasing
Apr 4 2006 // The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency until recently has had a prison inmate convicted of working with a hit man to kill his wife overseeing its purchasing program in Nashville. The inmate also had access to an area...
Governor Says ‘Cover Tennessee’ Program to be Voluntary
Mar 27 2006 // Tenn. Gov. Phil Bredesen said he won’t force his “Cover Tennessee” plan to cover the state’s uninsured on small businesses or individuals. If the one-in-10 state residents without health insurance...
Tenn. Workshop Participants to Discuss Insurance Issues
Mar 2 2006 // Insurance issues will be one of the topics discussed during March 7 consumer workshops sponsored in Nashville by the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance and the Tennessee Department of Financial...
Tenn. Workers’ Comp Scheme Perpetrator Receives 108-Month Jail Term, Judge Orders $5M Restitution
Jan 13 2006 // Gary Linsey Slater has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman in Lexington, Ky. to 108 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $5 million restitution to two insurance companies he defrauded in a...
Benda Joins Crump Financial Office in Nashville, Tenn.
Jan 6 2006 // Allyson Benda has joined Crump Financial Services as a broker in the firm’s Nashville, Tenn. office. Crump is a multi-line wholesale insurance brokerage group headquartered in Atlanta. She has experience in brokering...
Tenn. bill would require sinkhole coverage
Jan 2 2006 // Tenn. Rep. Mike McDonald has filed a bill that would require insurance companies that write homeowners insurance to include damage caused by sinkholes as a covered occurrence. The Legislature convenes this...
Tenn. bill would require sinkhole coverage
Jan 1 2006 // Tenn. Rep. Mike McDonald has filed a bill that would require insurance companies that write homeowners insurance to include damage caused by sinkholes as a covered occurrence. The Legislature convenes this...
Financier Frankel Gets Prison Deal in Exchange for Assets Recovery
Dec 21 2005 // Martin Frankel, the financier who admitted to a scheme to loot insurance companies in Tennessee and several other states, won’t face additional prison time in an agreement with authorities to help them recover stolen...
Sinkhole Devours Portland, Tenn. Home, Belongings
Dec 14 2005 // While Troy and Yvonne Givens slept, on Nov. 29, a large sinkhole opened up under their Portland, Tenn. home, swallowing their house, possessions and family heirlooms. The Givens’ awoke early that day to discover that...
Virginia Authorizes Partial Payments on Reciprocal of America Claims
Dec 13 2005 // Policyholders with a covered claim against insolvent Reciprocal of America can expect a partial payment soon. The Virginia State Corporation Commission is authorizing the deputy receiver of the liquidated reciprocal...
Tenn. Adjuster Awaits Sentencing in Faked Crop-Loss Scam
Dec 9 2005 // An East Tennessee insurance claims adjuster is awaiting sentencing in a crop loss insurance scam. The agent who sold multimillion-dollar crop insurance policies to tomato farmers who faked a hailstorm has been sentenced to...
