Latest Tennessee Headlines

All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.

ARK. EXECS. CHARGED IN FRANKEL CASE

Jan 14 2002 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens and Pulaski County Prosecuting Attorney Larry Jegley announced three insurance agents have been charged in connection with Martin Frankel’s alleged theft of $200 million...

State Bills Highlight Concern About Insurance Fraud, Anti-Fraud Group Says

Jun 18 2001 // Anti-fraud reforms recently passed in Tennessee, Florida and Nevada are a signal that insurance fraud is becoming a top-tier crime around the country, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, a national...

Ex-Frankel Associate Pleads Guilty

Sep 29 2000 // A former associate Martin Frankel has pleaded guilty to charges in Tennessee for his part in Frankel’s alleged plan to defraud insurance companies of millions of dollars. John Hackney, 50, pleaded guilty Wednesday in...

District of Columbia, Oklahoma, Tennessee Receive NAIC Awards

Sep 12 2000 // Three states were recognized for successfully implementing all 11 technology-based initiatives in the State Regulation 2000 (SR 2000) program. The District of Columbia Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation, the...

Tennessee Agent Spoofs Online CE Companies With LearnNothing.com

Aug 25 2000 // “LearnNothing.com, CEScam.com, and CECertificateMill.com Create Partnership For Online Continuing Education Courses to Insurance Industry.” That was the bogus headline that made its way across the country...

The System Beat Him

Jun 26 2000 // Delano Manning Jr. of Burbank was arrested and charged with one felony count of making false statements for a workers’ comp claim and one felony count of grand theft. The CDI Fraud Division received a tip from a...

FRANKEL FAUX PAS

Apr 3 2000 // Tennessee’s accreditation with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has been suspended primarily because of the state’s failure to prevent Martin Frankel, the notorious Connecticut money manager,...