Tennessee News

Tenn. Regulator Announces Emergency Rules for Fire and Building Codes

Leslie Newman, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, filed emergency rules with the Secretary of State’s Office last week to allow building plans to be submitted and reviewed under the 2006 International Building Code (IBC) and the …

Ambulance Co. Loses Insurance, 23 Miss. Counties in State of Emergency

Mississippi health officials hoped to come with a plan last week to restore ambulance service in 23 counties left hanging when Alabama-based Emergystat shut down. Emergystat, based in Vernon, Ala., notified Mississippi officials Jan. 23 that it had halted operations. …

Tennessee Fire Officials Still Investigating Knoxville Warehouse Fire

Tennessee Fire officials have submitted a report to the Knox County district attorney general on the status of the yearlong probe of the blaze that destroyed several historic warehouses. The row of brick warehouses along West Jackson Avenue in downtown …

Last Firefighter Pleads Guilty in West Tennessee Arsons

The last of four Tiptonville, Tenn., firefighters who had been charged in a series of arsons has entered guilty pleas. Floyd Kilburn pleaded guilty Jan. 22 to reckless burning charges, receiving a suspended jail term of 11 months, 29 days. …

Decision: Tenn. Restaurants to Pay $4.8 Million to Workers’ Comp Fund

A judge has ordered a group of Tennessee restaurant owners to pay $4.8 million into a workers’ compensation fund that was mismanaged. About 500 Tennessee Restaurant Association members will have to pay thousands each to shore up the fund. They …

Declarations

Politics as Usual “I have always run the Insurance Department with the utmost integrity and ethics, and now it’s been proven.” —Former North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman voices satisfaction after a proposal to regulate the resale of life insurance …

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New Markets

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Tenn. Restaurants Facing $4.8M Workers’ Comp Tab

Restaurant owners across Tennessee may have to pay as much as $4.8 million to shore up a workers’ compensation fund that the state says was mismanaged. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance is suing Ronnie Hart, the president and …

AIG to Pay $42.5M to Clean up Pollution Left by Bankrupt Insured

American International Specialty Lines Insurance Co. Inc. (AISLIC) has agreed to pay $42.5 million to clean up contamination at four industrial facilities run by a bankrupt insured in a suit in which the Department of Justice intervened on behalf of …