All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 4 2019 // A sinkhole 30-feet deep and nearly as broad swallowed half a roadway in Knox County, Tennessee, and a county official says repairing it could cost more than $100,000. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports crews on Wednesday...
Mar 1 2019 // Many Southern communities could face weeks of flooding, along with other disruptions, as recent rains have sent many streams over their banks.In one Mississippi Delta hamlet, the mayor says water has cut off all but one...
Feb 27 2019 // The Tennessee River and other streams are lowering in hard-hit areas of north Alabama after days of flooding.The National Weather Service says the Tennessee has crested throughout the region, even though the water is still...
Feb 27 2019 // A federal utility says the Tennessee River Valley on average has endured a record amount of rain for February.Tennessee Valley Authority River Forecast Center manager James Everett told reporters Monday that, on average,...
Feb 26 2019 // Weekend storms raked parts of the Southeast, leaving deaths and injuries in their wake as a tornado smashed into a commercial district in a small Mississippi city and drenching rains fed a rising flood threat.A woman was...
Feb 25 2019 // Homes, highways, parks and bridges throughout the South were flooded or put out of commission Saturday, as the toll of days of drenching rains swelled waterways and pooled over saturated lands amid a threat of severe...
Feb 14 2019 // The General Insurance has tapped nationally syndicated on-air radio personality Bobby Bones as the company’s newest brand ambassador.The General will partner with Bones, who is also a New York Times #1 best-selling...
Feb 11 2019 // One person was killed and others needed to be rescued in Tennessee as pounding rains caused flooding last week. The Cheatham County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook on Feb. 6 that one person was swept away and...
Jan 29 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
Jan 21 2019 // Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak’s tenure as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) may have come to an end, but her work as an insurance regulator will continue for...
Jan 9 2019 // Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak’s tenure as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) may have come to an end, but her work as an insurance regulator will continue for...
Jan 8 2019 // Insurors of Tennessee has promoted Daniel Smith to chief marketing officer and added Jim Layman as director of Government Relations.The new positions at the trade association, which represents independent insurance agents...
Jan 7 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
Jan 7 2019 // 2019 CIWA Industry DaysJan 6-8 Hilton La Jolla Torrey PinesLa Jolla, CACIWAwww.ciwa.net2019 Big ‘I’ Winter MeetingJan 9-12 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the ArchSt. Louis, MOIndependent Insurance Agents &...
Dec 19 2018 // Insurors of Tennessee named Ashley Gold as CEO of the organization, effective Jan. 1, 2019.Gold currently serves as general counsel for the trade association – which represents independent insurance agents in the state...
Dec 18 2018 // An earthquake centered in eastern Tennessee also was felt in three other states.The U.S. Geological Survey website says the epicenter of the magnitude 3.0 earthquake early Sunday was about two miles (four kilometers)...
Dec 14 2018 // An earthquake that struck eastern Tennessee early Wednesday could be felt as far away as Atlanta, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The light earthquake occurred about 4:15 a.m., and was centered about 7 miles (about 10...
Dec 14 2018 // United Benefit Advisors (UBA), a nationwide independent employee benefits advisory organization, has added Athens Insurance Agency as one of its partner agencies. Athens Insurance Agency provides affordable personal,...
Dec 13 2018 // Police at the University of Tennessee are investigating a fraternity after two women reported being drugged and sexually assaulted. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports the university sent a safety notice Friday around the...
Dec 4 2018 // One child was killed and at least 45 other people were injured when a charter bus carrying a youth football team from Tennessee rolled off an interstate off-ramp and overturned before sunrise Monday in central Arkansas,...