All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 16 2018 // Requirements aimed at curbing Tennessee’s opioid epidemic are now in effect.The new laws are part of Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s “TN Together” opioid plan, which took effect July 1. Tennessee will...
Jul 13 2018 // Tennessee authorities say E. coli bacteria caused the sickness that affected more than 500 people at a zipline attraction. Gail Harmon is the assistant director of the East Tennessee Region Health Department. Harmon tells...
Jul 11 2018 // Tennessee officials say they are following a federal court order by reinstating and reissuing licenses for free for drivers who lost them solely because of unpaid court debts.Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland...
Jul 6 2018 // Requirements aimed at curbing Tennessee’s opioid epidemic are among more than 150 new laws that kicked in July 1.Many laws take effect on July 1 each year, when a new state budget year begins, and some of the highest...
Jul 3 2018 // A Tennessee employee of Volkswagen AG sued the automaker and alleged that it has been systematically discriminating against older workers in wake of a massive emissions scandal that tarnished the company’s...
Jun 15 2018 // Four paramedics working at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival were hospitalized for possible carbon monoxide poisoning.Coffee County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lucky Knott tells news outlets it appears the...
Jun 7 2018 // In a blow to the owner of Opry Mills Mall, the Tennessee Supreme Court has let stand a lower court’s ruling that stripped $150 million of insurance coverage for the 2010 flood.The state’s highest court...
May 30 2018 // Two survivors of deadly Tennessee wildfires that began in Great Smoky Mountains National Park have sued the federal government, claiming they lost loved ones and a home because of the negligence of park workers.The lawsuit...
May 23 2018 // Two former Tennessee insurance providers have been served cease and desist orders by the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) in response to fraudulent practices the department says they used to sell...
May 18 2018 // Brightway Insurance is continuing its expansion with the opening of five new stores, four of which are located in the Southeast.The new stores that opened in the region include in Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee:...
May 14 2018 // Authorities say a science experiment gone awry injured 17 students and a teacher, prompting the evacuation of a Tennessee school.Hendersonville Fire Department Chief Scotty Bush tells news outlets that emergency crews...
May 9 2018 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Barnett Corporate Insurers, LLC (or The Barnett Group). Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., The Barnett Group provides employee...
May 4 2018 // Drug companies are in no rush to finance a solution to the opioid epidemic.Companies including Johnson & Johnson and McKesson Corp. are preparing to take their chances in court rather than pay billions of dollars to...
Apr 24 2018 // Reliance Partners has added John Seidl as vice president of Risk Services in its Chattanooga, Tenn., office. Seidl is a former Wisconsin State Motor Carrier Trooper and FMCSA Investigator with more than 20 years of...
Apr 12 2018 // The owners of Opry Mills are asking the Tennessee Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that reduced their 2010 flood insurance coverage from $200 to $50 million.The Tennessean reports the Simon Property Group filed an appeal...
Apr 11 2018 // Three former Tennessee insurance producers who violated provisions of Tennessee’s insurance law have been hit with civil penalties totaling $12,000 and forced to surrender or have revoked their insurance licenses,...
Apr 5 2018 // One of the lead sponsors of a medical-marijuana bill in Tennessee withdrew the measure Tuesday after telling fellow lawmakers the legislation has been so watered down that passing it would actually harm rather than help...
Apr 4 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Apr 3 2018 // Workers’ compensation insurer Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co. has begun writing business in Missouri and Tennessee.Stonetrust, which is headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is also writing in Louisiana,...
Mar 23 2018 // The Tennessee attorney general says lawsuits by local prosecutors over the opioid epidemic are complicating his efforts to reach a multistate settlement with drug companies. In response, the prosecutors, who represent...