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BSA in Tennessee Promotes Wall To Medical Only-Claims Rep

Mar 22 2017 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., promoted Courtney Wall in February 2017 to the position of medical only-claims representative in the Brentwood office, according to Jeff...

Tennessee Sees Improvement in Number of Insurance Consumer Complaints in 2016

Mar 21 2017 // Insurance complaints ranked last of the top 10 complaint categories for 2016, according to the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Division of Consumer Affairs.The number of consumer complaints...

Dolly Parton Fund Aids 921 Tennessee Wildfire Victims

Mar 16 2017 // Dolly Parton’s My People Fund has issued monthly checks to 921 people who lost their homes in deadly wildfires that ravaged East Tennessee last year. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that Dollywood Foundation...

Brentwood Services Administrators in Tennessee Promotes Perkins

Mar 14 2017 // Brentwood Services Administrators Inc. (BSA), headquartered in Brentwood, Tenn., has promoted Shelby Perkins to medical only­­-claims representative in the Tennessee Claims Department in the Brentwood office, according...

Deadly Bird Flu Found at Tennessee Chicken Farm That Supplies Tyson

Mar 6 2017 // A deadly form of bird flu has been confirmed in a southern Tennessee operation that supplies Tyson Foods Inc. with chickens, marking the first U.S. case at a commercial farm this year and prompting South Korea to ban...

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Mar 6 2017 // Gov. Eric Greitens has tapped Chlora Lindley-Myers to lead the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration.Her appointment is subject to approval by the Missouri Senate....

Tennessee Captive Industry Sets Record Growth in 2016

Mar 6 2017 // Tennessee’s captive insurance market saw a record annual total of 104 risk bearing entities (RBEs) added in 2016, according to data released by the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI).The new...

Lindley-Myers Appointed as Head of Missouri Insurance Department

Feb 16 2017 // Gov. Eric Greitens has chosen Chlora Lindley-Myers to lead the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration.Lindley-Myers currently serves as deputy commissioner at the Tennessee...

Judge Rejects Bid to Dismiss Alabama Water Contamination Lawsuit

Feb 16 2017 // A federal judge in Alabama is refusing to dismiss an environmental group’s lawsuit over alleged chemical contamination in the Tennessee River.The Decatur Daily reports U.S. District Judge Abdul Kallon won’t...

Tennessee Captive Industry Sets Record Growth in 2016

Feb 13 2017 // Tennessee’s captive insurance market saw a record annual total of 104 risk bearing entities (RBEs) added in 2016, according to data released by the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI).The new...

Farris Evans Insurance Agency in Tennessee Restructures Ownership

Feb 10 2017 // Farris Evans Insurance Agency (FEIA) of Memphis, Tenn., has restructured the ownership of the privately held firm and promoted Vice President Chadwick Willoughby, now a major equity holder of the company, to president.The...

Tennessee Police to Monitor School Buses After Deadly Crash

Feb 9 2017 // Law enforcement officers in Tennessee plan to follow and ride Hamilton County school buses at random after a bus crash killed six students in November.The Times Free Press says the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Hamilton County...

Tennessee Valley Authority, Environmental Groups Await Decision on Pollution Case

Feb 7 2017 // The Tennessee Valley Authority finished a four-day trial Thursday in which environmental groups accuse the utility’s power plant outside Nashville, Tennessee, of illegally polluting the Cumberland River with coal...

Tennessee Wildfire Insurance Claims Hit $842M

Feb 6 2017 // Tennessee state officials said last month that insurance claims have topped $842 million in the deadly eastern Tennessee wildfires that burned thousands of buildings.The Knoxville News Sentinel reported the number,...

Tennessee Insurance Dept. Wraps Up 2016 With Disciplinary Actions Against 5 Agents

Jan 24 2017 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) has taken disciplinary actions including fines totaling more than $77,000, license revocation and other punishments against five Tennessee insurance licensees for...

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Jan 23 2017 // Property and casualty veteran Mark LaBour has joined Alliant’s growing Florida practice. As vice president within the company’s Alliant Americas division, LaBour will deploy targeted risk management and...

Tornadoes, Hurricanes and Fires… Oh My! Southeast Weathers Tough 2016

Jan 23 2017 // It is fair to say 2016 was the year of the catastrophe in the Southeast. Tornadoes, drought, floods, hurricanes and wildfires impacted virtually every state in the region.For the insurance industry, these events made for a...

Tennessee Wildfire Insurance Claims Top $842M

Jan 23 2017 // State officials say insurance claims have topped $842 million in the deadly eastern Tennessee wildfires that burned thousands of buildings.The Knoxville News Sentinel reported the number, provided the Tennessee Department...

Team Formed to Review How Wildfire Spread to Tennessee Tourist City

Jan 19 2017 // Authorities are forming a team to investigate the massive fires that tore through a Tennessee tourist city late last year, killing 14 people.The team will be made up of representatives from the Park Service, the U.S....

Tennessee School Bus Driver Evacuates Students Before Bus Bursts Into Flames

Jan 11 2017 // No students were injured when a Tennessee school bus burst into flames shortly after its driver noticed smoke and unloaded 29 children on board.Alcoa City Schools Director Brian Bell says that at about 7 a.m. Monday, the...