All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 5 2016 // A bill allowing staff and faculty at Tennessee’s public colleges and universities to be armed on campus became law Monday without the Republican governor’s signature.Gov. Bill Haslam said in a statement that he...
Apr 24 2016 // The Crichton Group, an independent insurance agency in Middle Tennessee, has promoted Austin Madison, a partner, to senior vice president, and Blake Weidman to partner and vice president.As senior vice president, Madison...
Apr 22 2016 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big “I”) has awarded Bill Wilson with the Jeff Yates Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor the association bestows on a non-agent, for a...
Apr 21 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) is notifying consumers that UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company will no longer offer coverage to Tennessee consumers through the Federally Facilitated Marketplace...
Apr 20 2016 // One person has died and 11 homes have been destroyed following a fire at an apartment complex in Harriman, Tenn.Harriman Fire Department Chief David Bailey tells news outlets that the fire broke out Sunday morning at the...
Apr 8 2016 // Environmental officials in Tennessee are advising the public not to come in contact with water in a lake near the Mississippi River in West Tennessee where a broken sewer line has resulted in “an extremely high level...
Apr 8 2016 // An independent study has shown that school bus crashes are double the performance guideline in Knox County, Tennessee.Media outlets report the study was conducted by Missouri-based School Bus Consultants was made public...
Apr 4 2016 // The Crichton Group, an independent insurance agency in Tennessee, has promoted veteran team member Cooper Jones to president.Jones succeeds Bob Jackson in the role, who will now act as a co-chair of the company and...
Mar 28 2016 // The United States government and the state of Tennessee have sued a Lenoir City chiropractor and a Manchester doctor, accusing them both of fraud and operating pill mills. Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s office in...
Mar 21 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announced that 57 new captive insurance companies domiciled in the state in 2015 – a 37 percent increase over 2014. The new captives are comprised of 47...
Mar 15 2016 // The number of people arrested for driving under the influence in Chattanooga has risen despite a decrease in the number of DUI arrests statewide, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.A recently released...
Mar 14 2016 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announced disciplinary actions against two Tennessee licensees for several violations including the knowing misappropriation and conversion of moneys and...
Mar 6 2016 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Tennessee have hired Jessie Litkenhus as program administrator. Her primary responsibilities will be coordinating the association’s educational programs, events, and marketing...
Feb 24 2016 // The Tennessee State Fire Marshal (SFMO) reports that for the second consecutive year, Tennessee fire deaths decreased to a new state-record low while the number of lives saved by smoke alarms installed by the state’s...
Feb 22 2016 // The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office issued a consumer alert about the potential fire hazards of so-called “hoverboard” toys after two recent fires in Nashville. One of the fires destroyed a $1...
Feb 22 2016 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was elected as vice president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).McPeak was elected in a special election to...
Feb 22 2016 // Legislation to create a workers’ compensation alternative in Tennessee is already facing serious setbacks in the new legislative session, despite being amended in 2015 and refiled in 2016. An emerging scandal...
Feb 19 2016 // In two unanimous decisions, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Feb. 11 that police have the right to stop motorists if their vehicles cross roadway markings, even if briefly, essentially making it easier to arrest and...
Feb 17 2016 // Farmers Insurance has introduced rideshare insurance coverage for ride-hailing drivers in Tennessee.Mariel Devesa, head of product innovation for Farmers Insurance said Farmers has developed this Rideshare Insurance...
Feb 12 2016 // The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) has renewed a consumer alert about the potential fire hazards of so-called “hoverboard” toys after two fires were caused by these devices in the past three...