Latest Tennessee Headlines

All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Tennessee Issues Weekend Flood Warning for Mississippi River

Dec 31 2015 // Authorities issued a flood warning Dec. 29 for the Mississippi River in Memphis due to heavy rain in the central United States. Emergency preparedness officials in Shelby County, which includes Memphis, said Tuesday that...

Tennessee Adds 100th Captive Insurance Company

Dec 29 2015 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announced the licensing of Tennessee’s 100th captive insurance company on Dec. 22.In 2011, Gov. Bill Haslam signed the revised State of Tennessee’s...

Tennessee Woman Charged with 17th DUI

Dec 21 2015 // Police say a Shelbyville, Tennessee woman has been arrested 17 times for drunken driving.WSMV-TV reports Dorothy Hanson’s charges date back to 1985. Police say six of the offenses have taken place in the past 10...

Tennessee Supreme Court Rejects Constitutionality Ruling on Damages Cap

Dec 21 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has vacated the decision of a trial court that ruled a state law putting a cap on certain personal injury damages is unconstitutional.The decision stems from a negligence lawsuit brought by...

People – Southeast

Dec 21 2015 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was elected secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). She joins the other 2016 NAIC officers...

People – midwest

Dec 21 2015 // Missouri Insurance Director John Huff has been elected president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) for 2016.Other officers elected are President-Elect: Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P....

Tennessee Agencies Paid $430K by CSX for Train Derailment

Dec 9 2015 // CSX Transportation has paid over $431,000 to local agencies since a train carrying hazardous material derailed and caught fire in eastern Tennessee earlier this year.Officials with the Blount County mayor’s office,...

Tennessee Supreme Court Rejects Constitutionality Ruling on Damages Cap

Dec 3 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has vacated the decision of a trial court that ruled a state law putting a cap on certain personal injury damages is unconstitutional.The decision stems from a negligence lawsuit brought by...

Tennessee Insurance Commissioner McPeak Elected as NAIC Officer

Dec 1 2015 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). She joins the other 2016 NAIC officers...

Tennessee Regulator Receives National Insurance Award

Nov 25 2015 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Deputy Commissioner Chlora Lindley-Myers was awarded the Robert Dineen Award for Outstanding Service and Contribution to the State Regulation of Insurance. Myers...

NAIC Elects Missouri’s Huff President; Other 2016 Officers

Nov 24 2015 // Other officers elected are President-Elect: Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark; Vice President: Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel; and Secretary-Treasurer: Tennessee Insurance Commissioner Julie Mix...

Missouri Insurance Director Huff Elected NAIC President

Nov 23 2015 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have elected 2016 officers who will will assume their duties on Jan. 1, 2016. President: Missouri Insurance Director John M. Huff President-Elect:...

3 Tennessee Agents Face Disciplinary Actions, $680K in Fines by TDCI

Nov 22 2015 // The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) announced disciplinary actions taken against three former Tennessee agents for misappropriation, failure to report administrative actions, and felony convictions...

Testing Shows Chemicals in Well Water Near Tennessee Power Plant

Oct 28 2015 // Albert Hudson worries about the water coming from the well on his property near the Tennessee Valley Authority’s coal-fired power plant in Gallatin, Tenn.Hudson received a letter recently from the Tennessee...

People – Southeast

Oct 19 2015 // Florida’s Triton Insurance Group, a provider of home, auto, business, motorcycle, umbrella, boat and workers’ compensation insurance, has appointed Cole Millican as its newest agent. Millican has become a top...

Tennessee Dissolves Residual Workers Comp Reinsurance Plan

Oct 19 2015 // The Tennessee Workers Compensation Insurance Plan (TWCIP) reinsurance mechanism has been dissolved as part of the state’s transition to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as the new residual...

Tennessee Woman Sues City Over Gun Ban at County Fair

Oct 15 2015 // A Loudon County, Tennessee, woman is suing the city of Knoxville over its decision to ban guns at Chilhowee Park during last month’s Tennessee Valley Fair.The Knoxville News Sentinel reports Pandora Vreeland claims...

ProPublica, NPR: Inside Corporate America’s Campaign to Ditch Workers’ Comp

Oct 14 2015 // This article was published by ProPublica and NPR and is reprinted with permission.Standing before a giant map in his Dallas office, Bill Minick doesn’t seem like anyone’s idea of a bomb thrower. But backed by...

Tennessee Dissolves Residual Workers’ Comp Reinsurance Plan

Oct 9 2015 // The Tennessee Workers Compensation Insurance Plan (TWCIP) reinsurance mechanism has been dissolved as part of the state’s transition to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as the new residual...

Willis Names Perry VP of Human Capital Practice in Tennessee

Oct 5 2015 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings plc, has appointed of Ken Perry as vice president of the Human Capital Practice, Willis of Tennessee, effective immediately.Based in Knoxville, Perry will be...