All the headlines from our Tennessee Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 27 2007 // Franklin, Tenn.-based Mars Petcare U.S. Inc., recalled of 50-pound bags of Red Flannel Large Breed Adult Formula dry dog food sold in Pennsylvania.Some bags may be contaminated with Salmonella, which could affect both pets...
Aug 22 2007 // Nashville, Tenn., insurance lawyer Kevin Doherty is the latest Democrat to confirm he is thinking about a run for the U.S. Senate next year.Doherty, 47, said he’s seriously considering challenging for the seat now...
Aug 16 2007 // A Dyersburg, Tenn. man says his wife improperly included his name on a lawsuit filed against a textile mill that caught fire, falsely claiming that smoke from the blaze damaged their home, killed their pets and harmed the...
Aug 7 2007 // Temperatures were headed into the 90s, but what appeared to be snow lined sections of a busy highway in East Tennessee last week.On closer inspection, the snow turned out to be foam – fire retardant foam, like the...
Aug 1 2007 // Memphis, Tenn.-based Regions Insurance Group hired two executive officers who will be key to the company’s strategic growth plans, according to CEO and President David L. “Casey” Bowlin. As Chief...
Jul 31 2007 // Integro Insurance Brokers announced the hiring of Greg Daniels, a managing principal, and Sheila Bauer, a principal, to lead the firm’s new Nashville, Tenn., office.Roger Egan, Integro CEO and co-founder said the...
Jul 25 2007 // Crump Insurance Services announced the return of Ron Lanning to its Memphis, Tenn. branch. Lanning will be vice president and manager of the Memphis office, overseeing all brokerage and administrative operations...
Jul 24 2007 // In Nashville, Tenn., two insurance industry veterans announced the formation of Synercon Insurance Holdings, a venture that will acquire and link leading independent insurance agencies.David D. Haynes, serving as CEO of...
Jul 23 2007 // DeclarationsTandem response “It makes no sense for us not to plan all of our responses in tandem.”— Alabama Gov. Bob Riley as he and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour vowed to cooperate in the event of a...
Jul 18 2007 // Following up on a warning she issued in April, Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink is now advising Florida consumers who made annuity transactions with the unauthorized Tennessee-based National Foundation of America...
Jul 17 2007 // SIGMA Actuarial Consulting Group Inc., a Nashville, Tenn.-area company, recently added two risk management professionals to its staff.Jeff Adcock has joined SIGMA as a consulting actuary, and Katie Molitor has joined as an...
Jul 9 2007 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a worker whose hand was crushed by machinery at his workplace was not to blame for the accident despite his admitted marijuana use off the job.Billy McIntosh was injured in 2004...
Jul 9 2007 // Crop and livestock losses in Tennessee caused by this year’s drought has prompted the governor to ask for federal emergency farm relief for the second time this year.The U.S. Department of Agriculture has already...
Jul 6 2007 // Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) has signed a bill creating stricter liability for pet owners or sitters whose dogs injure others. This new law imposes liability on a dog’s owner for damages suffered by a person who...
Jul 5 2007 // Comer Wilson hasn’t had to show his ID to buy beer in a while. Maybe it’s the 66-year-old man’s long white beard.Starting July 1, gray hair was no longer good enough. Wilson and everyone else are now...
Jul 2 2007 // The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced a record penalty collection of $1,012,161 assessed against employers for non-compliance with the insurance requirements of the state’s...
Jun 20 2007 // Gov. Phil Bredesen’s request for federal farm assistance for all 95 counties in Tennessee received approval today from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.Bredesen made the request April 11 after record low...
Jun 18 2007 // U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is pressing the Bush administration to fully fund a compensation program for sick nuclear weapons workers and calling for Senate hearings on why claims have been delayed.“It has...
Jun 12 2007 // A double whammy in the form of a sudden freeze followed by drought conditions has hit farms in Tennessee hard, according to agricultural officials.A line of thunderstorms last week wasn’t enough to alleviate the arid...
Jun 12 2007 // It took O’Charley’s regional operations director in Hattiesburg, Miss., most of a week to get in touch with the restaurant chain’s Nashville, Tenn. headquarters after Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf...