First Horizon National Corporation

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First Horizon National Corporation

Type	Public company
Founded	1864
Headquarters	Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Key people	Gerald L. Baker, Chief Executive Officer. Michael D. Rose, Chairman. James F. Keen, Principal Accounting Officer . Marlin L. Mosby III Chief Financial Officer . Charles G. Burkett Exec. VP, Pres of First Tennessee Financial Services Number of Employees = 13,000+
Industry	Finance and Insurance
Products	Credit Cards, Loans, Deposit Products, Investments, Insurance, Financial Planning, Trust, Asset Management, and Cash Management Services.
Website	http://www.fhnc.com

First Horizon National Corporation NYSE: FHN is a large banking company based in Memphis, Tennessee. It is the parent company of First Horizon Bank, First Tennessee Bank, and FTN Financial.

First Horizon, a traditional banking subsidiary of FHNC for areas outside of Tennessee, is based in Irving, Texas. It offers a range of financial services, including mortgages through First Horizon Home Loans and banking services from First Horizon Bank, a division of First Tennessee National Association.
FTN Financial, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, is one of the nation's top underwriters of U.S. government agency securities.
First Tennessee Bank, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, has the largest market share in Tennessee and has earned one of the highest customer retention rates of any bank in the nation

It is now the largest Tennessee-based bank (by far with recent merger of Union Planters Bank into Birmingham, Alabama-based Regions Financial Corporation), and the only Tennessee-based banking company with any genuine influence beyond the borders of the state.

First Horizon National Corporation, the parent company of First Tennessee Bank, also includes the subsidiary First Tennessee Bank National Association, as well as the First Horizon family of companies, which includes First Horizon Home Loans and First Horizon Bank. First Horizon Home Loan Corporation is one of the top 20 U.S. mortgage (originations and servicing) providers and First Horizon Bank, established in December 2003, offers traditional banking products and services outside the state of Tennessee, in the Atlanta, Dallas-Ft Worth metroplex, Northern Virginia and Balitmore markets.

Its logo, shared among all of FHNC's three subsidiaries, is a cutout portion of the Tennessee state flag.

1 Corporate history
2 State licenses
3 Awards
4 External links

[edit] Corporate history

First Horizon began as the former First National Bank of Memphis, which by the late 1970s was operating throughout most of the state of Tennessee as First Tennessee National Bank.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the bank sought to expand beyond the borders of Tennessee, and changed the name of its parent company accordingly from First Tennessee National Corporation to First Horizon National Corporation in April 2004. The First Horizon brand originally began as a financial loan and insurance company, and in 2003 became a traditional bank, carrying the First Horizon nameplate, when the company opened branches outside Tennessee . The company continues to operate as First Tennessee Bank within the borders of the Volunteer State.

First Horizon Bank has announced plans, as of 2007, to exit all markets outside its core Tennesseee markets, where it has the dominant market share.

[edit] State licenses

For the purpose of securities sales, First Tennessee Brokerage (FTBR) is licensed in all U.S. states, except Alaska.

For the purpose of investment advisors, First Tennessee Brokerage (FTBR) is licensed to do business in the following states: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

For the purpose of insurance sales and services, First Horizon Insurance Services, Inc. (FHIS) is licensed in all U.S. states except the following: Alaska and New Mexico.

[edit] Awards

100 Best Companies To Work For in America; Fortune, eight consecutive years, 1998-2005.
Best Banking Companies in the U.S.; Forbes, 1997-2004.
100 Best Corporate Citizens; Business Ethics, 2003, 2004, and 2005.
100 Best Companies for Working Mothers; Working Mother, ten consecutive years, 1995-2004.
25 Best Employers for Workers Over 50; AARP, 2003 and 2005.
Best Products of 2001; Business Week, December 17, 2001. For pioneering the Visa Payroll Card.
2003 InformationWeek 500; Information Week, September 22, 2003. 500 leading business users of technology.
Annual CIO 100: 100 Leaders for the Next Millennium; CIO, August 15, 1999