Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Recommends Anthem Health Plan as Benchmark for Insurers
Oct 5 2012 // Kentucky has recommended that the Anthem Preferred Provider Organization serve as the benchmark plan for insurers in Kentucky under federal health care reforms. Anthem’s offerings would be the minimum level of...
Judge Shuts Down Christian Health Ministry Medi-Share in Kentucky
Oct 4 2012 // A Christians-only health care ministry must cease operations in Kentucky unless it can get regulatory approval from the state Department of Insurance, a judge ruled this week. The ruling by Franklin County Circuit Judge...
Kentucky’s New Mandatory Drug Tests Can Be Costly
Oct 2 2012 // Under a new law designed to curb prescription pill abuse, patients with long-term conditions requiring controlled substances have to submit to urine drug tests that aren’t always covered by insurance...
Kentucky Workers’ Comp Costs Fall
Sep 10 2012 // Workers’ compensation loss costs in Kentucky are down for the seventh consecutive year. The loss cost figures show an average reduction of 7.9 percent for the 590 industrial classes used in Kentucky. These classes...
Group Cleaning Kentucky Superfund Site Sues Past Users
Sep 6 2012 // Companies, municipalities and universities in Kentucky that contributed to what was once one of the largest hazardous waste facilities in the United States should have to pay for its cleanup, the group managing what is now...
How Tornado Has Changed a Kentucky Town
Sep 6 2012 // Eddie and Sherri Granger’s new life running an antique store in West Liberty, Ky., collapsed in a heap of debris when a tornado demolished their nearly century-old building while tearing through this eastern Kentucky...
Kentucky Bill Would Allow Christian Ministry’s Medi-Share Plan
Sep 3 2012 // A Christians-only health care ministry that’s battling in court for the right to continue operating in Kentucky could get a reprieve from the Legislature. Sen. Tom Buford, chairman of the Senate Banking and Insurance...
Kentucky Annual Workers’ Comp Loss Costs Fall for 7th Consecutive Year
Aug 29 2012 // Kentucky regulators said an annual filing most carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ comp coverage shows the seventh consecutive overall decrease in loss costs. The 2012 filing, approved by Kentucky’s...
Kentucky County Eyeing Timber Firms Over Road Damage
Aug 29 2012 // A western Kentucky county is eyeing loggers and their trucks as the cause of damage to county roads. The Hopkins County Fiscal Court is weighing a measure to fine large trucks if they damage county roads while hauling big...
RiskMeter Enhances Kentucky Premium Tax Report
Aug 22 2012 // RiskMeter Online, a provider of real-time natural hazard risk reports, has added premium tax assessment data and effective dates to its Kentucky Premium Tax report. This additional information assists insurers in...
Kentucky Judge to Review Christians-Only Health Plan Case
Aug 8 2012 // A judge will consider whether a Christians-only health care plan should be held in contempt of court more than a year after the Kentucky Supreme Court subjected it to stricter regulations that could have meant its demise...
Facing Paltry Yields, Kentucky Farmers Hope Insurance Will Cover Costs
Jul 31 2012 // Kentucky agriculture is reeling from a summertime one-two punch of blistering heat and dry conditions, and farmers are feeling the pain from the prospects of shrinking income and inflated expenses caused by weather-related...
Kentucky County Still Tackling the Effects of Storms From 2009-2010
Jul 30 2012 // A southern Kentucky county is still tackling the effects of and cleaning up from two major storms in recent years. Warren County officials said the cleanup from the 2009 ice storm and 2010 flooding could take into...
Kentucky Licenses Portable Device Insurance
Jul 23 2012 // Kentucky regulators have released a new license application that will allow retailers and insurance agents for the first time to sell insurance to cover the portable electronic devices such as laptop computers, cellphones,...
Long Term Care Liability Loss Rate Expected to Grow: Aon
Jul 18 2012 // Long term care liability loss rates and claim severity have reached an eight-year high and are expected to grow steadily in 2013 against a backdrop of health care provider budget constraints and uncertainty about health...
State’s Safety Inspections at Kentucky’s Harlan Mine Found Lax
Jul 17 2012 // A published report says Kentucky’s state investigators found few problems at a Harlan County mine where federal investigators found enough violations during a surprise safety blitz in May to shut the facility down...
Kentucky Governor to Create Health Exchange
Jul 17 2012 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has alerted the federal government of his intention to create a statewide health insurance exchange to help Kentuckians find affordable coverage. Beshear sent a letter last week to Health and...
Kentucky to License Retailers Selling Insurance for Portable Electronic Devices
Jul 10 2012 // Kentucky regulators have released a new license application that will allow retailers for the first time to sell insurance to cover the portable electronic devices they sell. State lawmakers earlier this year a law that...
Kentucky Insurance Chief Wants Christian Health Plan Held in Contempt
Jun 28 2012 // A legal dispute between the state and a Christians-only health care plan is continuing to simmer after a decade of legal wrangling that has made it all the way to the Kentucky Supreme Court. The case pits the Kentucky...
Appeals Court Throws Out Kentucky Bank’s Investment Lawsuit
Jun 21 2012 // A Kentucky-based bank that lost at least $14 million on mortgage-backed securities failed to read documents associated with the investment and didn’t give enough specifics to sustain claims of fraud against...
