Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Seeks to Shut Massey Mine in Kentucky Over Safety
Nov 4 2010 // Mine safety regulators have filed a motion against a company owned by Massey Energy , claiming safety violations at one of its mines in Kentucky, the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday. It said its Mine Safety and...
Kentucky Contractors’ Self-Insurer to Return $11 Million Dividend
Nov 4 2010 // The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self Insurers’ Fund, a provider of workers’ compensation insurance, said it will return $11.3 million in dividends to its qualifying membership in March of 2011. The...
Court Reduces Award in University of Kentucky Football Player’s Death
Nov 3 2010 // The Kentucky Court of Appeals has reduced the monetary award in a lawsuit over the death of a University of Kentucky football player. The court halved the $60 million in punitive damages to $30 million, ruling the award in...
Kentucky Farm Bureau Grows to 500K Members
Nov 2 2010 // Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) in October surpassed the half-million membership mark for the first time in the organization’s 91-year history. Attracting 500,316 member families in fiscal year 2010, KFB increased its...
Kentucky Homeowners Challenge Fire Service Subdistrict Tax
Oct 19 2010 // A dozen homeowners in central Kentucky have sued to challenge the legality of a fire protection subdistrict. The homeowners in northwestern Jessamine County contend the property tax that funds the North Jessamine...
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Oct 18 2010 // Insurance broker Marsh has added five industry veterans – four from competing broker Aon – to its private equity and mergers and acquisitions practice. James O’Brien, Jason Hawkins and Craig Warnke join...
Kentucky Auditor Clears League Over Workers’ Comp
Oct 18 2010 // Kentucky’s state auditor has found no fraud in the insurance buying practices of the Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government. Auditor Crit Luallen said her agency found no evidence to conclude that the city’s...
Kentucky Jury Awards $165K in Funeral Home Fire
Oct 12 2010 // A southern Kentucky jury ordered a funeral home to pay $165,000 to a family after an employee misrepresented the condition of a body after the facility caught on fire. The jury in Christian County Circuit Court heard a day...
Kentucky City Settles Lawsuit with Ex-CFO
Oct 7 2010 // A central Kentucky city has settled a lawsuit with its former chief financial officer who claimed he was unfairly demoted. The Danville City Commission agreed to pay Spencer Rodgers $125,000 and allow him to stay in the...
Kentucky Auditor Clears League Over Workers’ Compensation Purchase
Oct 7 2010 // Kentucky’s state auditor has found no fraud in the insurance buying practices of the Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government. Auditor Crit Luallen said her agency found no evidence to conclude that the city’s...
Kentucky Police Find Stolen Golf Carts For Sale Online
Oct 1 2010 // Police in central Kentucky have recovered six stolen golf carts after finding three of them offered for sale online. WAVE-TV in Louisville reported that Hillview Police discovered the carts offered on Craigslist. Billy...
Talley to Head Lloyd’s America U.S. Central Region
Sep 21 2010 // Lloyd’s announced the promotion of Pat Talley to Regional Director for Lloyd’s America’s Central Region. He will “be responsible for the Illinois and Kentucky offices [the two states in the U.S....
Kentucky Commissioner Named to National Board
Sep 15 2010 // The National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) has announced that Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark has been appointed as a National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) representative on the NIPR...
Kentucky Simulator Program Aims to Improve Driver Safety
Sep 3 2010 // Baby, you can drive Larry Roberts’ car er, simulated driving machine. But first you have to get an official invitation from Roberts, who is the Fayette County attorney. And you have to be between 16 and...
Keystone Adds Two Kentucky Agencies to Network
Aug 30 2010 // Keystone Insurers Group today announced the addition of two more franchisees to its growing list of partner agencies. Both are in Kentucky. Houk Insurance Agency of Horse Cave and Mountain Valley Insurance in Barbourville...
Kentucky Court Rules Christians-Only Health Plan Is Insurance
Aug 27 2010 // A Christians-only health care plan provides a “contract for insurance” and doesn’t qualify for exemption from state regulations as a religious publication, the Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled in a...
Surprise Inspections at Appalachian Mines Uncover Safety Violations
Aug 27 2010 // Recent surprise inspections show that increased enforcement isn’t preventing U.S. coal mines from continuing to violate safety laws, the federal Mine Safety & Health Administration said. MSHA inspectors found...
Kentucky’s WC Loss Costs Down for Fifth Time
Aug 24 2010 // An annual filing most insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage in Kentucky shows the fifth consecutive overall decrease in loss costs, Department of Insurance Commissioner...
Kentucky Coal Companies Sued After Flooding
Aug 20 2010 // A group of eastern Kentucky residents have sued two coal companies, saying improper surface mining and reclamation caused or worsened flooding that destroyed dozens of homes in Pike County last month. The Lexington...
Kentucky Police Suspect Two Fires Are Arson
Aug 19 2010 // A pair of fires that happened within minutes of each other may be arson and a southern Kentucky fire chief believes they may also be connected. Russellville Police Department Chief Barry Dill told the Bowling Green Daily...
