Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky County’s Insurer Pays $2.1 Million to Settle Crash Suit
Dec 8 2008 // Garrard County’s insurance company has paid $2.1 million to the estate of a central Kentucky man killed in a fiery car crash involving a former a county employee. The Advocate-Messenger reports the lawsuit was filed...
Business Moves
Nov 30 2008 // Arthur J. Gallagher The HR Group International insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported it has acquired The HR Group, LLC of Brentwood, Tennessee. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The HR Group...
Madrid Zone Earthquake Study a Wake-Up Call for Tennessee, Other States
Nov 30 2008 // A new federal study of the New Madrid Seismic Zone predicts Tennessee would see the highest level of damage if there is a 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The study notes that the total economic impact of a series of NMSZ...
Business Moves
Nov 30 2008 // Brown & Brown, Conner Strong Florida- based Brown & Brown Inc. said it has agreed to acquire the small business insurance unit of Conner Strong Companies, Inc., which is headquartered in Cherry Hill, New Jersey....
Court Lets Kentucky Sex Abuse Case Against Vatican Proceed
Nov 26 2008 // A lawsuit against the Vatican alleging top church officials should have warned the public or authorities of known or suspected sexual abuse of children by priests here can go ahead, a federal appeals court in Kentucky...
Six Flags Amusement Park Settles Kentucky Teenager’s Accident Case
Nov 24 2008 // An amusement park said it has reached a settlement with the family of a Louisville teenager whose feet were severed when a thrill ride malfunctioned last year. Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom said the settlement would provide...
Kentucky’s HopFed Bank Gets Preliminary Approval for Bailout Funds
Nov 21 2008 // Kentucky’s HopFed Bancorp, Inc., holding company for Heritage Bank and Fall & Fall Insurance, reports it has been preliminarily approved to participate in the U.S. Department of Treasury Capital Purchase Program...
Kentucky Revs Up Insurance for Low-Speed Electric Vehicles
Nov 16 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear recently signed legislation directing the state’s transportation department to develop standards to authorize the operation of low speed electric vehicles on Kentucky highways. Sharon P....
Kentucky Deals with Insurance for Low-Speed Electric Vehicles
Nov 5 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear recently signed legislation directing the state’s transportation department to develop and implement standards to authorize the operation of low speed electric vehicles on Kentucky...
Mock Disaster Reveals Preparedness of Kentucky Miners
Nov 4 2008 // Recently, miners at Mosley Spur Mine in Middlesboro, Ky. took steps to ensure that if there is ever an emergency, they will be prepared. “I don’t know if you can ever be fully prepared (for a disaster),”...
Kentucky Weathering AIG and Ike Hurricanes
Nov 2 2008 // Sharon P. Clark, a 17-year veteran of Kentucky state government, was appointed commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) in June. Clark’s experience includes five years as director of the Consumer...
Legal Experts in Kentucky Mull Reopening Deadly 1977 Fire
Oct 31 2008 // The Kentucky governor said he has asked legal experts to determine whether new evidence warrants reopening an investigation into one of the deadliest fires in U.S. history, a nightclub blaze that killed 165 people more...
Kentucky Farm Bureau Deploys Guidewire ClaimCenter
Oct 31 2008 // Louisville, Ky.-based Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. deployed Guidewire ClaimCenter as its next generation claims management system. ClaimCenter replaces KFB’s legacy claims system. KFB said it deployed...
Group Asks Kentucky Governor to Reopen Fire Probe
Oct 22 2008 // A group of survivors of a 1977 Kentucky night club fire that killed 165 people near Cincinnati asked Gov. Steve Beshear to reopen the investigation into its cause. A former employee who was 18 at the time of the fire is...
Southern Drought Creeping Northward to West Virginia
Oct 20 2008 // Extreme drought conditions, the second-worst possible, have now spread into Kentucky, and severe conditions have returned to West Virginia and southwest Virginia, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. “The last...
Ike Cleanup in Kentucky will Last into Next Year
Oct 20 2008 // The Paducah, Kentucky City Commission agreed in principle to rent dump trucks to haul away debris from Hurricane Ike’s September windstorm. Even if the extra trucks are used, the cleanup is expected to last into next...
Declarations
Oct 20 2008 // Consumer Beware “So often these entities will pop back up with a new name and take advantage of a new group of consumers. This is why we urge consumers to contact us before purchasing coverage to be sure the entity...
Ike Cleanup in Kentucky will Last into Next Year
Oct 9 2008 // The Paducah, Ky. City Commission agreed in principle to rent dump trucks to haul away debris from Hurricane Ike’s September windstorm. Even if the extra trucks are used, the cleanup is expected to last into next...
Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Lowers Workers’ Comp Rates
Oct 7 2008 // Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance, a workers’ compensation insurance provider, lowered its rates for numerous industries throughout the state. The rate reduction amounts to 6.7 percent overall and will...
Crack Found in Kentucky Bridge, Eastbound Truck Traffic Halted
Oct 3 2008 // Inspectors discovered a crack in the eastbound Interstate 275 bridge in northern Kentucky, prompting the state Transportation Cabinet to ban truck traffic from the span, a spokesman said Oct. 1. Eastbound traffic on the...
