Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Last Stockpile of Chemical Nerve Agent Destroyed in Kentucky
Apr 22 2022 // The last stockpiles of a deadly chemical agent in the U.S. have been safely eliminated, according to Kentucky officials in charge of destroying the Cold War-era weapons. The final M55 rocket containing VX nerve agent was...
Kentucky Lawmakers Approve Bill to Give Insurers Lower Rates From Home Loan Bank
Mar 25 2022 // Kentucky’s General Assembly has become the only legislature so far this year to adopt a bill that could give insurers lower rates on commercial loans from the Federal Home Loan Bank system. The Kentucky Senate this...
Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in Kentucky Fatal Police Shooting
Feb 25 2022 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against a northern Kentucky police department after two officers fatally shot an armed man during a traffic stop. The family of Randall Lockaby, 57, of Manchester filed suit last...
Insurers Could Get Lower Rates on Liquidity with Bills in States
Feb 21 2022 // Many in the insurance industry may think of the Federal Home Loan Bank as an agency that facilitates affordable mortgages for homes. The system, founded in the waning days of the Herbert Hoover administration to support...
Kentucky Homeowners Can Apply for Grants to Help Pay Insurance, Mortgage
Feb 10 2022 // Kentucky homeowners affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and economic slowdown can now apply for assistance to help pay insurance, mortgages and property taxes, the state’s governor announced. The program is funded...
Kentucky Manufacturer Took Adequate Steps to Stem Racial Harassment, Court Finds
Feb 8 2022 // Although a black maintenance worker suffered “intolerable racial harassment” from co-workers at a Kentucky manufacturer, the employer took steps to investigate and end the practices and cannot be held...
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to Hold Meeting on Safety of Flood-Damaged Dam
Jan 19 2022 // Ten months ago, historic flooding in eastern Kentucky displaced dozens of people and damaged homes and businesses all along the Kentucky River. The flooding also caused an embankment on Panbowl Lake, near Jackson,...
Kentucky Lawmakers Plan to Move Quickly on Tornado Recovery Package
Jan 11 2022 // Kentucky lawmakers, back in session, are planning to take up tornado-recovery legislation this week, with the goal of quickly distributing an initial round of assistance, House Speaker David Osborne said. The newly...
Charles Taylor Acquires Kentucky-based Underwriters Safety & Claims
Jan 6 2022 // Charles Taylor, a claims management and insurtech firm, announced it has acquired Kentucky-based Underwriters Safety & Claims, a third-party administrator. US&C, headquartered in Louisville but with offices around...
Premium Finance Companies Can Extend Payment Deadlines After Kentucky Tornadoes
Jan 5 2022 // Premium finance companies are permitted to extend due dates for premiums and other charges in the wake of tornadoes that ripped through the state in December, the Kentucky insurance commissioner announced. Finance...
Winter Storms Strike Kentucky, Georgia, Carolina, DC
Jan 3 2022 // Storms over the New Year’s Day weekend knocked out power, caused property damage, triggered flash flooding and snow and closed schools and government offices. In Kentucky, less than three weeks after tornadoes...
Kentucky Adjuster Sentenced in Crop Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jan 3 2022 // An independent adjuster who helped Central Kentucky tobacco farmers file millions of dollars in fraudulent crop insurance claims is the latest member of a fraud ring to face prison time for the scheme. Timothy Douglas...
Injured Kentucky Candle Factory Workers File Suit Against Company
Dec 17 2021 // Workers who were injured at a candle factory that was demolished by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, have filed suit against the manufacturer, alleging that managers had threatened to fire employees who wanted to leave...
Tornadoes Destroyed Kentucky Insurance Agency, Damaged Others as Claims Pour In
Dec 16 2021 // A number of insurance agencies in southwestern Kentucky sustained damage at their own offices during the massive tornado rampage last weekend, including one insurance firm that lost its entire building in hard-hit...
Planning Questions Emerge at Tornado-Destroyed Kentucky Candle Plant
Dec 14 2021 // The Mayfield Consumer Products factory was the third-biggest employer in this corner of western Kentucky, an important economic engine that churned out candles that lined the shelves of malls around the U.S. But why its...
People Moves: Kentucky’s Big I; Berkshire’s Life Sciences
Dec 7 2021 // Big I of Kentucky, the association of independent insurance agents in the state, has elected Kevin Desmond as chairman. Desmond, who is president of Desmond Insurance in Bellevue, has been active on the Big I board and...
Kentucky Contractors’ Self-Insurers’ Fund Returns $27M Dividend
Nov 19 2021 // The Kentucky Associated General Contractors’ Self-Insurers’ Fund will make a $27 million dividend payment to members next spring, the fund announced. The dividend marks the 28th straight year that the fund has...
Kentucky Approves Another Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Decrease
Nov 5 2021 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance has approved another workers’ compensation loss cost decrease for employers in the state. The DOI announced this week that officials have ratified a 10.4% average reduction,...
Kentucky Supreme Court Rules to Limit Governor’s COVID Emergency Powers
Aug 24 2021 // The Kentucky governor’s efforts to aggressively combat COVID-19 suffered a landmark legal defeat Saturday as the state’s high court cleared the way for new laws to rein in his emergency powers. The state...
University Opposes State’s Attempt to Trademark ‘Team Kentucky’
Aug 18 2021 // The University of Kentucky is opposing a move by the state to trademark the phrase “Team Kentucky” for use on clothing products. The university argued last week in a notice of opposition with a board in the...
