Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People & Places
May 23 2005 // James Huber James Robinson Huber has been appointed senior vice president and regional executive, Southeast Region for ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies. Based in Atlanta,...
HOMEOWNERS’ PREMIUMS STABLE
May 23 2005 // Premiums for homeowners insurance in Kentucky aren’t rising as quickly as they did in past years, and some insurers said rates are coming down. “Rates are staying fairly stable with only small increases,”...
TITLE: WORKERS’ COMP FUND RECEIVES A ‘Clean Bill of Health’
May 23 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance has given the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Fund a clean bill of health after completing an audit of the fund. KESA insures more than 5,100 groups and had 2004 premiums of about $67...
News Briefs
May 23 2005 // GEORGIA Licensing System Changes The Georgia Insurance Comm-ission held “Ind-ustry Day Meet-ings” across the state in May to discuss recent changes to the licensing system. In an effort to be responsive to...
People
May 23 2005 // James Robinson Huber has been appointed senior vice president and regional executive, Southeast Region for ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies. Based in Atlanta, Huber will be...
Koetters Leaves Ky. Office of Insurance Suddenly, Without Explanation
Apr 28 2005 // Martin J. Koetters, a veteran insurance industry executive appointed to lead the Kentucky Office of Insurance last summer, has left the job suddenly and without explanation. Koetters’ departure was revealed Thursday...
Lloyd’s Celebrates 20 Years of Support to Univ. of Ky. Veterinary Science Department
Apr 21 2005 // Lloyd’s of London is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a supporter of the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Since the mid-1980s, Lloyd’s of London underwriters, brokers and their Kentucky agents have given...
Ky. Court Rules AIK COMP Rehabilitation May Resume
Apr 8 2005 // Franklin Circuit Court Judge William Graham signed an order April 7 enabling AIK COMP rehabilitator Martin J. Koetters to continue his efforts on behalf of the financially troubled self-insured group workers’...
Arsonist Apprehended in Ky.
Apr 4 2005 // Gregory Van Tatenhove, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Karl Stankovic, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Louisville Field Division, jointly...
KY. INSURANCE DEPT. PUBLISHES “AFTER THE STORM” BOOKLET
Apr 4 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance has published a consumer’s booklet “Aft-er the Storm Has Passed, Settling Dis-aster Claims: Who to Call and What to Do.” The eight-page booklet features a check-sheet...
Anderson Group Takes Over Main Source’s Owensboro, Ky. Operations
Mar 28 2005 // Main Source Insurance Group Inc. has sold its Owensboro, Ky. Operation to The Anderson Group and spun off its insurance operations in two states into a new subsidiary. The Anderson Group is an Owensboro agency that offers...
NAMIC Applauds Passage of Ky. Laws to Clean Up Statute Misconceptions
Mar 23 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has applauded passage of new laws by the Kentucky General Assembly to clean up misconceptions in existing statutes. Prior to adjourning Kentucky lawmakers passed House...
Ky. Insurance Dept. Publishes ‘After the Storm’ Booklet
Mar 9 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance has just published a consumer’s booklet “After the Storm Has Passed, Settling Disaster Claims: Who to Call and What to Do.” The eight-page booklet features a check-sheet...
Soybean Rust Threatens Nine States, Farmers Rethinking Coverage Choices
Mar 7 2005 // A warning to prepare for the worst and hope for the best has been issued by researchers who discovered late last year that when Hurricane Ivan tore across the southeastern U.S. it brought with it wind-borne soybean rust...
Kentucky’s HU Adds New Board Members
Mar 4 2005 // Two Kentucky physicians were elected to the Subscribers Advisory Committee (Board) for Healthcare Underwriters Group of Kentucky (HU), a doctor-owned and governed medical professional liability insurance company, at the...
Todd County, Ky. Residents Oppose Tax on Insurance
Feb 24 2005 // Residents of Todd County in the southwestern corner of Kentucky packed the courthouse this week to ask the fiscal court to reconsider a 3.5 percent insurance tax they say doesn’t treat all county residents equally. A...
E&S Markets Medium, Softening Across the Board
Feb 21 2005 // Rising property prices and a healthy economy after the election year have encouraged competition for casualty business. Although account size is sometimes a factor in the directions prices move, E&S specialists say...
Clark County, Ky. Insurance Premium Tax Defeated
Feb 11 2005 // Widespread resident’s disapproval of a proposal to levy an 8 percent tax on insurance premiums has resulted in its defeat in Clark County, Ky. Fiscal Court. A standing-room-only crowd of almost 400 people attended a...
Kentucky Congressman Files Military Insurance Sales Bill
Feb 9 2005 // A bill imposing restrictions on marketing of insurance to U.S. soldiers on military bases has been introduced by Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Kentucky). The Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act would make it clear...
KY. PROFESSORS CLAIM CONTAMINATION
Feb 7 2005 // College professors in Kentucky have joined the ranks of Americans claiming health effects from mold contamination. According to the Maysville Ledger-Independent, Mayville Community College faculty, including two nursing...
