Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ky. Office Enhances Online Services for Agents
Mar 11 2004 // Kentucky insurance agents now have the option of reportedly saving time and paperwork thanks to new online services offered by the Kentucky Office of Insurance (OOI). Prior to the new enhancements to the OOI Web page,...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Ky. Agents Await Sentencing
Mar 8 2004 // According to the Fraud Investigation Division of the Kentucky Office of Insurance, two individuals have been convicted of committing fraudulent insurance acts. Mark A. Calitri, 34, of Richmond was found guilty of two...
The Bluegrass State – Home of Louisville Slugger, Abe Lincoln Birthplace
Feb 23 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s 2000 census estimated the population of the State of Kentucky at 4 million. Approximately 74 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 17 percent had...
AMA Supporting Debate on Ky. Medical Liability System
Feb 6 2004 // The American Medical Association (AMA) said it supports debate on Kentucky’s medical liability system. According to AMA President Donald Palmisano, “The American Medical Association believes the door should be...
Ky. Agents to be Sentenced for Insurance Fraud
Feb 3 2004 // According to the Fraud Investigation Division of the Kentucky Office of Insurance, two individuals have been convicted of committing fraudulent insurance acts. Mark A. Calitri, 34, of Richmond was found guilty of two...
New Doctor-Owned Company Gets Go-Ahead from Ky. Department
Dec 31 2003 // Healthcare Underwriters Group of Kentucky (HUGKY), a medical professional liability insurance company owned by Kentucky doctors, has received authorization from the Kentucky Department of Insurance to begin operations. The...
ISO to Provide Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance Data-Reporting Services for Workers’ Comp
Nov 12 2003 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has entered into an outsourcing agreement with Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance (KEMI) to collect the insurer’s workers’ compensation data. ISO will collect KEMI’s...
Ky. Commissioner Sets WC Rate Increase at 13.1%
Sep 17 2003 // Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Janie A. Miller rejected the filing from an advisory organization expected to be used by most carriers to develop rates for workers’ compensation insurance. According to the Kentucky...
Ky. Expands Online Info for Insurers, Businesses
Sep 2 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance announced that expanded agent licensing information on affiliated individuals is now available to insurers or business entities online at the department’s Web site. For privacy...
New Captive/RRG Forms in Kentucky
Aug 15 2003 // Frost Brown Todd LLC Insurance Industry Group and the Kentucky Hospital Association announced the formation of the Kentucky Hospital Insurance Company (KHIC). The captive insurer/risk retention group will offer medical...
Ky. DOI Schedules Workers’ Comp Hearing
Aug 8 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance announced it will hold a public hearing on August 13 to discuss the contents of a filing from an advisory organization expected to be used by most carriers to develop rates for...
Kentucky DOI Schedules Disaster Readiness Seminars
Jul 8 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance announced it will hold two free seminars in July designed to educate consumers on ways to protect their families and property from natural disasters. “After the weather-related...
Ken. Halts Sale of Unauthorized Med-Mal Insurance
Jul 7 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance announced it has obtained a temporary restraining order against two entities that are alleged to have been marketing professional liability coverage to Kentucky physicians and medical...
Allstate, Liberty Mutual File $1M Lawsuit in Alleged Ky. Fraud Scam
Jun 26 2003 // Allstate Insurance Company and Liberty Mutual Group announced they jointly filed a federal RICO lawsuit against a Kentucky doctor and owners of several medical clinics and billing companies in that state. The defendants in...
Former Kentucky Agent Lands Fraud Sentence
Jun 17 2003 // The Fraud Investigation Division of the Kentucky Department of Insurance announced a former Lexington insurance agent has been sentenced in Fayette Circuit Court on one felony count of fraudulent insurance acts. According...
Correction: New Online Information Available in Kentucky
Jun 5 2003 // Expanded agent licensing information on affiliated individuals is now available online at Kentucky Department of Insurance’s Web site. Insurance Journal ran this news on June 4, 2003, with Tennessee in the headline...
New Online Information Available to Ky. Insurers and Businesses
Jun 4 2003 // Expanded agent licensing information on affiliated individuals is now available to insurers or business entities online at the Kentucky Department of Insurance’s Web site. The department noted that for privacy and...
Med Mal Insurers File for Increases in Kentucky
May 20 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance scheduled two public hearings in June to discuss specific rate filings from two medical malpractice insurance carriers. According to Insurance Commissioner Janie A. Miller, recent...
Palmer & Cay Forms Equine Unit; Specialty Team to be Based in Ky.
Apr 23 2003 // Palmer & Cay, Inc., an insurance brokerage and benefits consulting firm, has expanded its services to include a team of specialists focusing exclusively on the equine industry. The new practice will be based in...
