Latest Kentucky Headlines

Ky. Slates April Hearing About CHA Health’s Purchase of Humana

Mar 30 2006 // A formal administrative hearing has been set for Thur. April 13, to discuss the proposed purchase of CHA Health, of Lexington, Ky. by Humana Health Plan Inc., of Louisville. The hearing, which is open to the public, will...

Ky. Insurance Regulator Says Stiff Penalties Handed out in Fraud Cases

Feb 17 2006 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance reported that recent Kentucky court actions indicate judges are increasingly handing out stiff sentences for insurance fraud-related crimes. “We hope the word is getting out that...

Ky. AG Opens Investigation Into Allegations Against Anthem BC and BS

Feb 15 2006 // Total Benefits Planning Agency Inc. reported that the Kentucky Attorney General’s office has opened an investigative file to look into allegations it made against insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross and Blue...

Ky. Councilman Sentenced on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges

Feb 14 2006 // A former Central City, Ky. councilman will spend the next 15 months in prison after being sentenced on federal fraud charges. Danny W. Miller received the sentence on Monday after pleading guilty in U-S District Court last...

Court decides in favor of Ky. miner’s family

Feb 5 2006 // The family of coal miner killed in a rock fall is entitled to increased death benefits because the company he worked for violated several mine safety laws, the Supreme Court has ruled. Ronnie Charles was crushed in 1999...

AIK Comp Members in Kentucky Pay $68M in Cash, Notes

Feb 2 2006 // AIK Comp members in Kentucky have paid over $68 million in cash and promissory notes toward a $90.7 million assessment ordered by the Franklin Circuit Court in November 2005. The assessment followed a settlement reached in...

First Female Fraud Investigator Joins Kentucky Office of Insurance

Jan 24 2006 // Sheryl E. Gordon of Louisville, Ky. has become the first female fraud investigator in Kentucky Office of Insurance history. “We are extremely proud of Gordon’s accomplishments and look forward to the...

Kentucky Miner’s Family Wins Increased Death Benefits

Jan 23 2006 // The family of an underground coal miner killed in a rock fall is entitled to increased death benefits because the company he worked for had violated several mine safety laws, the Supreme Court ruled last week. Ronnie...

Ky. General Assembly Bill Would Require Large Companies to Provide Health Insurance

Jan 16 2006 // A bill before Kentucky’s General Assembly follows Maryland’s lead to require Wal-Mart to spend more on health insurance for employees and would require employers with 10,000 or more workers to spend at least 8...

Tenn. Workers’ Comp Scheme Perpetrator Receives 108-Month Jail Term, Judge Orders $5M Restitution

Jan 13 2006 // Gary Linsey Slater has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman in Lexington, Ky. to 108 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $5 million restitution to two insurance companies he defrauded in a...

Kentucky Surgeon Sentenced to Prison for Felony Medicaid Fraud

Jan 6 2006 // Louisville, Ky. oral surgeon Robert Michael Clear has been sentenced to three years in prison on felony Medicaid fraud charges according to Attorney General Greg Stumbo. The Jefferson Circuit Court sentence was probated...

Minor Earthquake Hits Illinois, Tremors Reported in Indiana, Kentucky

Jan 4 2006 // A minor earthquake hit a small town in southern Illinois yesterday, raising questions again about the threat of a major earthquake for states sitting on or near the New Madrid fault line. The quake struck yesterday at 3:48...

2005, a Year to Remember: Busiest Hurricane Season of the Century for United States

Dec 29 2005 // The hurricane season made 2005 a year-to-remember, with the southeast encountering the busiest hurricane season of the century, with 26 named storms and 13 hurricanes, meteorologists used up the list of 21 proper names and...

Ky. Insurance Companies, Authorities Will Cooperate After Jan. 1 in Crackdown on Uninsured Motorists

Dec 13 2005 // Insurance companies and public officials have joined forces in Kentucky in an effort to eliminate uninsured motorists who buy insurance for only long enough to meet state proof of insurance requirements and then cancel...

Ky. Governor’s Agenda Targets Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

Dec 8 2005 // Reducing medical malpractice lawsuits, reducing soaring health care costs and helping small businesses cope with the increased cost of employee insurance are targets on Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s 2006 legislative...

People & Places

Nov 21 2005 // Kay W. McCurdy The Board of Directors of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. elected Kay W. McCurdy to serve on its board of directors. Bernhard Steves McCurdy began her career in 1975 as an attorney at Lord, Bissell &...

Nov 20 2005 // The Board of Directors of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. elected Kay W. McCurdy to serve on its board of directors. McCurdy began her career in 1975 as an attorney at Lord, Bissell & Brook in Chicago and has more than...

Several States Hit as Tornadoes Tear Up Midwest, Southeast

Nov 16 2005 // Tornadoes barreled across the Midwest and portions of the Southeast on Tuesday, knocking out electricity and damaging buildings in several states. The storms killed at least one person. Meteorologists told The Associated...

ACE Makes Appointments in Midwest

Oct 24 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, today announced that Kelley Kinsella has been named senior vice president and regional business development manager for ACE USA’s...

Ky. Agent Took $150,000 from Clients, Sentenced to 20 Years

Oct 12 2005 // Michael Jay Heathman of Lexington, Ky., who did business as Preferred Financial Service, has been sentenced to prison for 20 years after admitting he stole about $150,000 from his clients. Heathman’s plea was the...