Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio, Ky. Insurers Reach Agreement in Lawsuits Filed in 2002
Oct 4 2005 // Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky physicians have reached an agreement with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio and Kentucky stemming from lawsuits filed in 2002 against several insurers. Courts in Boone and...
FLORIDA
Oct 3 2005 // The Prosecutor’s Office has charged five St. Petersburg residents with filing false claims and defrauding two car insurance companies after a May 2004 two-car wreck in Pinellas Park, Fla. Zlatan Ramic, Alija...
Ky. Councilman Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Comp Scheme
Sep 27 2005 // Danny W. Miller, a Central City, Ky. Councilman, has pleaded guilty to bilking the federal government out of more than $100,000 in workers’ compensation benefits during a four-year period. Miller appeared in the...
Ky. DOI Discovers Bogus ‘Auto Bonds’ Being Sold as Auto Insurance Substitute
Sep 22 2005 // According to the Kentucky Office of Insurance in Frankfort, a Washington state company is selling Kentuckians bogus “auto bonds,” claiming that the product is a viable substitute for mandatory automobile...
Ky. Trucking Company Owner Charged With Fraud
Sep 13 2005 // The owner of a Lee County, Ky. trucking company near Frankfurt has been fined $10,000 and ordered to pay over $43,000 in restitution for submitting false information to the company’s workers’ compensation...
Illinois Agent Sells Bogus Circus Coverage
Sep 5 2005 // Insurance regulators in Kentucky and Nebraska are investigating an Illinois-based insurance company for allegedly defrauding amusement industry operators in Kentucky and Nebraska. Richard A. Brooks & Associates Ltd.,...
Chicago Exec Convicted in Arson Scheme
Sep 5 2005 // A federal jury ruled last month that former commodities firm executive Marc E. Thompson set his home ablaze and burned his elderly mother alive to collect insurance money that he later hid during bankruptcy proceedings,...
Ky. Temp Supplier Fined for Underreporting Workers’ Compensation to KEMI
Aug 24 2005 // A Kentucky company that supplies temporary workers for underground coal mines has pleaded guilty in Letcher Circuit Court to a felony count of insurance fraud. Boone Mountain Services Inc., of Jackhorn, Ky. was charged...
News Briefs
Aug 22 2005 // ALABAMA Hurricane Sales Tax Measure Dies An effort was mounted during Alabama Legislature meetings to grant a sales tax break on necessary supplies to prepare for a hurricane but the measure did not pass. Its sponsor Rep....
Ill. Insurer Allegedly Defrauded Carnival Operators
Aug 17 2005 // Insurance regulators in Kentucky and Nebraska are investigating an Illinois-based insurance company for allegedly defrauding amusement industry operators in Kentucky and Nebraska. Richard A. Brooks & Associates Ltd.,...
Ky. Issues Record Number of WC Citations, Fines
Jul 22 2005 // A record number of workers’ compensations citations and fines have been issued by the Kentucky Office of Workers’ Claims, which said it issued 1,100 citations in 2005 up 709 from 2004. The office oversees...
INSURANCE TRUST NEEDS LETTER OF CREDIT
Jul 18 2005 // The Kentucky School Boards Ins-urance Trust Workers’ Compensation Fund, one of the seven workers’ compensation self-insured groups doing business in Kentucky has been ordered to provide a $6.5 million letter of...
Carney Operators Conned: Ky. Warns of Bogus Llyod’s Policies
Jul 15 2005 // Carnival and circus owners and others involved in the amusement industry are being warned to verify the status of insurance coverage, according to the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and the Kentucky Office of...
Teen Driver, Liability Insurance Bills Pre-filed in Kentucky Legislature
Jul 13 2005 // Driver’s license requirements for teens and increasing minimum amounts for property damage liability insurance are among bills pre-filed for Kentucky’s 2006 legislative session, which is still six months...
IIAK Installs England as President
Jul 6 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Kentucky (IIAK) installed Pikeville insurance agent, James England as its 109th president. He was installed at the association’s 109th annual convention in Lexington, which was...
Ky. Workers’ Comp Self-Insured Fund Showing a Deficit
Jun 24 2005 // One of the seven workers’ compensation self-insured groups doing business in Kentucky has been ordered to provide a $6.5 million letter of credit to the Kentucky Office of Insurance (KOI) to serve as additional...
IIAK Holds Conference June 23-24
Jun 22 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Kentucky Inc., is holding its 109th Annual Convention from June 23-24 at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort in Lexington. The two-day event combines insurance and business education,...
‘TOWN FORUMS’ INCLUDE ETHICS CLASSES
Jun 20 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance is sponsoring town forums across the state in July. Sessions will include a three-hour continuing education class on ethics for insurance agents. In addition, consumers are invited to stop...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // ALABAMA DOI Lists Insurance Providers A list of insurance companies, agencies and agents writing property insurance in coastal areas of Alabama, including Mobile and Baldwin counties became available June 13, thanks to the...
Ky. ‘Town Forums’ Slated in July; Include Continuing Education Classes
May 27 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance is sponsoring town forums throughout the state in July. The sessions will include a three-hour continuing education class on ethics for insurance agents. In addition, consumers are invited...
