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Safety Advocates Propose National Database to Track Jockey Injuries

Horse racing safety advocates are proposing national systems for tracking jockey injuries and sharing horse pre-race medical records in an effort to reduce accidents. The third annual Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit, sponsored by the Jockey Club, focused …

U.S. Launches Pre-Existing Condition Health Insurance Plan

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the launch of a Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) that will offer coverage to uninsured Americans who have been unable to obtain health coverage because of a pre-existing health …

Pope Seeks to Avoid Deposition in Kentucky Negligence Case

The Vatican is asking a federal judge to reject an attempt to question Pope Benedict XVI under oath in a Kentucky sex abuse lawsuit on the grounds that there has been no evidence of a link to church officials in …

Keystone Insurers Group Adds 3 More Indiana Agencies

Keystone Insurers Group (KIG), headquartered in Northumberland, Penn., has added three Indiana franchisees to its growing list of partner agencies. Hummel Insurance Group, Associated Agencies and Rosemeyer Agency bring the Indiana franchise total to 25 and join KIG’s network of …

FEMA: Arkansas, Other Delta States Need Time to Review Flood Map

After facing strong opposition during a public meeting in Arkansas, a top federal official wants to give cities and towns in the Mississippi Delta more time to review maps that outline where flood insurance would be required. Craig Fugate, administrator …

Latta Insurance Becomes Keystone’s 17th Kentucky Agency

Latta Insurance Services Inc. of Henderson, Ky., has become Keystone Insurers Group’s seventeenth franchise partner in Kentucky. Latta Insurance Services President Williams S. Latta announced the new arrangement jointly today with Keystone President David Boedker. Latta Insurance has served western …

Insurance Flap Leads to Audit of Kentucky City

The Kentucky state auditor’s office will conduct an independent exam after a controversy involving fraud allegations by a city employee in Lexington over the purchase of insurance coverages for the city. Auditor Crit Luallen said in a statement Thursday that …

Florida Senator: Obama Not Doing Enough for State

U.S. Sen. George LeMieux criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the Gulf oil spill Saturday, saying he hasn’t done enough to help Florida and the other affected states or their residents. Obama visited Louisiana’s Gulf Coast on Friday, hours after …

Workers Raise Safety Concerns About Kentucky Mine Where 2 Killed

The United Mine Workers of America are raising new concerns about the safety of a western Kentucky coal mine where two men were killed by a rock fall in April. Steve Earle, a regional vice president for UMWA, said miners …