A Kentucky lawmaker pushing to reduce the number of medics required at small mines owns a mine that was cited last year for not having the personnel on duty. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that state inspectors last year cited the …
Workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. wants to expand into Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Illinois. President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Burton says the West Virginia-based company plans to apply in those states over the next couple of …
Kentucky and federal officials say damage estimates from the January ice storm will likely top $185 million. Kentucky’s Emergency Management director, Brig. Gen. John W. Heltzel, says the damages were primarily related to the state’s electric utilities. A statement from …
People caught driving drunk in Kentucky just once could be forced to install breath-alcohol monitoring devices in their cars, as the state’s lawmakers consider joining other states, including Alaska, in toughening DUI laws. House lawmakers are considering proposals aimed at …
Mutual Boiler Re, a Malvern, Pennsylvania based equipment breakdown reinsurer, said it will now pay for its insureds’ boiler and pressure vessel certificate issuance fees and inspection costs in the nine U.S. jurisdictions that charge equipment owners directly for such …
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Devastating “From what I saw today, it was incredible, and we only saw a very small portion today. If you extrapolate that over the entire geographic area that is impacted by Kentucky, it’s a devastating situation for the state.” —Acting …
A judge has ordered the federal agency that regulates coal mining to strengthen rules designed to make the nation’s 38,000 underground coal miners safer by creating better-trained rescue teams. U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Judge …
Kentucky officials say the Jan. 27 storm that blanketed the region with ice and snow took 35 lives. About 769,000 customers lost power at its peak, and almost 50,000 were still without power two weeks later. More than 100 counties …
The GAO compared the number of NFIP policies in a given area as of September 2006, with the total number of county flood declarations from January 1980 to June 2008, cumulative flood claims payments from January 1978 to April 2008, …
