Kentucky News

Kentucky Ice Storm Death Toll at 35; Early Losses at $130 Million

Kentucky officials say the Jan. 27 storm that blanketed the region with ice and snow has taken 35 lives. About 769,000 customers lost power at its peak, and almost 50,000 are still without power. The state has received a major …

Judge Orders Tougher Mine Safety Rules to Improve Rescue Teams

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 …

Oklahoma Town Surveying Damage After Twisters Kill 8

Insurers such as Zurich and Farmers have announced they are sending catastrophe response teams to Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, areas pummeled by severe weather earlier this week. Especially hard hit by a cluster of tornados on Feb. 10 was Lone …

Earthquake Training Became Blueprint for Kentucky Ice Storm Recovery

The scenario is frightening: Hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians, many in far-flung rural areas, left in dire circumstances by a major natural disaster. Cut off, they have no electric power, no way to call for help and all roads are …

How Food Safety Officials Cracked the Peanut Poison Case

A century ago, at the dawn of food safety laws, inspection amounted to little more than opening a bin of flour and looking for something wiggly. It’s a different story now. Solving the case of the poison processed peanuts took …

Announcing the Redomestication of National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc., A Risk Retention Group to Montana!

National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (NCIC) specializing in general liability insurance for licensed residential and commercial general and artisan contractors, has redomesticated to Montana, effective February 5, 2009. NCIC writes the difficult Classes: Roofers, Foundations, Excavators, …

Scruggs to Appear in Court Next Week

Disbarred attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, who is serving a five-year prison sentence in a high profile judicial bribery conspiracy, is scheduled to appear in federal court in Mississippi Tuesday. Scruggs was one of the most powerful civil attorneys in the …

Areas with Flood Insurance Policy Sales Potential

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, and …

Study Unveils Target Areas for Flood Policy Sales

But Selling More at Subsidized Premiums Could Sink Flood Program There are a number of communities across the country where more flood insurance policies should be sold given their populations and flood risk. They include dozens of counties that have …

New Markets

The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. High-Value Homeowners’ Protection Market Detail: Irwin Siegel Agency Inc. brings agents access to AIG’s Private …