Kentucky News

Kentucky Woman Charged with Workers’ Comp Fraud

Kentucky Insurance officials charged a Shelbyville woman with insurance fraud as a result of collecting more than $3,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. Tanya Garitty, 38, told her employer she was unable to work after an accident but allegedly worked as …

Feds Identify 20 Repeat Violators of Mine Health and Safety Rules

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration has warned 20 companies across the country that they may face sanctions as repeat violators of health and safety rules. The list includes coal operations in West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee, along …

Ark.’s Commissioner Bowman Re-elected to NAIC Position

Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman was re-elected to the position of vice chair of the Southeastern Zone of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) at the association’s quarterly meeting held in Houston. The Southeastern Zone includes commissioners and …

S&P Details Actions Taken on ‘Public Information’ Ratings

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced various rating actions on insurance companies with public information (pi) ratings. S&P explained that “ratings with a ‘pi’ subscript are based on an analysis of an issuer’s published financial information, as well as …

Encompass Insurance Product Expands Opportunities For Ky. Agents

Kentucky insurance agents can now offer their customers a product that combines accident forgiveness and discounts with rating tiers. Illinois-based Encompass Insurance’s new Encompass Edge, with its advanced rating tiers, gives agents the flexibility to write insurance for more customers …

Fire Risk Prompts GE to Recall Ovens And Microwaves

General Electric recalled 92,000 combination wall and microwave ovens after at least 35 incidents of fire that damaged property, the company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday. The door switch in the microwave oven can overheat and ignite …

New Markets

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New Markets

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New Markets

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People

H.W. Kaufman Financial Group/Burns & Wilcox recently promoted five executives to the position of vice president to support its strategy of growing the company’s national reach. The announcement was made by Chairman, President and CEO Alan Jay Kaufman. Christopher Zoidis …