A Kentucky appellate court recently ruled that an injured volunteer firefighter is not eligible for permanent disability benefits because he had no “regular employment” — thus no average weekly wages with which to calculate the award.The ruling, announced last month, …
Kentucky regulators said an annual filing most carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ comp coverage shows the seventh consecutive overall decrease in loss costs.The 2012 filing, approved by Kentucky’s insurance department and effective Oct. 1, is by the …
A western Kentucky county is eyeing loggers and their trucks as the cause of damage to county roads. The Hopkins County Fiscal Court is weighing a measure to fine large trucks if they damage county roads while hauling big loads. …
Kentucky agriculture is reeling from a summertime one-two punch of blistering heat and dry conditions, and farmers are feeling the pain from the prospects of shrinking income and inflated expenses caused by weather-related setbacks. Corn fields are shriveled, especially in …
A southern Kentucky county is still tackling the effects of and cleaning up from two major storms in recent years. Warren County officials said the cleanup from the 2009 ice storm and 2010 flooding could take into 2014. Bowling Green …
Insurance wholesaler and managing general agency, Black/White Associates of Louisiville, Ky., announced it has partnered with Stoermer Insurance Services located in Dayton Ohio. The transaction is effective May 1, 2012. In business since 1968 and owned by Al and Ed …
The owner of a western Kentucky pizza joint and a suntan parlor is suing Hopkinsville police over drug raids at his businesses. Luther Anderson, who owns Pizz-A-Roma and Sunkissed Tanning, which share a building in Hopkinsville, claims in the lawsuit …
More than $18.6 million in federal disaster assistance has been approved for Kentucky residents who went through the tornadoes and severe storms of late February and early March. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says around 5,300 people from 21 counties …
San Diego, Calif.-based managing general agent K2 Insurance Services LLC has acquired a majority stake in Midwestern Insurance Alliance Inc., an MGA based in Louisville, Ky. that underwrites workers’ compensation coverage with a focus on transportation. Terms of the deal …
The Amish in Kentucky would not have to display reflective safety triangles on their horse-drawn buggies if a proposal by a state legislator becomes law. Rep. Johnny Bell, a Glasgow Democrat, has sponsored a bill to allow the buggies to …
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