Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Commish Green Lights Aetna-Humana Acquisition, Florida Approves Deal
Feb 18 2016 // Louisville, Ky.-based Humana has been approved for takeover by Aetna by Kentucky regulators, according to a statement from the Kentucky Department of Insurance Commissioner Brian Maynard. The order approving the request...
Fire Destroys 184-Year-Old Landmark General Store in Kentucky
Feb 16 2016 // A fire has destroyed a northern Kentucky landmark – the 184-year-old Rabbit Hash General Store in Boone County. Media outlets report the fire was reported at 9:15 p.m. Saturday. No one was injured. Bellevue-McVille Fire...
Kentucky Senate Passes 3-Feet Bicycle Safety Rule
Feb 11 2016 // Drivers overtaking bicyclists on Kentucky roads would have to leave at least 3 feet between their vehicle and the bicycle under a bill that cleared the state Senate. The Kentucky Senate voted 33-4 to approve a bill that...
Tennessee Insurance Commissioner McPeak Elected as VP of NAIC
Feb 9 2016 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was elected as vice president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the nation’s insurance regulatory...
Brian Maynard Appointed Kentucky Insurance Commissioner
Feb 8 2016 // Brian Maynard of Louisville was appointed commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance on Jan. 12. Gov. Matt Bevin, who took over in December, appointed Maynard by executive order. He is now a member of the Public...
Kentucky Stockyard, Other Businesses Destroyed by Massive Fire
Jan 31 2016 // A massive fire destroyed a 70-year-old beef cattle auction business in Lexington, Ky., on Saturday, churning up a plume of thick, black smoke that darkened the skies for miles as the wind-whipped flames consumed several...
Southeast States Recovering from Record-Breaking Snowstorm
Jan 26 2016 // A massive winter storm that hit the Southeast and East Coast over the weekend set a snowfall record in West Virginia, caused tornadoes in Mississippi and stranded motorists on a cold highway in Kentucky overnight....
Snowy East Coast Digs Out After Massive Weekend Blizzard
Jan 25 2016 // Millions of Americans started digging themselves out Sunday after a mammoth blizzard with hurricane-force winds and record-setting snowfall brought much of the East Coast to an icy standstill. New York and Baltimore began...
Kentucky Governor to Dismantle State Health Exchange
Jan 25 2016 // Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has notified federal authorities he plans to dismantle the state’s health insurance exchange. Bevin campaigned on a pledge to get rid of the exchange, known as kynect. It was...
Extreme Winter Weather Hits the Southeast
Jan 22 2016 // States across the Southeast, including Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia, were hit by extreme winter weather this week and forecasters say it isn’t finished yet. Another two feet of snow is still...
Coal Miner Killed in Kentucky, 3rd Industry Fatality in 2016
Jan 22 2016 // A coal miner in western Kentucky died after being pinned against a wall by a mobile digging machine in an underground mine, the first coal mining death in the state this year and the third nationally. The death prompted a...
Brian Maynard Appointed Insurance Commissioner of Kentucky
Jan 20 2016 // Brian Maynard Brian Maynard of Louisville was appointed commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance on Jan. 12. He takes over for Sharon P. Clark, who had been in the position since first being appointed in...
Kentucky Health Cooperative Placed in Liquidation
Jan 20 2016 // Citing the need to preserve remaining assets, the Kentucky Health Cooperative (KYHC) was placed in liquidation Jan. 15 at the request of the Kentucky Department of Insurance. The order was signed by Franklin Circuit Judge...
Kentucky Drone Suit Challenges Airspace Rules, Privacy Expectations
Jan 19 2016 // A lawsuit filed against a man who shot down a drone over his Hillview, Ky., home last summer seeks to resolve what expectations homeowners have to privacy as their property is seen from the air. The Courier-Journal reports...
Kentucky Governor to Dismantle State Health Exchange
Jan 13 2016 // Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has notified federal authorities he plans to dismantle the state’s health insurance exchange. Bevin campaigned on a pledge to get rid of the exchange, known as kynect. It was...
Judge Orders Online Poker Company to Pay Kentucky $870M
Dec 30 2015 // A Kentucky state judge ordered an online poker company to pay Kentucky $870 million and sternly rebuked the company for making “a calculation that breaking the law was good for business.” Casino-style gambling...
OxyContin Makers to Settle Lawsuit with Kentucky for $24 Million
Dec 29 2015 // The maker of OxyContin will pay Kentucky $24 million over the next eight years as part of the settlement of a long-running lawsuit that accused the company of misleading the public about the addictiveness of the powerful...
Distillery Drops Trademark Suit Against University of Kentucky
Dec 23 2015 // Kentucky Mist Moonshine has dropped a federal lawsuit against the University of Kentucky over trademarks. James Francis, a lawyer for the eastern Kentucky distillery, tells the Lexington Herald-Leader the two sides are...
People – Southeast
Dec 21 2015 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak was elected secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). She joins the other 2016 NAIC officers...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 21 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry. The...
