Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Jury Awards $165K in Funeral Home Fire
Oct 12 2010 // A southern Kentucky jury ordered a funeral home to pay $165,000 to a family after an employee misrepresented the condition of a body after the facility caught on fire. The jury in Christian County Circuit Court heard a day...
Kentucky City Settles Lawsuit with Ex-CFO
Oct 7 2010 // A central Kentucky city has settled a lawsuit with its former chief financial officer who claimed he was unfairly demoted. The Danville City Commission agreed to pay Spencer Rodgers $125,000 and allow him to stay in the...
Kentucky Auditor Clears League Over Workers’ Compensation Purchase
Oct 7 2010 // Kentucky’s state auditor has found no fraud in the insurance buying practices of the Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government. Auditor Crit Luallen said her agency found no evidence to conclude that the city’s...
Kentucky Police Find Stolen Golf Carts For Sale Online
Oct 1 2010 // Police in central Kentucky have recovered six stolen golf carts after finding three of them offered for sale online. WAVE-TV in Louisville reported that Hillview Police discovered the carts offered on Craigslist. Billy...
Talley to Head Lloyd’s America U.S. Central Region
Sep 21 2010 // Lloyd’s announced the promotion of Pat Talley to Regional Director for Lloyd’s America’s Central Region. He will “be responsible for the Illinois and Kentucky offices [the two states in the U.S....
Kentucky Commissioner Named to National Board
Sep 15 2010 // The National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) has announced that Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark has been appointed as a National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) representative on the NIPR...
Kentucky Simulator Program Aims to Improve Driver Safety
Sep 3 2010 // Baby, you can drive Larry Roberts’ car er, simulated driving machine. But first you have to get an official invitation from Roberts, who is the Fayette County attorney. And you have to be between 16 and...
Keystone Adds Two Kentucky Agencies to Network
Aug 30 2010 // Keystone Insurers Group today announced the addition of two more franchisees to its growing list of partner agencies. Both are in Kentucky. Houk Insurance Agency of Horse Cave and Mountain Valley Insurance in Barbourville...
Kentucky Court Rules Christians-Only Health Plan Is Insurance
Aug 27 2010 // A Christians-only health care plan provides a “contract for insurance” and doesn’t qualify for exemption from state regulations as a religious publication, the Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled in a...
Surprise Inspections at Appalachian Mines Uncover Safety Violations
Aug 27 2010 // Recent surprise inspections show that increased enforcement isn’t preventing U.S. coal mines from continuing to violate safety laws, the federal Mine Safety & Health Administration said. MSHA inspectors found...
Kentucky’s WC Loss Costs Down for Fifth Time
Aug 24 2010 // An annual filing most insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage in Kentucky shows the fifth consecutive overall decrease in loss costs, Department of Insurance Commissioner...
Kentucky Coal Companies Sued After Flooding
Aug 20 2010 // A group of eastern Kentucky residents have sued two coal companies, saying improper surface mining and reclamation caused or worsened flooding that destroyed dozens of homes in Pike County last month. The Lexington...
Kentucky Police Suspect Two Fires Are Arson
Aug 19 2010 // A pair of fires that happened within minutes of each other may be arson and a southern Kentucky fire chief believes they may also be connected. Russellville Police Department Chief Barry Dill told the Bowling Green Daily...
Kentucky Claims Adjuster Partial to the Bagpipes
Aug 17 2010 // If some crisp fall afternoon you happen to be walking along the Kentucky River and the faint sound of bagpipes wafts from the cemetery bluff, it could be Daniel Boone’s ghost calling you home. Or, Frankfort could be...
Kentucky’s Arison Insurance Acquires Benefits Solutions
Jul 29 2010 // Louisville, Ky.-based insurance and benefits broker Arison Insurance Services, Inc. has acquired London, Ky. based insurance broker, Benefits Solutions, LLC. The acquisition creates Arison’s seventh regional office...
Kentucky Texting While Driving Ban Takes Effect
Jul 19 2010 // Texting while driving is no longer allowed in Kentucky. The practice became illegal on Thursday, as the new law banning the practice takes effect. A statement from Gov. Steve Beshear’s office says Kentucky had more...
Keystone Adds Hall & Clark, Ison as Kentucky Partner Agencies
Jul 14 2010 // Keystone Insurers Group has added two more franchisees to its expanding list of Kentucky partner agencies. Hall & Clark Insurance Agency in Prestonsburg and Ison Insurance Agency of West Liberty join KIG’s 17...
Hayride Death Stirs Debate Over Kentucky’s Farm Safety Laws
Jul 12 2010 // The death of a woman thrown from a hay wagon during a ride at a county fair has opened a debate over whether there should be improvements to Kentucky laws on farm equipment safety. Dale Dobson, head of the Farm Safety...
Kentucky Officials Warn Over Mine Collapses
Jul 8 2010 // State mine safety workers are meeting face-to-face with coal miners at the job site to urge them to be vigilant about potential underground collapses, which have killed four miners in Kentucky this year. Mine Safety and...
Ex-Kentucky Mine Regulator Charged with Falsifying Records
Jul 6 2010 // A former government mine safety analyst has been indicted on charges of falsifying multiple reports while working for the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing. Betty Sue Whitaker of Hazard faces 58 counts of...
