Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Update: Six Flags Sues Ride Maker over Kentucky Injury Accident
Sep 18 2008 // The owner of a Louisville, Ky. amusement park where a ride malfunction severed a teenage girl’s feet filed suit against the manufacturer of the thrill ride. The Courier-Journal reported Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom...
Unlicensed Adjusters Coming to Kentucky Must File State Form
Sep 17 2008 // Companies sending unlicensed adjusters to Kentucky to assist with the large number of claims from the Sept. 13 and Sept.14 storms must complete state form 8307, according to the Kentucky Department of Insurance. The form...
Ike Fallout: Harsh Winds Buffet much of Kentucky
Sep 16 2008 // Harsh winds caused by remnants of Hurricane Ike knocked down trees and snapped power lines, wreaking damage across Kentucky on Sunday. Gov. Steve Beshear declared a state of Emergency for Kentucky late on Sept....
High Winds Cause Damage, at Least 1 Death in Kentucky
Sep 16 2008 // High winds from the remnants of Hurricane Ike are being blamed for at least one death in Kentucky. Shelby County Deputy Coroner Janet Morris says 10-year-old Frederick Wilson died Sept. 14 after being struck by a large...
State Auto Adds Real Time Rating for Agents in Ohio, Kentucky
Sep 10 2008 // The State Auto Insurance Companies announced today its introduction of real-time rating via SilverPlume Rating Solutions’ PL Rating for agents. State Auto is partnering with SilverPlume to offer their Web-based...
Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Kentucky Good News for Employers
Sep 8 2008 // A 2008 filing most insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage shows the third straight decrease in loss costs, Department of Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark announced. The...
Kentucky Approves Workers’ Comp Loss Cost Reduction of 5.1%
Aug 27 2008 // A 2008 filing most insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage shows the third straight decrease in loss costs, Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark announced. The loss cost...
Golf Carts on Kentucky Roads Must be Insured
Aug 21 2008 // Kentucky golfers and anyone who owns a golf cart within five-miles of a golf course entrance have the go-ahead to putter around on public roadways, per recent legislation. While the golf cart does not meet the...
Jockey Club Calls for Safety Risk Study on Kentucky Derby Field
Aug 19 2008 // A Jockey Club panel will be studying whether the number of horses allowed into the Kentucky Derby poses a safety risk. The annual Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. regularly draws 20 horses to the...
Former Mississippi Lawyer Scruggs to Begin Prison Term in Kentucky
Aug 4 2008 // Not so long ago, former Mississippi-based Richard “Dickie” Scruggs was one of the most powerful civil lawsuit attorneys in the country. In prison, he will be inmate No. 12734-042. Scruggs, 62, must report to a...
Ohio Casualty Offers Farm Business on Commercial IQ in Kentucky, Ohio
Aug 4 2008 // Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, today announced the introduction of its farm line of business (ISO Division Four) on Commercial IQ, its web-based application for quoting and application...
Kentucky Insurance Legislation Affects Compensation and Investments
Jul 31 2008 // Kentucky lawmakers adopted insurance legislation during the 2008 regular legislative session that will affect agents and carriers working in the state. The Insurance Producer Modernization bill (HB 334) allows an agent to...
Court Orders Mississippi Lawyer Scruggs to Kentucky Federal Prison
Jul 25 2008 // Famed Mississippi anti-tobacco lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs is ordered to report to a federal prison in Ashland, Ky., in August to start serving his five-year sentence for attempting to bribe a Mississippi...
2 Kentucky Highway Safety Agencies to Merge
Jul 16 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear announced a reorganization within the Justice Cabinet that will make Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement a division of Kentucky State Police. The two agencies share responsibility for highway...
Delta Dismissed from Fatal 2006 Kentucky Plane Crash Lawsuits
Jul 11 2008 // A federal judge dismissed Delta Air Lines Inc. from more than 19 pending lawsuits involving a plane crash in Kentucky that killed 49 people two years ago. U.S. District Judge Karl Forester said in a 13-page opinion that no...
Golf Carts Allowed on Kentucky Roads Must be Insured
Jul 10 2008 // Kentucky golfers and anyone who owns a golf cart within five-miles of a golf course entrance have the go-ahead to putter around on public roadways, per recently signed legislation. In a measure that may also be of interest...
Kentucky Gov. Appoints 16 to Emergency Response Commission
Jul 10 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear appointed the following members to the Kentucky Emergency Response Commission: Edward W. Tonini, of Frankfort, is the adjutant general of Kentucky for the Department of Military Affairs. The...
Judge Recuses Self from Kentucky Fen-Phen Retrial
Jul 9 2008 // The federal judge who oversaw the eight-week trial of two lawyers accused of conspiring to defraud their clients out of $65 million in a diet-drug settlement won’t handle the retrial. U.S. District Judge William O....
Kentucky Explores ATV Accidents
Jul 7 2008 // Kentucky led the nation in all-terrain vehicle (ATV)-related deaths in 2007, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The frequency of injuries and fatalities caught University of Kentucky hospital surgeon...
Kentucky Study Explores Possible Causes of All Terrain Vehicle Accidents
Jun 24 2008 // Kentucky led the nation in ATV-related deaths in 2007 according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The frequency of injuries and fatalities caught University of Kentucky hospital surgeon Andrew Bernard’s...
