Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Kentucky Commissioner Releases Med-Mal Proposal
Jan 8 2003 // Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) Commissioner Janie A. Miller announced a series of recommendations to address the medical malpractice insurance market in Kentucky. The recommendations were developed after months of...
Liability Crisis Looming for University of Louisville School of Medicine
Dec 25 2002 // The Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) and the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) notified state leaders that the University of Louisville School of Medicine’s OB/GYN Department may lose its liability insurance...
Ky. Supreme Court Rules on Parental Consortium Claims
Nov 5 2002 // The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Daley v. Reed recently that a claim for loss of parental companionship and services is payable under the “each person” limit, not the “each accident”...
Kentucky’s HopFed Acquires Bank Branches, Agency
Sep 10 2002 // HopFed Bancorp Inc. of Hopkinsvill, Ky. acquired two bank branches and a full service insurance agency located in Fulton, Ky. The closing was effective Sept. 5, and the branches began operation under the Heritage Bank name...
Ky. Slaps Restraining Order on Med-Mal Marketers
Jul 25 2002 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance obtained a temporary restraining order against several entities and individuals alleged to have been marketing medical and/or professional liability coverage to Kentucky physicians...
AIA Calls on Ky. To Reform Tort Liability System
Jul 19 2002 // Enacting key reforms to Kentucky’s tort litigation rules is the single most important step the state can take to improve its medical malpractice insurance environment, the American Insurance Association (AIA) said at...
Pair of Regional Carriers on Board for Trusted Choice
Jul 4 2002 // Regional carriers Kentucky National Insurance Company and Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company are the two newest Trusted ChoiceSM company partners. Fifteen regional and national insurance carriers and one strategic alliance...
Ky. to Hold Med-Mal Hearing
Jul 1 2002 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance will conduct a public hearing on Friday, July 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Capital Plaza, 405 Wilkinson Blvd., in Frankfort to hear testimony on the availability and...
Progressive Reps Receive Awards in Arkansas, Kentucky
Jun 28 2002 // Two Progressive Insurance Company representatives from Kentucky and Arkansas who happen to share the same first and last name, have been named by their respective state association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) as...
Arthur J. Gallagher and Co. Makes Acquisitions
Dec 21 2001 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Equity Insurance Managers, Inc., Equity Insurance Administrators, Inc. and 21st Century Claims Service, Inc. all of Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in...
BB&T’s Aggressive Expansion Plan Includes Mergers, Acquisitions
Nov 26 2001 // BB&T Corporation, the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based financial services company with strong insurance interests, is maintaining its strategy of expansion across the southern U.S. by agreeing in principle to merge with...
Gender Rating Explored in Kentucky
Nov 5 2001 // If gender is eliminated from the factors Kentucky insurers use to determine auto rates, youthful female drivers state-wide would pay 6.8 percent more for their auto insurance premiums, according to a recent study. The...
IIAA Announces 2002 National Executive Committee
Nov 2 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) confirmed Thomas B. Ahart, as president; installed W. Cloyce Anders and Louise “Bebe” Canter to key executive leadership positions and added Alex Soto, ARM,...
NAIC Cuts Controversial Producer Licensing Model Language
Oct 23 2000 // The hotly contested language of Section4(b)8 became a thing of the past on Oct. 4 when the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) voted unanimously to delete the section from its Producer Licensing Model...
NAIC Cuts Out Controversial Model Language
Oct 16 2000 // The hotly contested language of Section4(b)8 became a thing of the past on Oct. 4 when the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) voted unanimously to delete the section from its Producer Licensing Model...
