Latest Kentucky Headlines
All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ky. GOP Chairman: Cut Candidate’s Former Law Firm
Oct 11 2007 // Kentucky’s GOP chairman wants the Office of Insurance to terminate the contract of a Lexington law firm that has represented the state agency for more than a decade in the bankruptcy of Kentucky Central Life...
Ky. Forestry Officials Looking for More Emergency Firefighters
Oct 10 2007 // With a lingering drought, state forestry officials in eastern Kentucky are anticipating a challenging fire season and are looking for more emergency firefighters. Dexter Conley, a district forester for the Eastern...
Ky.: Unauthorized Insurer Offering Health Insurance to Consumers
Oct 9 2007 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance is investigating reports that an unidentified company is selling health insurance in Kentucky without proper authorization. A flyer, which has been faxed to consumers in Kentucky, does not...
Ky. Gov. Fletcher willing to compromise on medical tort reform
Oct 8 2007 // In a blunt assessment, Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher told fellow doctors recently that chances of limiting pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases are bleak because of resistance from some state lawmakers....
Kentucky earns highway safety award
Oct 8 2007 // Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher has won a national award for historic highway safety measures that have resulted in a decrease in traffic fatalities in Kentucky. Fletcher received the 2007 Peter K. O’Rourke Special...
It Figures
Oct 8 2007 // 103 The number of Mississippi cases relating to Hurricane Katrina claims included in a settlement with State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. last month. Terms of the settlement are confidential, said attorney Chip Merlin....
Fired-up over safer cigarettes
Oct 8 2007 // Now 21 states require cigarettes to be self-extinguishing Cigarettes sold in 21 states will be self-extinguishing after a strikingly high 15 states passed new laws this year to combat smoking-related blazes, the No. 1...
Fired-up over safer cigarettes
Oct 8 2007 // Cigarettes sold in 21 states will be self-extinguishing after a strikingly high 15 states passed new laws this year to combat smoking-related blazes, the No. 1 cause of home-fire deaths. “Fire-safe” cigarettes,...
Kentucky earns highway safety award
Oct 8 2007 // Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher has won a national award for historic highway safety measures that have resulted in a decrease in traffic fatalities in Kentucky. Fletcher received the 2007 Peter K. O’Rourke Special...
Figures
Oct 8 2007 // 103 The number of Mississippi cases relating to Hurricane Katrina claims included in a settlement with State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. last month. Terms of the settlement are confidential, said attorney Chip Merlin....
Trial Opens in Kentucky Case Against Allstate
Oct 4 2007 // An attorney representing a Kentucky woman suing Allstate Insurance Co. in a $1.4 billion trial accused the insurance giant of using delay tactics and schemes to prod injury victims into accepting lower offers for pain and...
Feds Declare Ky. a Natural Disaster Area Because of Drought
Oct 4 2007 // Kentucky farmers struggling to cope with a prolonged drought can seek emergency loans to help offset crop losses after state officials received word Tuesday of a federal disaster declaration due to the dry...
Allstate Insurance Co. Civil Trial Begins in Kentucky
Oct 2 2007 // A civil trial regarding Allstate Insurance Co.’s procedures for handling claims began in Fayette County Circuit Court this week. Geneva Hager, of Richmond, Ky., filed a $1.425 billion civil lawsuit claiming the...
Kentucky Gov. Receives National Highway Safety Award
Sep 28 2007 // Gov. Ernie Fletcher has won a national award for historic highway safety measures that have resulted in a decrease in traffic fatalities in Kentucky. Fletcher received the 2007 Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement...
Ky. Gov. Breaks Ground on New Highway, Enhances Safety
Sep 27 2007 // Gov. Ernie Fletcher joined state and local officials in Williamsburg, Ky., to break ground on the I-75/KY 92 interchange project – a long-awaited improvement that will mean greater safety and less traffic congestion...
Ky. Gov. Proposes Compromise for Medical Malpractice Cases
Sep 25 2007 // In a blunt assessment to fellow doctors, Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher said Monday that chances of limiting pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases are bleak because of resistance from some state lawmakers....
Kentucky’s Workers’ Compensation Rates Drop
Sep 19 2007 // A filing most Kentucky insurance carriers will use to develop rates for workers’ compensation coverage shows another decrease in loss costs for 2007, according to Gov. Ernie Fletcher. The state Office of Insurance...
Gov. Fletcher Requests Federal Help for Ky. Farmers
Aug 31 2007 // Crop loss across Kentucky prompted by the third driest May through August in the past 113 years forced Gov. Ernie Fletcher to request U.S. Department of Agriculture disaster assistance for farmers across the...
Feds Release Final Report on Ky. Plane Crash that Killed 49
Aug 30 2007 // Federal investigators released their final report Tuesday on last summer’s deadly crash of a Comair flight in Kentucky, finding that the pilots were primarily responsible but making safety recommendations that extend...
Ratings Recap: Sompo (U.S.); Clarendon, Kentucky National
Aug 30 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A” (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” to New York-based Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America (SJA)....
