All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 16 2018 // Kentucky will make the biggest changes to its workers’ compensation system in decades.The legislation – backed by business groups but opposed by organized labor groups – was passed by both the Kentucky...
Apr 9 2018 // Kentucky is officially moving forward on making the biggest changes to the workers’ compensation system in decades.The legislation – backed by business groups but opposed by organized labor groups – was passed by...
Apr 6 2018 // A.M. Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bbb+” from “bbb” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) of Kentucky Growers Insurance Company (KGIC) of Lexington, KY....
Mar 26 2018 // Kentucky lawmakers are closing in on making the biggest changes to the workers’ compensation system in decades after the Senate passed the measure on Thursday.The legislation – backed by business groups but opposed...
Mar 15 2018 // Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is requesting a presidential disaster declaration for 22 eastern Kentucky counties where damage occurred during severe flooding last month. Bevin’s office said in a news release Monday that...
Mar 5 2018 // A new research letter published in a medical journal details hundreds of cases of black lung disease in the Central Appalachian coalfields.Three clinics in southwestern Virginia identified 416 coal miners with the disease...
Mar 1 2018 // The Muhammad Ali Center is downtown Louisville will remain closed to visitors until March 6 due to extreme flooding. The center says rising water levels in the parking garage forced a shutdown of electric power to the...
Feb 27 2018 // The death toll rose to at least five on Sunday after severe thunderstorms swept through the central U.S., spawning a tornado that flattened homes, gale force winds and widespread flooding from the Upper Midwest to...
Feb 21 2018 // Kentucky’s attorney general on Monday filed a lawsuit against drug distributor Cardinal Health Inc , accusing it of contributing to the opioid epidemic by failing to halt or report suspiciously large or frequent...
Feb 20 2018 // MAPFRE Insurance, which last year decided to exit five states and focus on 11, is turning over its personal lines business in three of the five states it is leaving to Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual unit.MAPFRE has...
Feb 20 2018 // Republican lawmakers began their latest push last week to revamp workers’ compensation, advancing a bill that would put time limits on benefits for some injured workers.The provision calling for a 15-year cap from...
Feb 16 2018 // State officials have announced an online tool to join Kentucky’s fight against opioid drug abuse.Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration says the website – FindHelpNowKY.org – allows people to search in real-time...
Feb 15 2018 // A former chief financial officer of a Louisville insurance company has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for tax evasion and embezzlement. A federal judge ordered 63-year-old Sylvia R. Smith to pay $674,093 in...
Feb 14 2018 // Heavy rains flooded areas and caused mudslides in parts of Appalachia, forcing dozens of people out of their homes and into shelters as the high water closed roads and schools.Kentucky Emergency Management spokeswoman...
Feb 13 2018 // Flooding brought on by heavy rains in parts of Kentucky have prompted a state of emergency in at least one southeastern county.Media outlets report an emergency declaration was issued for widespread flooding in Harlan...
Feb 13 2018 // A new research letter published in a medical journal details hundreds of cases of black lung disease in the Central Appalachian coalfields.Three clinics in southwestern Virginia identified 416 coal miners with the disease...
Feb 9 2018 // Following up on a big change made last year to Kentucky’s medical malpractice system, state lawmakers are considering a measure that would further alter the process of pursuing lawsuits claiming medical error or...
Feb 8 2018 // HVAC Investigators (HVACi), a national provider of HVAC damage assessments for insurance claims, has acquired Donan Engineering’s HVAC Forensics division, based in Louisville, Ky. The consolidation of two brands in...
Jan 23 2018 // Kentucky’s attorney general on Monday accused drug distributor McKesson Corp of helping fuel the opioid epidemic by failing to halt shipments of suspiciously large or frequent orders by pharmacies of prescription...
Jan 22 2018 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance’s (DOI) Consumer Protection Division returned over $15 million to Kentucky consumers during 2017, the department said in a statement.Consumers received over $10.5 million in...