All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 5 2014 // The Hilb Group has acquired The Martin Agency Inc. (TMAI) with offices in Danville, Kentucky, and Celebration and Ormond Beach, Florida.TMAI will continue to operate at its current locations under the leadership of John...
Aug 1 2014 // Some Kentucky school districts have started getting bills over the past couple of weeks to help offset insurance claims against the failed Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust.The trust announced last year that it would...
Jun 22 2014 // In less than five seconds after hearing gunfire, almost 60 faculty and staff cleared the media room at Mason County Intermediate School in Mayside, Kentucky, through only two exits, or into locked rooms, away from where...
Jun 16 2014 // For years, just enough hardcore classic car lovers and curious travelers wandered through the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky to keep the doors open. Now, after a massive sinkhole swallowed eight pristine models of...
Jun 13 2014 // A group of eight current and former employees of United Parcel Service in Kentucky have sued the company saying they faced racial discrimination, poor treatment based on race and retaliation after they complained.The men...
Jun 2 2014 // A budget cut in the state office that inspects the safety of mining sites is forcing a reduction in its staff.The Lexington Herald-Leader reported that the staff of 141 full-time positions at the Office of Mine Safety and...
Jun 2 2014 // Sandy Recovery Program Scams“Our Statewide Sandy Fraud Working Group is pursuing aggressive criminal and civil actions against those who allegedly sought illegal profits in the wake of this national disaster.”...
May 29 2014 // A $42 million judgment against a group of former attorneys will stand after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up an appeal in the case. The justices on Tuesday rejected a request from now-disbarred lawyers William...
May 28 2014 // The growing zip line industry isn’t regulated by any government authority in Kentucky.The Lexington Herald Leader reported that no federal or state agency is charged with keeping track of the safety of the...
May 16 2014 // Kentucky Public Protection Secretary Bob Vance said he is retiring May 31. Gov. Steve Beshear said his chief of staff, Larry Bond, will be the acting secretary until a permanent replacement is named. Beshear appointed...
May 14 2014 // Lloyd’s of London underwriters will have surplus lines eligibility in Kentucky when new legislation there goes into effect in July, meaning they will have surplus lines eligibility in all 50 states.It also means...
May 13 2014 // The National Corvette Museum is considering keeping a sinkhole that swallowed eight Corvettes as an attraction because of the additional attendance it’s generated.Museum spokeswoman Katie Frassinelli recently told...
Apr 30 2014 // Construction workers have the deadliest job in the state, according to the Kentucky Labor Cabinet. The cabinet said that since 2011, the construction industry had 21 deaths, followed by landscaping/tree services workers...
Apr 24 2014 // Campus police at the University of Kentucky say new surveillance cameras are helping them fight crime.UK Police Chief Joe Monroe told WKYT-TV that the school has 400 cameras installed so far and another 1,600 are planned....
Apr 22 2014 // Religious institutions in Kentucky may hire and fire people from strictly ecclesiastical jobs as they see fit, but could face legal action if an employment contract is involved, the Kentucky Supreme Court recently ruled.In...
Mar 28 2014 // Coal mines in Kentucky would be subject to fewer state inspections under the Senate’s budget proposal — a change that safety advocates say would raise the risk for miners, but one the plan’s proponents argue...
Mar 12 2014 // A Kentucky House panel says when it comes to letting your vehicle insurance lapse, one strike and you’re out.Currently, Kentucky law allows a driver’s insurance to lapse three times before the vehicle...
Feb 27 2014 // Lake Mary, Fla.-based AssuredPartners Inc., through its Neace Lukens platform, has completed the acquisition of Creech & Stafford Insurance Agency Inc. in Kentucky. The terms of the transaction were not...
Feb 27 2014 // A bill that would make it harder for companies that hold large numbers of patents to sue for patent infringement when they don’t produce the patented goods has been passed by the Kentucky Senate.Bill sponsor Sen....
Feb 21 2014 // A panel of medical experts would review proposed medical malpractice claims against health care providers before they could be pursued in court under a bill the Kentucky Senate passed this week.The party-line vote in the...