Latest Kentucky Headlines

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State’s Safety Inspections at Kentucky’s Harlan Mine Found Lax

Jul 17 2012 // A published report says Kentucky’s state investigators found few problems at a Harlan County mine where federal investigators found enough violations during a surprise safety blitz in May to shut the facility down...

Kentucky Governor to Create Health Exchange

Jul 17 2012 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has alerted the federal government of his intention to create a statewide health insurance exchange to help Kentuckians find affordable coverage.Beshear sent a letter last week to Health and...

Kentucky to License Retailers Selling Insurance for Portable Electronic Devices

Jul 10 2012 // Kentucky regulators have released a new license application that will allow retailers for the first time to sell insurance to cover the portable electronic devices they sell.State lawmakers earlier this year a law that...

Kentucky Insurance Chief Wants Christian Health Plan Held in Contempt

Jun 28 2012 // A legal dispute between the state and a Christians-only health care plan is continuing to simmer after a decade of legal wrangling that has made it all the way to the Kentucky Supreme Court. The case pits the Kentucky...

Appeals Court Throws Out Kentucky Bank’s Investment Lawsuit

Jun 21 2012 // A Kentucky-based bank that lost at least $14 million on mortgage-backed securities failed to read documents associated with the investment and didn’t give enough specifics to sustain claims of fraud against...

Kentucky Governor Promoting New Drug Law for Miners

Jun 21 2012 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear is promoting a newly passed law that permanently revokes the credentials of miners who fail drug tests.Beshear was in Pikeville on Tuesday where he said the law sends a clear message that drug...

Lawsuit Claims Driver in Kentucky Tour Bus Crash ‘Crazed,’ Speeding

Jun 20 2012 // A lawsuit filed over the wreck of a tour bus in south-central Kentucky this month contends the driver was operating the bus in a “crazed” manner, had been consuming high-energy drinks and was driving too fast...

Lawsuit Filed Over Kentucky Tour Bus Wreck

Jun 19 2012 // A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of three students who were in tour bus crash in south-central Kentucky last week minutes into a trip to Washington, D.C.WBKO-TV in Bowling Green reported that the lawsuit in Hart County...

Kentucky’s April Hail Storm Cost Insurers $175 Million: Verisk

Jun 18 2012 // A major hail storm in April in Kentucky is estimated to have caused $175 million in insured losses and damages when balls of ice as large as baseballs battered cars and homes and knocked out power to thousands. The PSC...

Western Kentucky Goes from Flood to Drought in Year

Jun 7 2012 // Last year was the wettest on record in Kentucky going back to 1895, bringing widespread flooding last spring in some areas. But state climatologist Stuart Foster says those same parts of the state are currently in...

Kentucky Program Aims to Catch Uninsured Drivers

Jun 4 2012 // Kentucky drivers could see their car registrations cancelled and they could be charged with insurance fraud if they are found to be operating a vehicle without the proper insurance. Under current law, Kentucky drivers must...

Kentucky Coal Mines in Arrears on Safety Fines: Report

May 31 2012 // A published report says Kentucky coal operators owe more in delinquent fines to federal authorities for mine safety violations than any other state.The Courier-Journal said the finding is from an analysis it did of records...

Kentucky’s April Hail Storm Cost Insurers $175 Million

May 30 2012 // A major hail storm last month in Kentucky is estimated to have caused $175 million in insured losses and damages when balls of ice as large as baseballs battered cars and homes and knocked out power to thousands.The PSC...

11 States Adopt Plan to Distribute Surplus Lines Premium Taxes

May 25 2012 // States participating in the Non-admitted Insurance Multi-state Agreement, or NIMA, have adopted a premium allocation method for distributing surplus lines premium taxes on casualty insurance.The adopted method aims to...

Kentucky Program Aims to Catch Uninsured Drivers

May 21 2012 // Kentucky drivers could see their car registrations cancelled and they could be charged with insurance fraud if they are found to be operating a vehicle without the proper insurance.Under current law, Kentucky drivers must...

Business Moves – Southeast

May 21 2012 // Nationwide, HarleysvilleNationwide Mutual Insurance Co. said that the company completed its previously announced $834 million merger deal with Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. The deal was first announced in September...

Women Allege Sexual Bias, Harassment at Kentucky’s Maker’s Mark

May 8 2012 // Five women are suing Maker’s Mark Distillery Inc. in federal court, claiming discrimination and sexual harassment.All of the women have worked on the bottling line, dipping the bottles of bourbon whiskey in red wax....

Neace Lukens Acquires Kentucky’s Morehead Insurance

May 7 2012 // Louisville, Kentucky-based Neace Lukens, an AssuredPartners, Inc. company, has completed the acquisition of Morehead Insurance, a Scottsville, Kentucky-based independent insurance agency. Located near Bowling Green,...

Kentucky Officials Building Ambu-Buses for Disaster Recovery

May 7 2012 // Behold the ambu-bus. Authorities in Kentucky are making use of old school buses by turning them into ambulances. Each one can carry up to 18 patients, which officials say will be of great help in case of a major accident...

State Not Liable in Informant’s Death: Kentucky Court

May 7 2012 // The Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled that the state’s Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and state police can’t be held liable for the death of an informant killed after a drug buy went awry. Judge Michelle...