Latest Kentucky Headlines

All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Kentucky Builders, Insurer Partner in Workers’ Compensation Program

Dec 20 2010 // A builders’ association is teaming with Kentucky’s largest workers’ compensation insurer to offer a new workers’ compensation program to its members in Kentucky and southern Indiana. Kentucky...

Kentucky to Start Fining Motorists Caught Texting

Dec 17 2010 // If you text while you drive in Kentucky, prepare to start paying fines if you’re caught.That’s the message from state officials, who also are reminding drivers younger than 18 that they will be fined if...

Massey Shuts Kentucky Mine; Cites Danger in West Virginia

Dec 3 2010 // Massey Energy Co. has shut down a Kentucky coal mine that federal regulators had cited for safety violations and said another of its mines in West Virginia was in danger of collapse following heavy rains.The mining company...

Kentucky Jury Awards $42 Million in Nursing Home Death

Nov 22 2010 // The family of a man who died after nine days in a Madisonville nursing home has won a $42.75 million verdict. Attorney Lisa Circeo argued in court that 92-year-old Joseph Clint Offutt died because Harborside of...

It Figures

Nov 14 2010 // $7 MillionThe amount North Carolina employers’ stand to save on workers’ compensation over what the industry requested under a settlement reached with the state. The settlement orders a 0.6 percent increase for...

U.S. Seeks to Shut Massey Mine in Kentucky Over Safety

Nov 4 2010 // Mine safety regulators have filed a motion against a company owned by Massey Energy , claiming safety violations at one of its mines in Kentucky, the U.S. Department of Labor said Wednesday.It said its Mine Safety and...

Kentucky Contractors’ Self-Insurer to Return $11 Million Dividend

Nov 4 2010 // The Kentucky Associated General Contractors Self Insurers’ Fund, a provider of workers’ compensation insurance, said it will return $11.3 million in dividends to its qualifying membership in March of 2011. The...

Court Reduces Award in University of Kentucky Football Player’s Death

Nov 3 2010 // The Kentucky Court of Appeals has reduced the monetary award in a lawsuit over the death of a University of Kentucky football player. The court halved the $60 million in punitive damages to $30 million, ruling the award in...

Kentucky Farm Bureau Grows to 500K Members

Nov 2 2010 // Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) in October surpassed the half-million membership mark for the first time in the organization’s 91-year history.Attracting 500,316 member families in fiscal year 2010, KFB increased its...

Kentucky Homeowners Challenge Fire Service Subdistrict Tax

Oct 19 2010 // A dozen homeowners in central Kentucky have sued to challenge the legality of a fire protection subdistrict.The homeowners in northwestern Jessamine County contend the property tax that funds the North Jessamine...

People

Oct 18 2010 // Insurance broker Marsh has added five industry veterans – four from competing broker Aon – to its private equity and mergers and acquisitions practice.James O’Brien, Jason Hawkins and Craig Warnke join...

Kentucky Auditor Clears League Over Workers’ Comp

Oct 18 2010 // Kentucky’s state auditor has found no fraud in the insurance buying practices of the Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government. Auditor Crit Luallen said her agency found no evidence to conclude that the city’s...

Kentucky Jury Awards $165K in Funeral Home Fire

Oct 12 2010 // A southern Kentucky jury ordered a funeral home to pay $165,000 to a family after an employee misrepresented the condition of a body after the facility caught on fire. The jury in Christian County Circuit Court heard a day...

Kentucky City Settles Lawsuit with Ex-CFO

Oct 7 2010 // A central Kentucky city has settled a lawsuit with its former chief financial officer who claimed he was unfairly demoted. The Danville City Commission agreed to pay Spencer Rodgers $125,000 and allow him to stay in the...

Kentucky Auditor Clears League Over Workers’ Compensation Purchase

Oct 7 2010 // Kentucky’s state auditor has found no fraud in the insurance buying practices of the Lexington-Fayette County Urban Government.Auditor Crit Luallen said her agency found no evidence to conclude that the city’s...

Kentucky Police Find Stolen Golf Carts For Sale Online

Oct 1 2010 // Police in central Kentucky have recovered six stolen golf carts after finding three of them offered for sale online.WAVE-TV in Louisville reported that Hillview Police discovered the carts offered on Craigslist. Billy...

Talley to Head Lloyd’s America U.S. Central Region

Sep 21 2010 // Lloyd’s announced the promotion of Pat Talley to Regional Director for Lloyd’s America’s Central Region. He will “be responsible for the Illinois and Kentucky offices [the two states in the U.S....

Kentucky Commissioner Named to National Board

Sep 15 2010 // The National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) has announced that Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon P. Clark has been appointed as a National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) representative on the NIPR...

Kentucky Simulator Program Aims to Improve Driver Safety

Sep 3 2010 // Baby, you can drive Larry Roberts’ car er, simulated driving machine.But first you have to get an official invitation from Roberts, who is the Fayette County attorney. And you have to be between 16 and 18....

Keystone Adds Two Kentucky Agencies to Network

Aug 30 2010 // Keystone Insurers Group today announced the addition of two more franchisees to its growing list of partner agencies. Both are in Kentucky. Houk Insurance Agency of Horse Cave and Mountain Valley Insurance in Barbourville...