Latest Kentucky Headlines

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

ACE Makes High Net Worth Policy Available in Kentucky, Ohio

Jan 29 2009 // ACE Private Risk Services has expanded the availability of its ACE Platinum Portfolio policy to Kentucky and Ohio.Launched in May 2008 and sold through independent agents and brokers, the new product is designed to meet...

Kentucky Schools to Discuss Athlete Safety Following Player’s Death

Jan 28 2009 // A medical committee that makes recommendations to Kentucky high school athletics officials meets Thursday to discuss athlete safety.The discussion follows the death of Pleasure Ridge Park High School football player Max...

Kentucky Bank Sues Merrill Lynch for $40 Million Over Investment Losses

Jan 12 2009 // Kentucky’s largest state-chartered bank has sued Merrill Lynch for $40 million over failed securities bought through the investment firm.Pikeville-based Community Trust Bank filed the suit in federal court on New...

Kentucky Police Use Computer Program to Track Stolen Property

Dec 30 2008 // A computer program is helping western Kentucky police track down stolen property that’s been sold to pawn shops.Paducah’s five pawn shops submit records of transactions, including serial numbers of items bought...

Kentucky Man, Already in Prison, Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud

Dec 16 2008 // A Kentucky man already in prison on federal charges related to unlawful harboring and employment of illegal aliens has pleaded guilty to an insurance fraud charge after lying to his workers’ compensation carrier...

Kentucky County’s Insurer Pays $2.1 Million to Settle Crash Suit

Dec 8 2008 // Garrard County’s insurance company has paid $2.1 million to the estate of a central Kentucky man killed in a fiery car crash involving a former a county employee.The Advocate-Messenger reports the lawsuit was filed...

Business Moves

Nov 30 2008 // Arthur J. Gallagher The HR GroupInternational insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported it has acquired The HR Group, LLC of Brentwood, Tennessee. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The HR Group...

Madrid Zone Earthquake Study a Wake-Up Call for Tennessee, Other States

Nov 30 2008 // A new federal study of the New Madrid Seismic Zone predicts Tennessee would see the highest level of damage if there is a 7.7 magnitude earthquake.The study notes that the total economic impact of a series of NMSZ...

Business Moves

Nov 30 2008 // Brown & Brown, Conner StrongFlorida- based Brown & Brown Inc. said it has agreed to acquire the small business insurance unit of Conner Strong Companies, Inc., which is headquartered in Cherry Hill, New Jersey....

Court Lets Kentucky Sex Abuse Case Against Vatican Proceed

Nov 26 2008 // A lawsuit against the Vatican alleging top church officials should have warned the public or authorities of known or suspected sexual abuse of children by priests here can go ahead, a federal appeals court in Kentucky...

Six Flags Amusement Park Settles Kentucky Teenager’s Accident Case

Nov 24 2008 // An amusement park said it has reached a settlement with the family of a Louisville teenager whose feet were severed when a thrill ride malfunctioned last year.Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom said the settlement would provide...

Kentucky’s HopFed Bank Gets Preliminary Approval for Bailout Funds

Nov 21 2008 // Kentucky’s HopFed Bancorp, Inc., holding company for Heritage Bank and Fall & Fall Insurance, reports it has been preliminarily approved to participate in the U.S. Department of Treasury Capital Purchase Program...

Kentucky Revs Up Insurance for Low-Speed Electric Vehicles

Nov 16 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear recently signed legislation directing the state’s transportation department to develop standards to authorize the operation of low speed electric vehicles on Kentucky highways.Sharon P....

Kentucky Deals with Insurance for Low-Speed Electric Vehicles

Nov 5 2008 // Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear recently signed legislation directing the state’s transportation department to develop and implement standards to authorize the operation of low speed electric vehicles on Kentucky...

Mock Disaster Reveals Preparedness of Kentucky Miners

Nov 4 2008 // Recently, miners at Mosley Spur Mine in Middlesboro, Ky. took steps to ensure that if there is ever an emergency, they will be prepared.“I don’t know if you can ever be fully prepared (for a disaster),”...

Kentucky Weathering AIG and Ike Hurricanes

Nov 2 2008 // Sharon P. Clark, a 17-year veteran of Kentucky state government, was appointed commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) in June. Clark’s experience includes five years as director of the Consumer...

Legal Experts in Kentucky Mull Reopening Deadly 1977 Fire

Oct 31 2008 // The Kentucky governor said he has asked legal experts to determine whether new evidence warrants reopening an investigation into one of the deadliest fires in U.S. history, a nightclub blaze that killed 165 people more...

Kentucky Farm Bureau Deploys Guidewire ClaimCenter

Oct 31 2008 // Louisville, Ky.-based Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. deployed Guidewire ClaimCenter as its next generation claims management system. ClaimCenter replaces KFB’s legacy claims system.KFB said it deployed...

Group Asks Kentucky Governor to Reopen Fire Probe

Oct 22 2008 // A group of survivors of a 1977 Kentucky night club fire that killed 165 people near Cincinnati asked Gov. Steve Beshear to reopen the investigation into its cause.A former employee who was 18 at the time of the fire is...

Southern Drought Creeping Northward to West Virginia

Oct 20 2008 // Extreme drought conditions, the second-worst possible, have now spread into Kentucky, and severe conditions have returned to West Virginia and southwest Virginia, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.“The last three...