All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 12 2008 // On Monday, members of the Kentucky Office of Insurance Emergency Response Team began visiting areas hardest hit by the recent severe weather.KOI representatives will be available in storm-damaged communities in and around...
Feb 4 2008 // Relatives of 10 people killed in a house fire in Bardstown, Ky., last year have filed a lawsuit that names a cigarette company and a furniture maker.The suit alleges the two companies, Altria Group and Jackson Furniture...
Jan 25 2008 // Kentucky’s smallest coal companies would get a reprieve from a year-old mine safety law under legislation pending in the General Assembly.The measure would relieve companies that employ fewer than 10 miners from...
Jan 25 2008 // The self-proclaimed “Friendship City” has decided it’s tired of being a doormat for motorists from neighboring communities.When police in this Cincinnati suburb respond to an accident in which an...
Jan 17 2008 // A Kentucky chemical plant was evacuated Tuesday following a fire and a series of explosions, but no injuries were reported, the company said.The blaze was reported about 10 a.m. EST at the BASF Corp. plant, which makes...
Jan 17 2008 // An Irvine, Ky., woman is facing six felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly filing false statements related to her long-term disability benefits.Treva Caton, 60, began receiving disability benefits in 1984...
Jan 15 2008 // Weather officials have confirmed a tornado touched down and caused damage last week in south central Kentucky. A storm survey team with the National Weather Service rated the tornado an EF-1, with maximum wind speeds of...
Jan 13 2008 // A fire that nearly destroyed a western Kentucky courthouse was an arson, the second time this county’s courthouse was set ablaze on purpose, according to officials.The fire at the Carlisle County Courthouse started...
Jan 10 2008 // Kentucky is reporting the nation’s first mine death of 2008.The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration says an eastern Kentucky coal truck driver died Tuesday at Blue Ridge surface mine in Perry County. The mine...
Jan 8 2008 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance Fraud Division arrested a Somerset, Ky., insurance agent last month following an indictment on 11 felony counts of insurance fraud and four felony counts of possession of a forged...
Jan 8 2008 // Tracy J. Bertram, a Campbellsville, Ky., native and director of the Kentucky Office of Insurance Property and Casualty Division, has been elected to the board of directors for the national System for Electronic Rate and...
Jan 7 2008 // A fire at a barn in western Kentucky killed six horses, though rescuers were able to save 19 from the blaze.The fire at the former Riverside Downs in Henderson was extinguished by Friday evening. State police are...
Jan 7 2008 // Officials in western Kentucky now say arson is to blame for the fire last week that nearly destroyed the Carlisle County Courthouse.The investigation is still under way. The fire started early on the morning of Dec. 26. No...
Jan 4 2008 // A fire that nearly destroyed a western Kentucky courthouse was an arson, the second time this county’s courthouse was set ablaze on purpose.The fire at the Carlisle County Courthouse started early Dec. 26. The...
Jan 3 2008 // CarInsurance.com, which sells auto insurance over the Internet, has added more carriers to its current 28 state agency product offering.In November and December 2007, the firm expanded and now offers Encompass Insurance...
Dec 18 2007 // Kentucky officials indicted a Louisville man on a felony count of insurance fraud after allegedly submitting an altered receipt for nearly $4,000 to State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.Robert L. Whiteside, 39, presented a...
Dec 12 2007 // A bench warrant has been issued for a Bowling Green, Ky., man who failed to appear for arraignment on fraud charges pursued by the Kentucky Office of Insurance. Jaime Salazar, 31, of 1342 Bluelake Way, was indicted on one...
Dec 12 2007 // Kentucky Insurance officials charged a Shelbyville woman with insurance fraud as a result of collecting more than $3,000 in workers’ compensation benefits.Tanya Garitty, 38, told her employer she was unable to work...
Dec 6 2007 // Kentucky insurance agents can now offer their customers a product that combines accident forgiveness and discounts with rating tiers.Illinois-based Encompass Insurance’s new Encompass Edge, with its advanced rating...
Nov 27 2007 // A former Kentucky insurance agent has been indicted on fraud charges after allegedly forging signatures on 114 disability insurance applications.According to court documents, Ray W. Kennedy, 46, of Owensboro, Ky., received...