All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 3 2006 // A decrease in the rates charged to consumers living in Kentucky counties that participate in the Kentucky Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund has been announced by the Kentucky Office of Insurance in Frankfort, Ky. Due to this...
Apr 17 2006 // The new round of tornadoes hit the Midwest less than one month after a similar grouping of twisters, high winds and damage hit a five-state area on March 12.News Currents Another round of deadly storms hit the Midwest...
Apr 17 2006 // Fraud RoundupImposter arrested ‘playing dentist’ A Miami-Dade County man was arrested for practicing dentistry without a license and submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims, according to Florida’s Attorney...
Apr 6 2006 // The cleanup is underway in the aftermath of a large F-3 to F-4 tornado that tore a swath of death and destruction on Sunday evening through northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky, leaving 18 people dead and hundreds...
Apr 6 2006 // Kentucky became the 22nd state to join the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact when Governor Ernie Fletcher signed House Bill 112 into law in Frankfort this week. The compact streamlines the regulatory process,...
Mar 30 2006 // A formal administrative hearing has been set for Thur. April 13, to discuss the proposed purchase of CHA Health, of Lexington, Ky. by Humana Health Plan Inc., of Louisville. The hearing, which is open to the public, will...
Feb 17 2006 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance reported that recent Kentucky court actions indicate judges are increasingly handing out stiff sentences for insurance fraud-related crimes.“We hope the word is getting out that...
Feb 15 2006 // Total Benefits Planning Agency Inc. reported that the Kentucky Attorney General’s office has opened an investigative file to look into allegations it made against insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.The...
Feb 14 2006 // A former Central City, Ky. councilman will spend the next 15 months in prison after being sentenced on federal fraud charges.Danny W. Miller received the sentence on Monday after pleading guilty in U-S District Court last...
Feb 5 2006 // The family of coal miner killed in a rock fall is entitled to increased death benefits because the company he worked for violated several mine safety laws, the Supreme Court has ruled.Ronnie Charles was crushed in 1999...
Feb 2 2006 // AIK Comp members in Kentucky have paid over $68 million in cash and promissory notes toward a $90.7 million assessment ordered by the Franklin Circuit Court in November 2005. The assessment followed a settlement reached in...
Jan 24 2006 // Sheryl E. Gordon of Louisville, Ky. has become the first female fraud investigator in Kentucky Office of Insurance history.“We are extremely proud of Gordon’s accomplishments and look forward to the...
Jan 23 2006 // The family of an underground coal miner killed in a rock fall is entitled to increased death benefits because the company he worked for had violated several mine safety laws, the Supreme Court ruled last week.Ronnie...
Jan 16 2006 // A bill before Kentucky’s General Assembly follows Maryland’s lead to require Wal-Mart to spend more on health insurance for employees and would require employers with 10,000 or more workers to spend at least 8...
Jan 13 2006 // Gary Linsey Slater has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer Coffman in Lexington, Ky. to 108 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $5 million restitution to two insurance companies he defrauded in a...
Jan 6 2006 // Louisville, Ky. oral surgeon Robert Michael Clear has been sentenced to three years in prison on felony Medicaid fraud charges according to Attorney General Greg Stumbo.The Jefferson Circuit Court sentence was probated for...
Jan 4 2006 // A minor earthquake hit a small town in southern Illinois yesterday, raising questions again about the threat of a major earthquake for states sitting on or near the New Madrid fault line.The quake struck yesterday at 3:48...
Dec 29 2005 // The hurricane season made 2005 a year-to-remember, with the southeast encountering the busiest hurricane season of the century, with 26 named storms and 13 hurricanes, meteorologists used up the list of 21 proper names and...
Dec 13 2005 // Insurance companies and public officials have joined forces in Kentucky in an effort to eliminate uninsured motorists who buy insurance for only long enough to meet state proof of insurance requirements and then cancel...
Dec 8 2005 // Reducing medical malpractice lawsuits, reducing soaring health care costs and helping small businesses cope with the increased cost of employee insurance are targets on Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher’s 2006 legislative...