Latest Kentucky Headlines

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

Ky. Workers’ Comp Self-Insured Fund Showing a Deficit

Jun 24 2005 // One of the seven workers’ compensation self-insured groups doing business in Kentucky has been ordered to provide a $6.5 million letter of credit to the Kentucky Office of Insurance (KOI) to serve as additional...

IIAK Holds Conference June 23-24

Jun 22 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Kentucky Inc., is holding its 109th Annual Convention from June 23-24 at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort in Lexington.The two-day event combines insurance and business education,...

‘TOWN FORUMS’ INCLUDE ETHICS CLASSES

Jun 20 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance is sponsoring town forums across the state in July. Sessions will include a three-hour continuing education class on ethics for insurance agents. In addition, consumers are invited to stop...

News Briefs

Jun 20 2005 // ALABAMADOI Lists Insurance Providers A list of insurance companies, agencies and agents writing property insurance in coastal areas of Alabama, including Mobile and Baldwin counties became available June 13, thanks to the...

Ky. ‘Town Forums’ Slated in July; Include Continuing Education Classes

May 27 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance is sponsoring town forums throughout the state in July. The sessions will include a three-hour continuing education class on ethics for insurance agents. In addition, consumers are invited...

People & Places

May 23 2005 // James Robinson Huber has been appointed senior vice president and regional executive, Southeast Region for ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies. Based in Atlanta, Huber will be...

HOMEOWNERS’ PREMIUMS STABLE

May 23 2005 // Premiums for homeowners insurance in Kentucky aren’t rising as quickly as they did in past years, and some insurers said rates are coming down. “Rates are staying fairly stable with only small increases,”...

TITLE: WORKERS’ COMP FUND RECEIVES A ‘Clean Bill of Health’

May 23 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance has given the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Fund a clean bill of health after completing an audit of the fund. KESA insures more than 5,100 groups and had 2004 premiums of about $67...

News Briefs

May 23 2005 // GEORGIALicensing System Changes The Georgia Insurance Comm-ission held “Ind-ustry Day Meet-ings” across the state in May to discuss recent changes to the licensing system.In an effort to be responsive to agent...

People

May 23 2005 // James Robinson Huber has been appointed senior vice president and regional executive, Southeast Region for ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies. Based in Atlanta, Huber will be...

Koetters Leaves Ky. Office of Insurance Suddenly, Without Explanation

Apr 28 2005 // Martin J. Koetters, a veteran insurance industry executive appointed to lead the Kentucky Office of Insurance last summer, has left the job suddenly and without explanation.Koetters’ departure was revealed Thursday...

Lloyd’s Celebrates 20 Years of Support to Univ. of Ky. Veterinary Science Department

Apr 21 2005 // Lloyd’s of London is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a supporter of the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Since the mid-1980s, Lloyd’s of London underwriters, brokers and their Kentucky agents have given...

Ky. Court Rules AIK COMP Rehabilitation May Resume

Apr 8 2005 // Franklin Circuit Court Judge William Graham signed an order April 7 enabling AIK COMP rehabilitator Martin J. Koetters to continue his efforts on behalf of the financially troubled self-insured group workers’...

Arsonist Apprehended in Ky.

Apr 4 2005 // Gregory Van Tatenhove, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, and Karl Stankovic, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Louisville Field Division, jointly...

KY. INSURANCE DEPT. PUBLISHES “AFTER THE STORM” BOOKLET

Apr 4 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance has published a consumer’s booklet “Aft-er the Storm Has Passed, Settling Dis-aster Claims: Who to Call and What to Do.”The eight-page booklet features a check-sheet...

Anderson Group Takes Over Main Source’s Owensboro, Ky. Operations

Mar 28 2005 // Main Source Insurance Group Inc. has sold its Owensboro, Ky. Operation to The Anderson Group and spun off its insurance operations in two states into a new subsidiary. The Anderson Group is an Owensboro agency that offers...

NAMIC Applauds Passage of Ky. Laws to Clean Up Statute Misconceptions

Mar 23 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has applauded passage of new laws by the Kentucky General Assembly to clean up misconceptions in existing statutes.Prior to adjourning Kentucky lawmakers passed House...

Ky. Insurance Dept. Publishes ‘After the Storm’ Booklet

Mar 9 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance has just published a consumer’s booklet “After the Storm Has Passed, Settling Disaster Claims: Who to Call and What to Do.”The eight-page booklet features a check-sheet...

Soybean Rust Threatens Nine States, Farmers Rethinking Coverage Choices

Mar 7 2005 // A warning to prepare for the worst and hope for the best has been issued by researchers who discovered late last year that when Hurricane Ivan tore across the southeastern U.S. it brought with it wind-borne soybean rust...

Kentucky’s HU Adds New Board Members

Mar 4 2005 // Two Kentucky physicians were elected to the Subscribers Advisory Committee (Board) for Healthcare Underwriters Group of Kentucky (HU), a doctor-owned and governed medical professional liability insurance company, at the...