All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 23 2004 // Franklin Circuit Court (Kentucky) Judge William Graham ruled recently that the assessment of AIK Comp members will go forward as planned.The ruling was in response to a motion filed on behalf of a group of AIK Comp members...
Sep 6 2004 // AIK Comp’s precarious financial situation in Kentucky should serve as a wake-up call for the workers’ compensation group self-insurance market in the Bluegrass State.Lawmakers and regulators in Kentucky need no...
Aug 23 2004 // Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher recently signed an Executive Order declaring a State of Emergency for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Beginning on July 13, and continuing for several days, widespread severe weather occurred...
Aug 23 2004 // Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R) has had a busy last few weeks. Between weighing in on the AIK Comp Fund issue in the Commonwealth and seeing to it that residents get the help they need from storms that rumbled through...
Aug 23 2004 // As a Florida resident who chose to return to Kentucky during my first try at retirement (a decision that drew puzzled looks from many), I appreciate many things about the Commonwealth—the natural beauty, the quality of...
Aug 3 2004 // A decision by Gov. Ernie Fletcher to have the Office of Insurance take over regulation of the group self-insured workers’ compensation funds in Kentucky is reportedly supported by the Property Casualty Insurers...
Jul 28 2004 // Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher has signed an Executive Order declaring a State of Emergency for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.Beginning on July 13, and continuing for several days, widespread severe weather occurred across...
Jul 25 2004 // Kentucky Attorney General Greg Stumbo is putting residents on alert to watch for price gouging.Recent storms in Kentucky have resulted in widespread wind and flood damage. In attempts to recover, residents are purchasing...
Jul 15 2004 // Martin Koetters of Louisville, a former insurance industry executive with 34 years of experience in the field, has been named executive director of the Kentucky Office of Insurance.Koetters held several insurance...
Jul 1 2004 // The head of the Kentucky agency that regulates workers’ compensation insurance resigned from his position. The Associated Press reported that Larry Greathouse, Kentucky’s commissioner of the Department of...
Jun 30 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is calling on Kentucky lawmakers to make changes to the workers’ compensation program in the Commonwealth in order to prevent future financial collapses...
Jun 29 2004 // The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Kentucky Office of Insurance (KOI) are teaming up to provide assistance for employers, including small business owners, struggling to comply with state and federal laws related to...
Jun 22 2004 // The Office of Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher has extended the deadline for the 2004 Homeland Security grant application process from June 25 to July 9, 2004.“Since the storms hit the commonwealth during the last...
Jun 16 2004 // At least one insurance company tends to charge West Virginians more to cover their homes than residents in surrounding states, even when its losses are greater in the other states, according to a presentation given to...
Jun 9 2004 // Recent storms in Kentucky have resulted in wide spread wind and flood damage affecting many consumers. Attorney General Greg Stumbo is warning residents needing repair work done quickly to repair storm damaged homes and...
Jun 1 2004 // Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are touring storm damaged counties in Kentucky today to determine if the commonwealth qualifies for federal disaster relief. The Governor’s Office...
May 25 2004 // Independent agents from throughout the state of Kentucky will converge in Bowling Green from June 17-19, for what will be the 108th Annual Convention of the Independent Insurance Agents of Kentucky (IIAK).Featured at this...
May 19 2004 // Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher announced the reappointment of Madisonville Judge Richard Joiner as an administrative law judge in the Department of Workers Claims. An administrative law judge conducts conferences and...
May 13 2004 // North Carolina-based BB&T Insurance Services plans to buy Lexington-based Employee Benefit Services of Kentucky. The acquisition would give BB&T its third Kentucky agency and second in Lexington.BB&T...
May 3 2004 // West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Executive Director Gregory Burton announced that a former Kentucky state police officer has been convicted in Kanawha County Circuit Court of felony workers’...