Latest Kentucky Headlines

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

Kentucky Market Gallops Along Under Acting Executive Director

May 3 2004 // With agents witnessing increasing competition in Kentucky’s property/casualty market, Kentucky Office of Insurance Acting Executive Director Glenn Jennings recently talked with Insurance Journal Southeast.Jennings...

Ky. Account Executive Nominated Big ‘I’ President-Elect; Fla.’s Soto Named Next VP

Apr 29 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America ‘s (the Big “I”) National Board of State Directors has nominated William Stiglitz III as the association’s president-elect and has elected...

Ky.’s Bunning Named 2003 IIABA Legislator of the Year

Apr 22 2004 // U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) was presented the 2003 Gerald Solomon Legislator of the Year Award by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) during the Association’s 28th annual National...

KENTUCKY OFFICE ENHANCES ONLINE SERVICES FOR AGENTS:

Apr 5 2004 // Kentucky insurance agents now have the option of reportedly saving time and paperwork thanks to new online services offered by the Kentucky Office of Insurance (OOI). Prior to the new enhancements to the OOI Web page,...

Former Ky. State Policeman Found Guilty on Charges of Workers’ Comp Fraud

Apr 1 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’...

Ky. Office Enhances Online Services for Agents

Mar 11 2004 // Kentucky insurance agents now have the option of reportedly saving time and paperwork thanks to new online services offered by the Kentucky Office of Insurance (OOI).Prior to the new enhancements to the OOI Web page,...

Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out

Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...

Ky. Agents Await Sentencing

Mar 8 2004 // According to the Fraud Investigation Division of the Kentucky Office of Insurance, two individuals have been convicted of committing fraudulent insurance acts. Mark A. Calitri, 34, of Richmond was found guilty of two...

The Bluegrass State – Home of Louisville Slugger, Abe Lincoln Birthplace

Feb 23 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s 2000 census estimated the population of the State of Kentucky at 4 million. Approximately 74 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 17 percent had...

AMA Supporting Debate on Ky. Medical Liability System

Feb 6 2004 // The American Medical Association (AMA) said it supports debate on Kentucky’s medical liability system.According to AMA President Donald Palmisano, “The American Medical Association believes the door should be...

Ky. Agents to be Sentenced for Insurance Fraud

Feb 3 2004 // According to the Fraud Investigation Division of the Kentucky Office of Insurance, two individuals have been convicted of committing fraudulent insurance acts.Mark A. Calitri, 34, of Richmond was found guilty of two counts...

New Doctor-Owned Company Gets Go-Ahead from Ky. Department

Dec 31 2003 // Healthcare Underwriters Group of Kentucky (HUGKY), a medical professional liability insurance company owned by Kentucky doctors, has received authorization from the Kentucky Department of Insurance to begin operations.The...

ISO to Provide Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance Data-Reporting Services for Workers’ Comp

Nov 12 2003 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has entered into an outsourcing agreement with Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance (KEMI) to collect the insurer’s workers’ compensation data. ISO will collect KEMI’s...

Ky. Commissioner Sets WC Rate Increase at 13.1%

Sep 17 2003 // Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Janie A. Miller rejected the filing from an advisory organization expected to be used by most carriers to develop rates for workers’ compensation insurance. According to the Kentucky...

Ky. Expands Online Info for Insurers, Businesses

Sep 2 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance announced that expanded agent licensing information on affiliated individuals is now available to insurers or business entities online at the department’s Web site. For privacy...

New Captive/RRG Forms in Kentucky

Aug 15 2003 // Frost Brown Todd LLC Insurance Industry Group and the Kentucky Hospital Association announced the formation of the Kentucky Hospital Insurance Company (KHIC). The captive insurer/risk retention group will offer medical...

Ky. DOI Schedules Workers’ Comp Hearing

Aug 8 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance announced it will hold a public hearing on August 13 to discuss the contents of a filing from an advisory organization expected to be used by most carriers to develop rates for...

Kentucky DOI Schedules Disaster Readiness Seminars

Jul 8 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance announced it will hold two free seminars in July designed to educate consumers on ways to protect their families and property from natural disasters.“After the weather-related...

Ken. Halts Sale of Unauthorized Med-Mal Insurance

Jul 7 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance announced it has obtained a temporary restraining order against two entities that are alleged to have been marketing professional liability coverage to Kentucky physicians and medical...

Allstate, Liberty Mutual File $1M Lawsuit in Alleged Ky. Fraud Scam

Jun 26 2003 // Allstate Insurance Company and Liberty Mutual Group announced they jointly filed a federal RICO lawsuit against a Kentucky doctor and owners of several medical clinics and billing companies in that state.The defendants in...