All the headlines from our Kentucky Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 17 2003 // The Fraud Investigation Division of the Kentucky Department of Insurance announced a former Lexington insurance agent has been sentenced in Fayette Circuit Court on one felony count of fraudulent insurance acts. According...
Jun 5 2003 // Expanded agent licensing information on affiliated individuals is now available online at Kentucky Department of Insurance’s Web site. Insurance Journal ran this news on June 4, 2003, with Tennessee in the headline...
Jun 4 2003 // Expanded agent licensing information on affiliated individuals is now available to insurers or business entities online at the Kentucky Department of Insurance’s Web site. The department noted that for privacy and...
May 20 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance scheduled two public hearings in June to discuss specific rate filings from two medical malpractice insurance carriers. According to Insurance Commissioner Janie A. Miller, recent...
Apr 23 2003 // Palmer & Cay, Inc., an insurance brokerage and benefits consulting firm, has expanded its services to include a team of specialists focusing exclusively on the equine industry. The new practice will be based in...
Apr 4 2003 // BB&T Insurance Services said it plans to acquire Kentucky agencies, Old Colony Insurance Service (Louisville) Inc. and Cromwell Insurance Agency of Lexington. Cromwell is jointly owned by Old Colony and Ludt-Bell...
Apr 3 2003 // Hub International Limited announced that subsidiary Hub International Midwest (Hub Midwest) acquired for an undisclosed amount of cash, the stock of Wilson & McPherson Inc. (Wilson), an insurance agency based in...
Apr 1 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance, through its Insurance Fraud Investigation Division, is warning of a fraudulent insurance billing scheme reportedly being seen in the Commonwealth.According to J. Joseph Cohen, director...
Mar 13 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance issued a warning to agents that due to widespread non-compliance with renewal and address change requirements, many are facing loss of their authority to do business in the...
Feb 24 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. (Kentucky Farm Bureau) to “Api” from...
Feb 11 2003 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired W. E. Kingsley Co. Inc. of Lexington, Ky., and McRory & Co. and Harman & McRory Co., both of Seattle, Wash. The Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage did not disclose terms of...
Jan 28 2003 // The Kentucky Supreme Court, overturning a lower court ruling, voted 4 to 3 to maintain the longstanding exclusive remedy doctrine underpinning the state’s workers’ compensation system. The court’s...
Jan 9 2003 // Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Janie A. Miller issued an order Jan. 7 requiring all insurers currently writing Medical Malpractice coverage in the state to file current rates and supplementary information, along with all...
Jan 8 2003 // Kentucky Department of Insurance (DOI) Commissioner Janie A. Miller announced a series of recommendations to address the medical malpractice insurance market in Kentucky. The recommendations were developed after months of...
Dec 25 2002 // The Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) and the Kentucky Hospital Association (KHA) notified state leaders that the University of Louisville School of Medicine’s OB/GYN Department may lose its liability insurance...
Nov 5 2002 // The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Daley v. Reed recently that a claim for loss of parental companionship and services is payable under the “each person” limit, not the “each accident”...
Sep 10 2002 // HopFed Bancorp Inc. of Hopkinsvill, Ky. acquired two bank branches and a full service insurance agency located in Fulton, Ky. The closing was effective Sept. 5, and the branches began operation under the Heritage Bank name...
Jul 25 2002 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance obtained a temporary restraining order against several entities and individuals alleged to have been marketing medical and/or professional liability coverage to Kentucky physicians...
Jul 19 2002 // Enacting key reforms to Kentucky’s tort litigation rules is the single most important step the state can take to improve its medical malpractice insurance environment, the American Insurance Association (AIA) said at...
Jul 4 2002 // Regional carriers Kentucky National Insurance Company and Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company are the two newest Trusted ChoiceSM company partners.Fifteen regional and national insurance carriers and one strategic alliance...