Latest Kentucky Headlines

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

Former Kentucky Agent Lands Fraud Sentence

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...

Correction: New Online Information Available in Kentucky

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...

New Online Information Available to Ky. Insurers and Businesses

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...

Med Mal Insurers File for Increases in Kentucky

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...

Palmer & Cay Forms Equine Unit; Specialty Team to be Based in Ky.

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...

BB&T Unit to Buy Kentucky Agencies

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...

Hub International Buys Kentucky’s Wilson & McPherson

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...

Ky. DOI Warns of Fraudulent Billing Scheme

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...

Kentucky DOI Warns Agents About Potential Loss of License

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...

S&P Cuts Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Ratings

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...

Gallagher Acquires Kentucky and Seattle Agencies

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...

AIA Praises KY Supreme Court Decision on WC Exclusive Remedy Doctrine

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...

Ky. Commissioner Orders Designation of Med-Mal Coverage

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...

Kentucky Commissioner Releases Med-Mal Proposal

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...

Liability Crisis Looming for University of Louisville School of Medicine

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...

Ky. Supreme Court Rules on Parental Consortium Claims

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”...

Kentucky’s HopFed Acquires Bank Branches, Agency

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...

Ky. Slaps Restraining Order on Med-Mal Marketers

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...

AIA Calls on Ky. To Reform Tort Liability System

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...

Pair of Regional Carriers on Board for Trusted Choice

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...