Latest Kentucky Headlines

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Horse Race Authority Says Equine Deaths Are Lower at Tracks Under its Watch

Feb 29 2024 // LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Horse racing’s federal oversight body says racetracks under its jurisdiction experienced 1.23 racing-related equine fatalities per 1,000 starts in 2023, a much lower rate than at tracks...

Case Dismissed: Appeals Court Slams Expert Witness in Diabetes Drug Lawsuits

Feb 15 2024 // Multi-district litigation over the diabetes drug saxagliptin, a case that combined more than 80 suits from around the country, has failed because the plaintiffs’ sole expert witness was unreliable and did not show a...

Kentucky Attorney General Sues Kroger, Alleging Role in Opioid Crisis

Feb 14 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed a lawsuit Monday against one of the nation’s largest grocery chains, claiming its pharmacies helped fuel the state’s deadly opioid...

Two Years After Deadly Tornadoes, Some Kentucky Families Still Waiting for Housing

Feb 8 2024 // MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Ashley Prince and her family have been chasing “normal” for years now.Two years ago, the tornado that whipped through Mayfield peeled the roof off their rental property “like a...

Expanding Bus Fleets Could Improve Risk, Safety for Schools, Kentucky Lawmakers Say

Jan 31 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation allowing school districts to expand fleets transporting students to school and home was promoted Monday as a way to fix bus systems hampered by long routes and too few bus...

Kentucky House Endorses Paid Family Leave Insurance Bill

Jan 31 2024 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation portrayed as a market-driven, voluntary approach to expand access to paid family leave in Kentucky was overwhelmingly passed by the state House on Monday.The measure, which drew strong...

Medical Experts May be Needed, Even in Negligence Claims – Kentucky Supreme Court

Jan 19 2024 // When a baseball umpire, well-traveled in college conferences, went to a hospital for X-rays on his surgically repaired ankle in 2015, a hospital attendant pushing the ump’s wheelchair accidentally bumped his foot...

Rokstone Launches Kentucky-based TPA for U.S. Agricultural Claims

Jan 11 2024 // Rokstone, a specialty insurance and reinsurance managing general agency, has launched a new third-party administrator service based in Kentucky. Part of the Aventum Group, Rokstone said its new Verus TPA will manage...

P&C People: XS Brokers Expands with Geiss, Kentucky Agents Name New EVP

Jan 10 2024 // The underwriting and wholesale brokerage group known as XS Brokers is expanding into the Southeast and has named Adam Geiss as vice president, based in Charlotte, North Carolina.“Charlotte, a vibrant and growing...

Top Southeast Insurance Journal Stories of 2023

Dec 29 2023 // Outside of the turbulent state of Florida, the Southeastern U.S. saw its share of insurance issues, from carriers pulling out of Georgia to roof-matching requirements in Kentucky to liquor liability problems in South...

After 10 Years, Troubled Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust Has Been Liquidated

Dec 29 2023 // It has taken 10 years but the financially troubled Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust has been fully liquidated. About $1 million will soon be returned to school districts across the state.“It took a long time to...

Residents Cleaning up After Deadly Tennessee Storms

Dec 12 2023 // NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Residents of central Tennessee communities slammed by deadly tornadoes this weekend described tragic and terrifying scenes in which one mobile home landed on top of another, roofs were ripped...

Six Killed, Businesses Destroyed as Severe Storms Hit Central Tennessee

Dec 11 2023 // NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Severe storms that tore through central Tennessee killed six people Saturday and sent about two dozen to the hospital as homes and businesses were damaged in multiple cities.Three people,...

Report: Kentucky Fund Made $239,000 in Erroneous Tornado Relief Payments

Dec 7 2023 // FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A report released Tuesday by state officials on the disbursement of Kentucky`s tornado relief fund found that it sent out about $239, 000 in mistaken payments.The review of the fund by State...

Lawsuit Alleges Negligence by CSX in Kentucky Train Derailment

Dec 4 2023 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court alleges negligence by CSX Transportation caused a train derailment and ensuing chemical fire that forced residents of a small Kentucky town out of...

Failed Wheel Bearing Caused Kentucky Derailment But Didn’t Trigger Alarms

Nov 29 2023 // LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A failed wheel bearing on a train car caused a derailment that sparked a chemical fire and forced residents of a small town in Kentucky out of their homes for just over a day, including most of...

Maine, Louisiana, Kentucky Most Injury-Prone States, Group Says

Nov 28 2023 // Maine, Louisiana and Kentucky were the most injury-prone states in 2018, while Hawaii, Maryland and Nevada have the lowest injury rates, according to data analyzed by a group of New York pain physicians.Maine saw 596...

Cleanup, Air Monitoring as Residents Return Home After Kentucky Derailment

Nov 27 2023 // LIVINGSTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky officials and crews with rail operator CSX were working Friday to remove train cars and spilled material at the site of a derailment that sparked a chemical fire earlier in the week,...

When Extreme Weather Hits, Smaller Farms Often Pay the Price

Nov 21 2023 // Justin Ralph estimates he`s made about 200 trips delivering grain from the fields he farms with his brother and uncle this year. They`re accustomed to using their four semi-trucks to take the harvest from a total of about...

2nd Worker Trapped in Collapsed Kentucky Coal Structure Has Died

Nov 6 2023 // The second of two workers trapped under a coal mine preparation plant that collapsed earlier this week in eastern Kentucky has died, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday.“This is a heartbreaking situation,” the...