KEMI Downplays Whistleblower Lawsuit Charges of Excessive Spending

A state senator said Thursday that new allegations about unnecessary spending at Kentucky's largest workers' compensation insurer raise more questions about whether the company is doing all it can to reduce premiums for employers. “It makes you wonder if the money wouldn't be better spent keeping premiums down to encourage more companies to come to Kentucky,” said state Sen. Tom Buford, R-Nicholasville. But the board chairman for Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance Co. downplayed the allegations, made public by whistleblower lawsuit brought by the company's f...