Latest Nebraska Headlines
All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Aug 2 2010 // Liberty Mutual Liberty Mutual Group has reorganized its commercial property, casualty and specialty lines insurance units as well as claims and loss control services for the insurer’s national accounts and mid-sized...
Business Moves
Aug 2 2010 // Markel, Aspen Holdings (FirstComp) Specialty insurer Markel Corp. has struck a deal worth at least $135 million to acquire Aspen Holdings, which sells workers’ compensation under the name FirstComp to small...
Lockton Adds Froscheiser as Producer, Advisor in Executive Benefits
Jul 28 2010 // David Froscheiser has joined the Kansas City, Mo., office of privately held insurance broker Lockton as an executive benefits producer with Lockton Financial Advisors LLC. Froscheiser will provide expertise to...
Tornado Touches Down in NE Corner of Montana, Kills 2
Jul 28 2010 // A rare tornado tore through a farmhouse and killed two people inside, leaving nothing but the house’s foundation and a few twisted vehicles as it swept through Montana’s remote and sparsely populated...
Markel to Acquire Workers’ Compensation Insurer FirstComp
Jul 15 2010 // Specialty insurer Markel Corp., has struck a deal worth at least $135 million to acquire Aspen Holdings, which sells workers’ compensation under the name FirstComp to small businesses in 31 states. Aspen, which is...
Kansas, Nebraska Gain Jobs in May
Jun 22 2010 // Kansas businesses gained 11,300 jobs in May, a 0.8 percent increase, building on gains made in April. Nebraska also saw job gains in May 2010 and a decrease of 0.1 percent in its unemployment rate, bringing the rate to 4.9...
Mid-America Business Conditions Index at Highest Level in Four Years
Jun 1 2010 // The May Business Conditions Index for the Mid-America region advanced for a sixth straight month, pointing to a growing economy in the months ahead, according to the May Business Conditions survey of supply managers in the...
Mental Injuries Could Lead to Work Comp for First Responders in Nebraska
Apr 8 2010 // Volunteer firefighters and other first-responders to emergencies in Nebraska who experience severe mental trauma are closer to getting workers’ compensation. After hours of sometimes heated debate, lawmakers on April...
Nebraska Insurance Agencies Merge as a Result of Bank Acquisition
Apr 5 2010 // Nebraska-based Harvard State Insurance Agency will merge into Cornerstone Insurance Group as a result of Cornerstone Bank’s acquisition of Harvard State Bank. Cornerstone president and chief executive Kelly Holthus...
It Figures
Mar 22 2010 // 4.6% Nebraska’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.6 percent in January, still less than half the national rate of 9.7 percent, according to state officials. The preliminary December rate of 4.7 percent...
Nebraska Jobless Rate 4.6% in January, Well Below National Average
Mar 11 2010 // Nebraska’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.6 percent in January, still less than half the national rate of 9.7 percent, state officials said in a report issued March 10. The state said the preliminary...
Nebraska to Allow Minitrucks on Some Roads
Mar 5 2010 // Nebraska joins 14 other states in permitting the use of minitrucks on specific portions of the public road, effective Jan. 1, 2011. Minitrucks may travel on most roads at the posted speed limit, but they are not permitted...
Nebraska-Based Survey Suggests Midwest Economy Is Improving
Mar 2 2010 // The February Business Conditions Index for the Mid-America region, a leading economic indicator from a survey of supply managers in a nine-state area, rose for a third straight month pointing to improving economic growth...
Nebraska Uninsured Rates Highest Among Minorities
Feb 26 2010 // High percentages of minorities, foreign-born residents and college-aged people in Nebraska lack health insurance, according to new report. The Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Nebraska at Omaha...
2 Nebraska Agents Sentenced
Feb 16 2010 // Two insurance agents in Nebraska have been handed sentences for unlawful conduct, the Nebraska Department of Insurance reported. A previously licensed insurance agent, Bobby L. Hoeft, sentenced by District Court Judge...
Nebraska Emergency Workers Plead for More Workers’ Comp Coverage
Feb 11 2010 // During a recent legislative hearing in Nebraska, emergency workers from across the state recalled traumatizing accident scenes when asking for a new level of workers’ compensation coverage. The emergency personnel...
Nebraska Court: Insurers Must Pay in Pollution Case
Feb 9 2010 // The Nebraska Supreme Court on Feb. 5 upheld a decision ordering two insurance companies to pay about $550,000 of the cost of cleaning up industrial contamination in Hastings. The ruling sets the standard in Nebraska for...
Nebraska Motorcycle Helmet Repeal Crashes, But It May Recover
Feb 5 2010 // A proposal to allow motorcyclists to go helmet-free in Nebraska crashed amid insurance worries on Feb. 3, but may recover while state lawmakers are still in session. After a proposal that all motorcyclists need to carry...
Auto Insurance Claims Could Be Opened to Family Members in Nebraska
Jan 26 2010 // Nebraska lawmakers may allow car passengers to make liability insurance claims when their family members cause car wrecks. The Nebraska Legislature on Jan. 22 narrowly gave first-round approval to a bill (LB216) that would...
Nebraska Extends Non-Resident Producer Licensing Renewal Period
Jan 25 2010 // Effective Feb. 1, 2010, the online renewal period for Nebraska non-resident insurance producer licenses, through the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) at www.nipr.com, will be extended to 90 days prior to the...
