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Neb. DOI Says 30,000 Covered by Possibly Fraudulent Health Plans
Jan 21 2005 // Citing a report from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Nebraska Department of Insurance stated that an estimated 30,145 Nebraskans were found to be covered by self-insured Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements. As a...
PCI Puts Support Behind Neb. Personal Lines Rate and Form Modernization
Oct 27 2004 // Momentum is building for Nebraska to enact personal lines rate and form modernization in 2005, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). During 2004 the state legislature did not have time...
Insuring the Cornhusker State
Sep 20 2004 // The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 census estimated Nebraska’s population at 1.7 million. About 87 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 24 percent had earned a bachelor’s...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 22 2004 // Suzanne Sahakian Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...
Nebraska’s Chance to Modernize Still Alive and Kicking
Jun 7 2004 // While the legislative effort did not advance this session, conditions in Nebraska are excellent for regulatory modernization. Commissioner Wagner has traditionally been supportive of streamlining and modernization...
Former Neb. Lt. Gov. To Serve on Fiserv Board
Sep 19 2003 // Kim M. Robak, Vice President for External Affairs and Corporation Secretary at the University of Nebraska, has been named to serve on the Board of Directors of Fiserv, Inc. Robak, 47, joined the University of Nebraska in...
NAII Seeks to Alter Proposed Neb. Ethics Rule
Jun 24 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) is seeking to ensure that a Nebraska Supreme Court proposed rule regarding the unauthorized practice of law does not adversely affect the insurance industry. The...
NCOIL Insurance Scoring Model Adopted by Nebraska Legislature
Apr 16 2003 // The Nebraska legislature has joined North Dakota in adopting the National Conference of Insurance Legislators’ (NCOIL) model act for credit-based insurance scoring. Kansas also has passed legislation that follows...
Several Midwestern States Revisit Insurance Scoring
Mar 6 2003 // The issue of credit-based insurance scoring is being revisited in many Midwestern states that considered legislation or regulations on the subject in previous years, according to the National Association of Independent...
NCOIL Insurance Scoring Model Advances in Nebraska
Feb 21 2003 // The Nebraska Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee has approved an insurance scoring bill favored by insurers while voting down a bill that would have banned the use of credit information by insurers. Legislative Bill...
Nebraska Bill Would Prohibit Sole-Basis Credit Scoring
Feb 12 2003 // A bill moving through the Nebraska legislature would prohibit insurers from denying, canceling or non-renewing an insurance policy or basing rates solely on the basis of credit information. Legislative Bill 487 would also...
NE Ins. Dept. to Upgrade Use of Electronic Data Processing for On-site Financial Examinations
Dec 26 2002 // Nebraska’s Department of Insurance (NDI) issued a statement indicating that due to “advancements in technology” it will be making substantial changes in the periodic on-site financial examinations it...
NE Dept. of Insurance Places Acceptance Under Supervision
Dec 23 2002 // L. Tim Wagner, Director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance, announced that he had issued an order on Friday placing Acceptance Insurance Company under supervision. Acceptance is the parent company of American Growers...
NE Ins. Dept., USDA Risk Management Agency Conclude Agreement on American Growers
Dec 12 2002 // L. Tim Wagner, Director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance (NDI), and Ross J. Davidson, Jr., Administrator of USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced the signing of a “Memorandum of...
Nebraska Insurance Dept. Approves Excess Med Mal Rate Increases
Dec 9 2002 // Tim Wagner, Director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance, announced that rates charged by the Nebraska Excess Liability Fund for excess medical professional liability insurance for doctors, hospitals and other health...
Eight Receive 2001, 2002 NAMIC Service Awards
Sep 24 2002 // Due to the cancellation of its 2001 convention after 9/11, recipients of both the 2001 and 2002 NAMIC Service Awards were honored during the business meeting of the 107th convention of the National Association of Mutual...
Farm Bureau Mutual to Merge with Kan., Neb. Farm Bureau Affiliated P&C Insurers
Jul 9 2002 // Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Farm Bureau property-casualty affiliates in Kansas (Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Inc.) and Nebraska (Farm Bureau Insurance Company of Nebraska) will merge...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
