Latest Nebraska Headlines
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Court: Nebraska Bank Broke Equal Pay Law, Must Pay $30.5K in Restitution
Jul 12 2017 // A Nebraska bank will pay $30,598 to a woman whom it unlawfully paid less than a man, pursuant to a federal court judgment in a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),...
Governor Declares State of Emergency for Nebraska Storm-Damaged Areas
Jun 22 2017 // Nebraska’s governor has declared a state of emergency for storm-damaged areas of the state. The June 20 declaration by Gov. Pete Ricketts will let the state respond to local governments in the wake of storms that...
Nebraska Bank Sued for Paying Women Less Than Men
Jun 16 2017 // A Nebraska bank violated federal law by paying women and men unequally for jobs with the same required skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has...
Suspected Tornado Damages Nebraska Panhandle Town
Jun 14 2017 // Residents in a small western Nebraska town were clearing away tree and building debris Tuesday after a suspected tornado tore through the town but injured no one. The storm struck Bayard around 7:10 p.m. on June 12,...
Damage in Nebraska Food Plant Fire Estimated at $100K
May 31 2017 // A fire official has estimated that a fire at Lincoln, Neb., food plant has caused nearly $100,000 in damage. Officials say no one was injured in the fire, which started around 1 p.m. Saturday at the Smithfield Foods plant....
Residents Assess Damage After Night of Tornadoes in Central U.S.
May 18 2017 // Residents of an Oklahoma subdivision and a Wisconsin trailer park that were leveled by deadly tornadoes sifted through what remained of their homes and possessions Wednesday, even as forecasters warned of another round of...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Nebraska’s Strong Financial Resources
May 17 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Strong Financial Resources Inc., with offices in Aurora and Lincoln, Nebraska. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1996 by Calvin Strong, Aurora-headquartered...
Nebraska Renewable Energy Company Hit with More Safety Citations
May 16 2017 // A northeast Nebraska renewable energy plant has been given two more citations by safety regulators. The Sioux City (Iowa) Journal reports that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the citations on May...
Lockton Adds Petrovich as VP in Omaha, Nebraska
May 9 2017 // Alex Petrovich has joined privately held, independent insurance broker, Lockton Companies, as vice president in its Omaha, Neb., office. Petrovich has a decade of experience in commercial insurance, risk management, and...
Woman Injured by Discus at Nebraska Track Meet Awarded $350K
Apr 18 2017 // A woman who was struck in the head by a discus at a 2014 state track meet in Nebraska has been awarded $350,000 in a settlement. The Omaha World-Herald reports that 83-year-old Bernice Gorecki filed a lawsuit in 2015 after...
Nebraska Mortuary, Insurers File Suit Over Bad Cremation Unit
Apr 12 2017 // An Omaha, Neb., mortuary and its insurers have sued a Pennsylvania company, alleging that it didn’t properly rebuild a cremation machine blamed for a fire that injured four people. The Jan. 26, 2016, blaze heavily...
Nebraska’s Method Insurance Services Adds Brunson
Apr 12 2017 // Method Insurance Services in Omaha, Neb., has hired Michael Brunson as business development specialist. In this position, Brunson will focus on building Method’s agency distribution network in key Midwest states, as...
Wildfire Destroys Homes near Nebraska’s Lake McConaughy
Mar 21 2017 // A fire chief says a wildfire has destroyed at least eight homes and several other buildings near Nebraska’s Lake McConaughy. Keystone Lemoyne Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Ralph Moul said on March 20 that the blaze...
Nebraska Among States Hardest-Hit by GOP Health Care Bill
Mar 20 2017 // A Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act would raise health insurance costs in Nebraska faster than in most other states, according to a new report, and advocates say rural areas would be hardest-hit. The...
Report: 100s of Deficient Bridges in NE Kansas, NW Missouri
Feb 28 2017 // Hundreds of bridges in northwest Missouri and northeastern Kansas are being called “structurally deficient.” The St. Joseph News-Press reports that the National Bridge Inventory Database defines a structurally...
Block Sworn in as Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court Judge
Jan 18 2017 // Dirk V. Block is the newest judge to serve on the bench of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court. He was sworn in on Jan. 13. Gov. Pete Ricketts appointed Judge Block on Dec. 8, 2016. Block fills a vacancy left by...
Ascension Risk Services Taps Christensen to Lead New Nebraska Office
Jan 10 2017 // Ascension Risk Services, a diversified wholesale broker and managing general agent, has launched a new office in Omaha, Neb., and named Bria Christensen as vice president. Christensen will be responsible for growing the...
Midwest Regulation Report Card: States’ Grades Range from A to D
Dec 22 2016 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
Judge Awards $5M to 2 Men Wrongfully Jailed in Nebraska
Dec 5 2016 // A federal judge in Nebraska has ordered Douglas County’s insurance carrier to pay $5 million — plus legal costs — to two men wrongfully jailed for months in the 2006 killing of a Murdock couple because the...
Nebraska School Settles Sledding Accident Lawsuit for $500K
Nov 30 2016 // The mother of a girl injured in a 2014 sledding accident at a Nebraska school will get a $500,000 lump-sum payment as part of a settlement with the school district’s insurance company. The Omaha World Herald reports...
