Latest Nebraska Headlines
All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nebraska’s Tierone Banking Company Settles Lawsuit
May 4 2012 // A lawsuit that said Lincoln-based TierOne Corp. misled investors has been settled for $3.1 million. The Lincoln Journal Star reported the lawsuit filed in May 2010 said TierOne issued false or misleading financial...
Nebraska Man Accused of Selling Insurance in Violation of Court Order
Apr 20 2012 // A 67-year-old Lincoln man was arrested and accused of violating a judge’s order about selling insurance to former customers. Larry Hall faced Judge Paul Merritt in court on April 16, according to the Lincoln Journal...
Nebraska to Increase Workers’ Comp Payout for Burials
Apr 18 2012 // Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has approved a bill that will let the dependents of workers killed on the job collect a larger payout for burial expenses. LB 378 by Grand Island Sen. Mike Gloor will increase the workers’...
Tornado Outbreak: Authorities Say 5 Dead in Oklahoma, 29 Injuries
Apr 16 2012 // Tornadoes raking communities across the Midwest and Plains left five people dead and at least 29 injured in Oklahoma, damaging a hospital, homes and other buildings as a vast severe weather front plunged eastward on April...
Blue Cross Sues Over Running Nebraska Health Plan
Apr 6 2012 // Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska has filed a lawsuit to block the state’s planned switch to a new health insurance company, alleging improper lobbying on United Healthcare’s behalf. The Lincoln Journal...
Governors To Tour Nebraska Plant Where ‘Pink Slime’ Is Made
Mar 29 2012 // The leaders of at least four states plan a visit to the only place where a beef product known as “pink slime” is still made, an effort aimed to support its embattled manufacturer, a company spokesman said...
Indiana, Nebraska and South Dakota Pass Contractor Fraud Bills
Mar 14 2012 // The Indiana and Nebraska legislatures recently passed much needed legislation that could help protect homeowners from contractor fraud and abuse, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...
Nebraska Medical Liability Insurer Adds Staff, Announces Promotions
Mar 9 2012 // Preferred Professional Insurance Company (PPIC), an Omaha, Neb.-based Catholic-owned medical liability insurance firm, has hired Patti Hiemer as the company’s accounting clerk and made a number of staff...
Nebraska Bill Would Create Disaster Housing Fund
Feb 28 2012 // Nebraska needs to create a temporary housing fund to help people who lose their homes to flooding, tornadoes and other natural disasters, a state lawmaker said on Feb. 23. Sen. Lydia Brasch, of Bancroft, said the state was...
Midwest Declarations
Feb 20 2012 // Minds of Their Own “Livestock have minds of their own.” – Nebraska Sen. Ken Schilz of Ogallala, author of a bill that would require drivers who hit livestock on Nebraska roads to have a higher burden of...
Corps Will Spend $1.8M on Omaha, Nebraska Flood Repairs
Feb 14 2012 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to spend $1.8 million to repair the flood-defense network around Omaha. The repairs being made around Omaha are part of the work being done along the Missouri River to prepare...
Nebraska Cattle Liability Bill Set for Hearing
Feb 9 2012 // Motorists who strike livestock on Nebraska roads could have a tougher time winning negligence lawsuits against farmers and ranchers, under a bill set for a legislative hearing. A proposal by Ogallala Sen. Ken Schilz would...
Iroquois Group Adds Members in Nebraska and Iowa
Jan 26 2012 // The Iroquois Group has expanded its presence in the Midwest to include Iowa and Nebraska. The insurance agency network has added seven agencies in those states and is expecting rapid growth in membership. The group now has...
Auto Insurance Limits Would Rise Under Nebraska Bill
Jan 23 2012 // The minimum amount of coverage for certain types of liability insurance would increase for Nebraska motorists, under a bill introduced in the state Legislature. State Sen. Paul Schumacher said the financial responsibility...
Nebraska Opting Out of NIMA
Jan 23 2012 // Nebraska insurance regulators have notified the governing committee of the Nonadmitted Insurance Multistate Agreement (NIMA) that the state intends to withdraw from the agreement effective March 5, 2012. Bruce Ramge,...
Nebraska to Opt Out of Nonadmitted Insurance Multistate Agreement
Jan 10 2012 // Nebraska insurance regulators have notified the governing committee of the Nonadmitted Insurance Multistate Agreement (NIMA) that the state intends to withdraw from the agreement effective March 5, 2012. Bruce Ramge,...
Coventry Health Care to Run Nebraska Health Insurance Pool
Dec 29 2011 // Coventry Health Care of Nebraska will be the new health plan administrator for Nebraska’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool. The state program is designed to provide health insurance for Nebraskans who can’t...
Nebraska, Iowa Towns Among Safest in U.S.
Dec 28 2011 // Several cities in Nebraska and Iowa made Farmers Insurance’s lists of the safer and most secure places to live in the country. The insurer ranked cities of different sizes based on crime rates, natural disaster...
Crop Insurance Rates Skyrocket After Summer Floods
Dec 15 2011 // Midwestern farmers who saw their land swamped by summer flooding may be socked again with steep increases in their crop insurance premiums, the expensive result of the failure to fix broken levees before the winter snow...
Nebraska Police Say Hands Tied with Texting Ban
Dec 13 2011 // Law enforcement officials in Nebraska continue to grapple with how to enforce a 2010 state law that bans texting while driving. Columbus police have issued one ticket and three warnings since the ban went into effect...
