Latest Nebraska Headlines
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Severe Drought Includes Much of Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana
Jul 20 2012 // The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that severe drought affecting much of the Midwest and Great Plains now covers more than half of Iowa and three-quarters of Nebraska. More than half of Indiana is now listed in...
Nebraska Director: Producers First to Benefit from State Based System
Jul 18 2012 // Nebraska’s top regulator says insurance producers will be among the first to benefit from the state’s implementation of a national state based online regulatory system. The Nebraska Department of Insurance...
Nebraska Insurance Agent Facing Perjury Charge Running for Office
Jul 10 2012 // A Lincoln, Neb., insurance agent plans to continue running for re-election to a natural resources district board even though he is due to be sentenced for perjury next month. Larry Hall is also in the midst of bankruptcy,...
Nebraska Insurance Agent Admits Fraud
Jul 2 2012 // One of three former Nebraska insurance agents accused of defrauding more than 250 investors out of $29 million has pleaded guilty and agreed to help prosecutors. The Grand Island Independent reported that Kenneth Mottin,...
Lawmaker Says Nebraska Has Time for Health Exchange
Jun 29 2012 // A Nebraska lawmaker who has led the push to create a state-based marketplace for health insurance says officials must move quickly and seek public comments as they enact the requirements of the federal health care...
Federal Appeals Panel Upholds Nebraska Crash Victim’s Award
Jun 28 2012 // A federal appeals panel on has upheld a $407,000 jury award to a Michigan man who suffered severe injuries in a crash he says was caused by a Nebraska county’s failure to adequately mark a sharp turn in a road. Last...
Nebraska Construction Company Owner Sentenced for Wire, Insurance Fraud
Jun 26 2012 // A Fremont, Neb., man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for a wire fraud conviction that cost banks and insurance companies in Nebraska and Iowa millions of dollars. Thomas Herink was sentenced in...
Nebraska Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud
Jun 21 2012 // One of three former Grand Island, Neb.-based insurance agents accused of defrauding more than 250 investors out of $29 million has pleaded guilty. The Grand Island Independent reported that Kenneth Mottin, of St. Libory,...
Feet of Sand Leave Midwest Farms Wasteland After Flooding
Jun 5 2012 // Mason Hansen guns his pickup and cranks the steering wheel to spin through sand up to 4 feet high, but this is no day at the beach. Hanson once grew corn and soybeans in the sandy wasteland in western Iowa, and his...
Disaster Loan Deadline Nears for Nebraska Residents
May 29 2012 // U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns is warning that an important deadline is nearing for residents in seven Nebraska counties who suffered damages in the last year’s devastating Missouri River flooding. The flood destroyed farm...
Audit: Nebraska Employee Insurance Costs High
May 16 2012 // Nebraska taxpayers are paying far more than necessary into the state’s health insurance program because of high administrative costs, poor oversight and a failure to monitor and control spending, State Auditor Mike...
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...
