Latest Nebraska Headlines
All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIPSO Central Region Closing East Wacker Drive Office in Chicago
Dec 5 2011 // AIPSO, a management organization and service provider for various insurance industry groups responsible for administering the residual market, announced that the central region is closing its East Wacker Drive office in...
Nebraska Health Providers Urge State-based Insurance Exchange
Dec 2 2011 // Nebraska should not wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the Obama administration’s health care overhaul before it prepares a state-based insurance exchange, a leading hospital advocate said. Bruce Rieker, a...
People
Nov 7 2011 // Westfield Insurance, headquartered in Westfield, Ohio, selected Dennis Baus to lead the company’s surety operations. Baus assumes the national surety leader responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2012, replacing Rick Kinnaird...
Declarations
Nov 7 2011 // Ryan on Leadership “Leadership is establishing a vision and getting others to buy into that vision, and when they buy into that vision, it’s establishing trust.” —Patrick Ryan, chairman and CEO of...
Nebraska Court: Insurance Won’t Cover Fireworks Injury
Nov 7 2011 // A judge has ruled a Lincoln, Neb., man can’t get help from his insurance company to pay for injuries inflicted on an 80-year-old woman in a fireworks accident because it happened during a criminal act. The Lincoln...
Nebraska Health Exchange Would Need 83K-100K Enrollees
Oct 31 2011 // As many as 100,000 Nebraskans would need to enroll in a state-based health insurance exchange before the program could sustain itself as required, according to a report presented to lawmakers on Oct. 28. Insurance...
Citing Reform, Small Health Insurer Lays off Workers in Iowa, Nebraska
Oct 24 2011 // The parent company of American Republic has told employees in Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Neb., it is getting out of the individual major medical insurance business. The Des Moines Register reported 110 positions will be...
Nebraska Court: Insurance Won’t Cover Fireworks Injury
Oct 24 2011 // A judge has ruled a Lincoln, Neb., man can’t get help from his insurance company to pay for injuries inflicted on an 80-year-old woman in a fireworks accident because it happened during a criminal act. The Lincoln...
Nebraska Insurance Director Needs More Data on Exchange Cost
Oct 17 2011 // Nebraska insurance officials can’t decide whether to recommend a state-based health insurance exchange or follow a proposed federal model until they know how much the national plan will cost, Nebraska Department of...
Holmes Murphy Adds Johnson and Shald in Nebraska Office
Oct 17 2011 // Holmes Murphy Division Leader Beau Reid has announced the addition of two industry professionals to the company’s Nebraska division. Craig Johnson has joined the firm as senior consultant – client services and...
Stine Sworn in as Nebraska Workers’ Comp Court Judge
Oct 7 2011 // Judge Tom Stine has been sworn in to serve on the bench of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court. Attorney General Jon Bruning opened and officiated the swearing-in ceremony, which took place in the Nebraska State...
Insurer Says Exclusion Bars Payment in Nebraska Pastor’s Death
Oct 3 2011 // An insurance company specializing in policies for churches is asking a federal court to absolve it from paying a claim by the widow of a central Nebraska pastor who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a house owned by the...
People
Oct 3 2011 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) presented the Federal Legislator of the Year Award to U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert, R-Ill., at its annual convention in Indianapolis. Biggert currently serves as...
Insurer Says Exclusion Bars Payment in Nebraska Pastor’s Death
Sep 21 2011 // An insurance company specializing in policies for churches is asking a federal court to absolve it from paying a claim by the widow of a central Nebraska pastor who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a house owned by the...
Reid Named Leader of Holmes Murphy & Associates’ Nebraska Office
Sep 15 2011 // Holmes Murphy & Associates Vice President Beau Reid has been appointed to lead the independent insurance brokerage’s Nebraska division. Reid has been with Holmes Murphy since 2004 and specializes in innovative...
Pfeffer Joins Aon Risk Solutions in Omaha, Nebraska
Sep 13 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions has appointed Dennis J. Pfeffer as appointed senior vice president and resident sales director for the Omaha, Neb., office. Pfeffer is experienced in the design of both traditional and alternative risk...
Lockton Expands With Omaha, Nebraska Office Opening
Sep 8 2011 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton is expanding its insurance and risk management operations with the opening of an office in Omaha, Neb. Jack Struyk has been appointed to lead the office as president of Lockton’s...
Nebraska County Must Pay $407K in Car Crash Lawsuit
Sep 7 2011 // Furnas County, Neb., has been ordered to pay more than $407,000 to a man injured in a car accident. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp awarded nearly $679,000 to Juston Pohl. But...
Former Nebraska Insurance Claims Examiner Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud
Aug 31 2011 // An Omaha man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud while he was working as a claims examiner for an insurance company. The U.S. attorney’s office says that William Bouda faces up to 20 years in prison when he’s...
Ohio and Nebraska Agencies Join Iroquois Group
Aug 9 2011 // Mittelstadt Agency of Nebraska and Nelson Insurance of Ohio joined the Iroquois Group. The agency was founded in June of 2000 and recently went independent after 11 years of being affiliated with Farmers Insurance...
