Latest Nebraska Headlines
All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Foremost Insurance Expands Dwelling Fire Program in 3 States
Dec 1 2009 // Foremost Insurance Group announced it is expanding its dwelling fire program in Montana, Nebraska and Tennessee, effective Dec. 1, 2009. Typically known as the solution for hard-to-place landlord and owner-occupied...
Nebraska Court: West Nile Virus Suit Against Union Pacific Can Continue
Nov 19 2009 // A Nebraska appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit from a former Union Pacific Railroad worker who claims the company should have better protected her from West Nile virus. Vivika Deviney contracted the disease in 2003...
Nebraska High Court to Hear Appeal of Dog Injury
Sep 22 2009 // The Nebraska Supreme Court will hear a case that could decide whether liability for damages caused by dangerous dogs extends to injuries caused by playful pups. The issue is raised by a Lincoln woman who says a playful...
People
Sep 21 2009 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services of Minnesota Inc. named Gina Samland managing director for its Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas City, Kan., operations. She is based in the Omaha, Neb., office. In her new role, Samland is...
Nebraska High Court: Judge Must Explain Countrywide Insurance Ruling
Sep 1 2009 // A judge must explain to the Nebraska Supreme Court why he ordered a new trial in a multimillion dollar insurance dispute involving Florida and Omaha-based Countrywide Insurance Agency. In June 2008, the Supreme Court threw...
Wells Fargo Insurance Services Names Samland Managing Director
Aug 27 2009 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services of Minnesota Inc. named Gina Samland managing director for its Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas City, Kan. operations. She is based in the Omaha, Neb., office. In her new role, Samland is...
American Community Introduces Small Group Health Plan in Nebraska
Aug 26 2009 // American Community Mutual Insurance Company, headquartered in Livonia, Mich., is now offering Latitude, a small group product that allows employers to customize a health plan, to employers in Nebraska. Sold through...
Survey: Midwest Economy Improving
Aug 4 2009 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...
Insurer to Pay Bulk of $900K Settlement in Nebraska Fraud Case
Jul 23 2009 // A group of more than 200 investors who believe they were defrauded by their Nebraska-based brokers will share roughly $900,000 in a settlement with one of their brokers’ former employers. The company’s...
$1M in Liability Coverage Needed for Nebraska Highway Hay
Jul 7 2009 // Permits are available for people who want to harvest hay from alongside Nebraska state highways near their land. Applicants must prove they have $1 million in liability insurance. Until July 30, those landowners will have...
Nebraska Officials Propose Grain-Insurance Fund; Growers Skeptical
Jun 12 2009 // Nebraska officials are moving forward with a plan to establish a multimillion-dollar insurance fund to protect farmers when grain warehouses go broke, following the financial collapse of an elevator last year. But major...
NE Oklahoma Chapter of CPCU Society Installs New Officers
Jun 11 2009 // The Northeastern Oklahoma chapter of the CPCU Society has installed new officers for 2009-2010. The new officers are President Ron Comeau, President-Elect Amy Bradley-Waters, Vice President J.D. Hatter and...
It Figures
Jun 1 2009 // $5 Million The estimated cost of repairs and clean-up at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale as a result of high winds that tore through the campus in May. Much of that total will go to fix broken windows and roof...
Nebraska Adds Engel as Insurance Fraud Investigator
May 5 2009 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance announced that Mike Engel will begin employment as an insurance fraud investigator on May 13. Engel comes to the Division with 30 years experience with the Lincoln Police Department.
Nebraska Warns of Improper Producer Practices
May 4 2009 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance Market Conduct Division has responded to several situations recently that involve insurance producers engaging in fraudulent, dishonest practices, and demonstrating financial...
Nebraska Adds Hofmeister in Examination Division
May 4 2009 // Joe Hofmeister, a 2004 Nebraska Wesleyan graduate, has joined the Nebraska Department of Insurance Examination Division. He will be responsible for performing pre-need examinations throughout the state. He also will assist...
Nebraksa Rules Insurance Exclusion Applies to Liquidator
Apr 6 2009 // A regulatory exclusion in a directors and officers liability insurance policy applies to an insurance regulator acting as liquidator, according to the Nebraska Supreme Court. The ruling is believed to be the first by any...
Insurance Exclusion Applies to Liquidator, Nebraska Court Rules
Mar 24 2009 // A regulatory exclusion in a directors and officers liability insurance policy applies to an insurance regulator acting as liquidator, according to the Nebraska Supreme Court. The ruling is believed to be the first by any...
A.M. Best: Negative Outlook for Nebraska’s Battle Creek Mutual
Mar 19 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Battle Creek Mutual Insurance Co. in Nebraska. The outlook for both ratings has been revised to...
Nebraska Bank Employee Wins Reversal on Medical Bias Ruling
Mar 16 2009 // A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling against a former Beatrice bank worker who said he lost his job because of his rare voice disorder. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled in a case...
