Nebraska News

IIA San Antonio to Hold Professional Liability Seminar

The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced a continuing education seminar on professional liability to be held on April 15, 2004. Presenters for the seminar will be Joseph H. Schneider and Beth Snyder Simpson from United States Liability Insurance …

Hawkeye-Security Promotes Connell to CEO

Des Moines, Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance has named Michael Connell as its new president and CEO. Hawkeye-Security is a member of Boston-based Liberty Mutual’s regional agency markets program. Connell was promoted to CEO from his position as regional vice president in …

Schinnerer Program Offers GL Policy to Educational Institutions in 45 States

EdChoice, Schinnerer’s program for small to mid-size colleges and universities, is now offering the General Liability policy to educational institutions in all states except Alaska, District of Columbia, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, and West Virginia. The policy was previously …

Commercial Property, Liability, Crime

Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property insurance protection or a package of property, general liability and …

NEB. PLACES PROTECTIVE NATIONAL INTO LIQUIDATION:

On Feb. 12, 2004, the Lancaster, Neb. County District Court entered an order for the liquidation of the Protective National Insurance Company of Omaha, a Nebraska-domiciled insurer based in Omaha. The liquidation order was based on a finding by Insurance …

PCI Outlines State Lobbying Push for 2004

The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) provided state regulators a preview of the association’s 2004 regulatory modernization initiatives during the industry liaison session of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held in New York last Saturday. PCI, …

IIA San Antonio Presenting Ethics Course

The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio announced it is presenting a two-hour continuing education ethics course on April 8, 2004. IIASA noted that this course is back by popular demand. The class will be taught by Phil Barrow of …

Reining in Comp’s Transition Costs

One TPA Says It Has the Secret At first glance, Jeffrey McDaniel does not seem disabled. He is built like a football player, and in his mesh green and gold jersey he looks like one too. A pat on the …

D.C. Insurance, Banking Departments Merge

Mayor Anthony Williams has signed into law a bill enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia that combines the functional operations of the Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation (DISR) with those of the Department of Banking and …

Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out

Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship with torts, but they did …