Federal officials say Illinois, Nebraska and the Dakotas will each be getting $1 million to help the states establish a health insurance exchange. The exchanges, created by the federal Affordable Care Act, are meant to be one-stop shopping where people …
The Nebraska Department of Insurance says auto insurance companies are increasingly using information obtained from on-board sensors in establishing premium rates. The department is concerned that some of that information may not be complete in insurers’ rate filings for both …
Palmer Miller Nelson, Keystone Insurers Group Palmer Miller Nelson Insurance Agency Inc. (PMN) of Columbus, Ohio, has become Keystone Insurers Group’s 24th franchise partner in Ohio. In business since 1855, PMN was the first agency appointed by Ohio Farmers Insurance …
The Grand Island, Neb., City Council has decided to continue a terrorism rider on the city insurance plan again next year. Utilities director Gary Mader said the city’s general policy doesn’t cover terrorism, so the rider had to be added. …
Three employees wounded in a recent shooting at a cold-storage warehouse in southeast Nebraska don’t appear to have been random victims, a prosecutor says. Saline County Attorney Tad Eickman told the Associated Press that authorities are trying to determine why …
Colorado regulators say World Insurance Co. of Omaha, Neb., has paid a $153,000 fine after it was accused of not providing benefits it promised. The state Division of Insurance said that, among other things, the company didn’t cover procedures it …
Medical professional liability insurance provider, MMIC Group, recently announced its entry into the Kansas/Missouri marketplace. According to MMIC President and CEO Bill McDonough, “As consolidation of healthcare continues to occur, many of our existing clients are crossing state borders. It …
K&K Insurance, based in Ft. Wayne, Ind., named Todd Bixler president and CEO. Bixler joined K&K Insurance in 1986 as controller, responsible for financial reporting and accounting operations. His subsequent positions of increasing responsibility with K&K included chief financial officer, …
A Florida judge said Tuesday he would hear arguments Dec. 16 on a lawsuit by 20 U.S. states seeking to block President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the U.S. health care system. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, who is weighing a …
Indiana Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, is expanding its school marketing efforts in Iowa. Indiana Insurance currently insures more than 1,100 public districts, private and charter schools across its nine state Midwestern operating territory. Indiana Insurance tailors …
