Nebraska News

Global warming represents watershed event for insurance industry

At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry. While entirely different in their …

Colorado Airport Singing Holiday Blues; Losses Just Now Rolling In

Stranded travelers lined up at ticket counters at snowbound Denver International Airport early Thursday, hoping to get out of town amid a powerful snowstorm that paralyzed Colorado’s biggest cities with up to 2 feet of snow. The news wasn’t comforting: …

Iowa Hawkeye-Security Insurance Expands Agent Network in Mo.

Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, recently announced the recent appointment of six new agencies to its group of independent agents in Missouri. The following appointments broaden Hawkeye-Security Insurance’s personal and small-to-medium size commercial lines business in the …

Malpractice Insurance Pushing Wyoming Doctors Out of State

Nearly one-third of Wyoming doctors are planning to leave the state eventually and many of those say the cost of malpractice insurance is a factor, a new state report shows. The Wyoming Healthcare Commission this week released a report giving …

Study Shows Iowa with Significant Insurance Industry Job Growth

A recent 48-page study by the Connecticut Economic Resource Center Inc. said that Iowa now surpasses Connecticut for insurance company job growth. From 1995 to 2005, insurance jobs in insurance companies in Connecticut increased by 2.4 percent, from 51,820 to …

Report Details How Conn. Economy Still Depends Upon Insurance Sector

Connecticut remains dependent upon the insurance sector for many of its jobs and much of its economic growth, a new report by an industry coalition confirms. The state has triple the U.S. average of insurance carrier jobs and the highest …

Neb. insurers argue against benefits for state trooper in suicide case

Family members of a state trooper who killed himself after the 2002 Norfolk bank slayings face another court battle in their fight for workers’ compensation benefits they say they are owed. Several large insurers and businesses argue benefits shouldn’t be …

Neb. insurers argue against benefits for state trooper in suicide case

Family members of a state trooper who killed himself after the 2002 Norfolk bank slayings face another court battle in their fight for workers’ compensation benefits they say they are owed. Several large insurers and businesses argue benefits shouldn’t be …

St. Paul Agency Joins Bank of the West Subsidiary

Bank of the West recently announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, BW Insurance Agency, Inc., (BWIA) has acquired St. Paul Agency, Inc., a full service insurance agency involved in insurance, risk management and asset protection, based in St. Paul, Minn. The St. …

Argonaut’s Great Central Expands Family Grill and Pub Coverage

Great Central Insurance Company, a member of the Select Markets segment of Argonaut Group Inc., announced the expansion of its Great Protector II Series of coverage forms for Family Grills and Pubs in 12 additional states, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, …