Nebraska News

Neb. Department to Hold Meeting on Insurance License Testing Oct. 10

The Nebraska Department of Insurance will hold a public meeting to provide information about the Insurance License Testing Program on Tuesday, Oct.10, 2006, at 3 p.m. in the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1040 P Street, Lincoln, Neb. 68508. Officials from the …

Praetorian Completes Acquisition of Specialty Insurer Alea

Praetorian Financial Group, Inc., itself a specialty insurer, said it has completed the acquisition of Alea North America Specialty Insurance Company (ANASIC), which following regulatory approval will be renamed Praetorian Specialty Insurance Company. Alea, a non-admitted carrier, is authorized to …

Oregon Employers To Pay Less for Workers’ Comp in 2007

Oregon will reduce the workers’ compensation “pure” premium rate by 2.1 percent for 2007, Governor Ted Kulongoski announced, maintaining Oregon’s streak of not raising the rate in 16 years. “No other state in the union has seen 16 consecutive years …

Investigators Trace Specific Batch of Tainted Spinach

Test results linking two bags of Dole brand baby spinach to a deadly E. coli strain have helped health officials hone in on a specific batch from a San Juan Bautista, Calif., processing plant that may be the source of …

Iowa Hawkeye-Security Appoints Blue Valley and Garry & Associates

Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has added Blue Valley Insurance Agency located in Overland Park, Kan., and Garry & Associates Insurance Agency located in North Kansas City, Mo. to its growing family of appointed independent agents. Blue …

Editor’s Note: What would Popeye do?

The nationwide recall of bags of fresh spinach due to the contamination of some brands by the E.coli virus might not have affected Popeye at all—since he ate his essential greens out of a can—but it’s obvious that the nation …

What would Popeye do?

Send Olive Oyl out to the grocery for a can of kale? The nationwide recall of bags of fresh spinach due to the contamination of some brands by the E.coli virus might not have affected Popeye at all–since he ate …

Editor’s Note: What would Popeye do?

The nationwide recall of bags of fresh spinach due to the contamination of some brands by the E. coli virus might not have affected Popeye at all — he ate his essential greens out of a can. However, it’s obvious …

What would Popeye do?

Send Olive Oyl to the grocery for a can of kale? The nationwide recall of bags of fresh spinach due to the contamination of some brands by the E. coli virus might not have affected Popeye at all — he …

Texas Work Comp Commissioner Betts Approves 17 Companies to Self-Insure

Seventeen companies with approximately 82,000 employees in Texas recently were approved to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) Self Insurance Program. Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert …