Latest Nebraska Headlines
All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nebraska Doctor Opens Membership-Based, Insurance-Free Practice
Aug 19 2016 // Dr. Todd Johnson of Lincoln is a modern-day pioneer, starting the first membership-based, insurance-free medical practice in Nebraska. Access Family Medicine opened in mid-July and provides what is called direct primary...
HGGC/Integrity Partnership to Acquire Nebraska Insurance Marketing Firm
Jul 19 2016 // Palo Alto, Calif.-based middle market private equity firm HGGC, has completed its equity investment in Integrity Marketing Group LLC (Integrity), an independent distributor of life/ health insurance products focused on...
Insurer for Nebraska Town Settles Claim Filed in Water Park Death
Jun 28 2016 // Grand Island, Neb.’s insurance carrier has settled a claim against the city over the drowning of a 5-year-old girl at the city’s Island Oasis Water Park last summer. The claim for more than $1 million was filed...
Iowa Insurance Commissioner Sues Feds Over Failed Health Co-Op
May 23 2016 // Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart says federal health officials are unlawfully withholding millions of dollars owed to a failed health insurance co-op in his state. Gerhart, who is Liquidator for CoOportunity...
Nebraska Church with No Alarm System Suffers $450 in Fire Damage
May 17 2016 // A fire at a Scottsbluff, Neb., church earlier this month caused $450,000 damage because it burned for more than five hours before being discovered. KNEB reports firefighters increased their damage estimate for the May 8...
Tornadoes Survival Tips from Texas to Nebraska
May 11 2016 // Storms swept through the nation’s midsection Monday, spawning numerous tornadoes. While tornadoes can form any time weather conditions are right, the area from Texas to Nebraska typically sees tornadoes between April...
Main Street America Names Simmons Assistant Secretary in Nebraska
May 6 2016 // The Main Street America Group has named Scott Simmons assistant secretary in its Omaha, Neb., office. Simmons reports to Dan Gaynor, the company’s vice president and head of commercial lines. He is responsible for...
Insurer Among Parties Arguing over Cause of Flooded Homes in Nebraska
Apr 24 2016 // The city of Bellevue, Neb., the Metropolitan Utilities District, a plumbing contractor and its insurance company disagree about who’s to blame for a ruptured water line that flooded about 12 homes in February. The...
Nebraska Letter Carrier Awarded $25K after Dog Bite
Apr 3 2016 // A letter carrier has won $25,000 from the owners of a dog that bit him in Grand Island, Neb. The Grand Island Independent reports that a Hall County jury awarded the damages to Seth Gruhn, who’d sued David Hernandez...
Whistleblower Protections for Nurses Passed in Nebraska
Apr 1 2016 // A bill that would grant whistleblower protections for nurses in Nebraska has won final approval from lawmakers. Senators passed the bill Thursday with a 45-0 vote. The issue surfaced last year after two Nebraska nurses...
Nebraska Governor Signs Bill Allowing Direct Payment for Primary Care
Apr 1 2016 // Medical patients in Nebraska will have the option to pay doctors directly for consultations and physicals rather than through insurance under a bill signed by Gov. Pete Ricketts. The law allows medical practitioners to...
Safety Regulators Back Nebraska Man Who Refused to Drive Truck
Mar 21 2016 // Federal safety regulators say a southeast Nebraska company wrongfully fired a driver who refused to operate a truck that violated Iowa law. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Berkshire Hathaway Balks at Reporting on Climate Change Risks
Mar 13 2016 // Warren Buffett’s compensation for running Berkshire Hathaway Inc. edged up 1 percent last year to $470,244, reflecting an increase in the cost of keeping the billionaire safe. Buffett’s salary remained at...
Road Rules Would Ease for Farm Equipment Under Nebraska Bill
Mar 11 2016 // Tractors, combines and fertilizer spreaders would have a little more freedom on Nebraska’s roadways under a bill that has won first-round approval from lawmakers. Senators advanced a bill, 39-0, that would relax...
Regulators Back Nebraska Driver Who Wouldn’t Drive Unsafe Truck
Mar 4 2016 // Federal regulators want to punish a southeast Nebraska company that the regulators say wrongfully fired a driver who refused to operate a truck that violated Iowa law. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational...
NetVu Names Nebraska’s Dale as Chairman
Mar 4 2016 // Barb Dale is the new chairman of the executive board of directors Of NetVU, the network of users of Vertafore systems. Dale is with the SilverStone Group in Omaha, Nebraska, where she oversees the service staff of the...
Tornadoes Damage Mississippi, Alabama Communities
Feb 4 2016 // Tornadoes touched down in Mississippi and Alabama as thunderstorms swept through the area Tuesday, while a powerful snowstorm buried parts of Colorado and Nebraska in more than a foot of snow before crawling into the Upper...
2016 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 11 2016 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2016 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Obama Administration Urges Supreme Court to Reject Marijuana Lawsuit
Dec 21 2015 // Despite its opposition to making marijuana use legal, the Obama administration is urging the Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit from Nebraska and Oklahoma that seeks to declare Colorado’s pot legalization...
Colorado Official: Nebraska Needs to Address Drugged Driving
Dec 10 2015 // A Colorado highway safety official says Nebraska should not wait for marijuana to become before acting to keep drugged drivers off the roads. The Lincoln Journal Star reports Glenn Davis, highway safety manager for the...
