Latest Nebraska Headlines
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Nebraska Bill Would Create Disaster Housing Fund
Feb 28 2012 // Nebraska needs to create a temporary housing fund to help people who lose their homes to flooding, tornadoes and other natural disasters, a state lawmaker said on Feb. 23. Sen. Lydia Brasch, of Bancroft, said the state was...
Midwest Declarations
Feb 20 2012 // Minds of Their Own “Livestock have minds of their own.” – Nebraska Sen. Ken Schilz of Ogallala, author of a bill that would require drivers who hit livestock on Nebraska roads to have a higher burden of...
Corps Will Spend $1.8M on Omaha, Nebraska Flood Repairs
Feb 14 2012 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to spend $1.8 million to repair the flood-defense network around Omaha. The repairs being made around Omaha are part of the work being done along the Missouri River to prepare...
Nebraska Cattle Liability Bill Set for Hearing
Feb 9 2012 // Motorists who strike livestock on Nebraska roads could have a tougher time winning negligence lawsuits against farmers and ranchers, under a bill set for a legislative hearing. A proposal by Ogallala Sen. Ken Schilz would...
Iroquois Group Adds Members in Nebraska and Iowa
Jan 26 2012 // The Iroquois Group has expanded its presence in the Midwest to include Iowa and Nebraska. The insurance agency network has added seven agencies in those states and is expecting rapid growth in membership. The group now has...
Auto Insurance Limits Would Rise Under Nebraska Bill
Jan 23 2012 // The minimum amount of coverage for certain types of liability insurance would increase for Nebraska motorists, under a bill introduced in the state Legislature. State Sen. Paul Schumacher said the financial responsibility...
Nebraska Opting Out of NIMA
Jan 23 2012 // Nebraska insurance regulators have notified the governing committee of the Nonadmitted Insurance Multistate Agreement (NIMA) that the state intends to withdraw from the agreement effective March 5, 2012. Bruce Ramge,...
Nebraska to Opt Out of Nonadmitted Insurance Multistate Agreement
Jan 10 2012 // Nebraska insurance regulators have notified the governing committee of the Nonadmitted Insurance Multistate Agreement (NIMA) that the state intends to withdraw from the agreement effective March 5, 2012. Bruce Ramge,...
Coventry Health Care to Run Nebraska Health Insurance Pool
Dec 29 2011 // Coventry Health Care of Nebraska will be the new health plan administrator for Nebraska’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool. The state program is designed to provide health insurance for Nebraskans who can’t...
Nebraska, Iowa Towns Among Safest in U.S.
Dec 28 2011 // Several cities in Nebraska and Iowa made Farmers Insurance’s lists of the safer and most secure places to live in the country. The insurer ranked cities of different sizes based on crime rates, natural disaster...
Crop Insurance Rates Skyrocket After Summer Floods
Dec 15 2011 // Midwestern farmers who saw their land swamped by summer flooding may be socked again with steep increases in their crop insurance premiums, the expensive result of the failure to fix broken levees before the winter snow...
Nebraska Police Say Hands Tied with Texting Ban
Dec 13 2011 // Law enforcement officials in Nebraska continue to grapple with how to enforce a 2010 state law that bans texting while driving. Columbus police have issued one ticket and three warnings since the ban went into effect...
AIPSO Central Region Closing East Wacker Drive Office in Chicago
Dec 5 2011 // AIPSO, a management organization and service provider for various insurance industry groups responsible for administering the residual market, announced that the central region is closing its East Wacker Drive office in...
Nebraska Health Providers Urge State-based Insurance Exchange
Dec 2 2011 // Nebraska should not wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the Obama administration’s health care overhaul before it prepares a state-based insurance exchange, a leading hospital advocate said. Bruce Rieker, a...
People
Nov 7 2011 // Westfield Insurance, headquartered in Westfield, Ohio, selected Dennis Baus to lead the company’s surety operations. Baus assumes the national surety leader responsibilities on Jan. 1, 2012, replacing Rick Kinnaird...
Declarations
Nov 7 2011 // Ryan on Leadership “Leadership is establishing a vision and getting others to buy into that vision, and when they buy into that vision, it’s establishing trust.” —Patrick Ryan, chairman and CEO of...
Nebraska Court: Insurance Won’t Cover Fireworks Injury
Nov 7 2011 // A judge has ruled a Lincoln, Neb., man can’t get help from his insurance company to pay for injuries inflicted on an 80-year-old woman in a fireworks accident because it happened during a criminal act. The Lincoln...
Nebraska Health Exchange Would Need 83K-100K Enrollees
Oct 31 2011 // As many as 100,000 Nebraskans would need to enroll in a state-based health insurance exchange before the program could sustain itself as required, according to a report presented to lawmakers on Oct. 28. Insurance...
Citing Reform, Small Health Insurer Lays off Workers in Iowa, Nebraska
Oct 24 2011 // The parent company of American Republic has told employees in Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Neb., it is getting out of the individual major medical insurance business. The Des Moines Register reported 110 positions will be...
Nebraska Court: Insurance Won’t Cover Fireworks Injury
Oct 24 2011 // A judge has ruled a Lincoln, Neb., man can’t get help from his insurance company to pay for injuries inflicted on an 80-year-old woman in a fireworks accident because it happened during a criminal act. The Lincoln...
