Latest Nebraska Headlines
All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Neb. Insurance Director Names Chief Financial Examiner
Jan 15 2007 // Tim Wagner, director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance, recently announced the promotion of James Nixon to chief financial examiner. Nixon has served as the Department’s Acting chief financial examiner for the...
Neb. Senator’s Driver’s Certificate Legislation Raises Questions
Nov 14 2006 // To combat problems created by uninsured drivers, Nebraska State Sen. Ray Aguilar of Grand Island plans to introduce legislation next year that would create a driver’s certificate. The certificate would allow a person...
More fallout expected from Neb. Supreme Court ruling on liability
Nov 5 2006 // Skate parks across Nebraska, such as those in Fremont, Norfolk and North Platte, are the first casualties of a state Supreme Court decision about liability and insurance coverage, many are saying. The Nebraska Supreme...
More Fallout Expected from Neb. Supreme Court Ruling on Liability
Oct 25 2006 // Skate parks across Nebraska, such as those in Fremont, Norfolk and North Platte, are the first casualties of a state Supreme Court decision about liability and insurance coverage, many are saying. The Nebraska Supreme...
Neb. Attorney General Asks Court to Reverse Ruling on Trooper Tied to KKK
Oct 24 2006 // The Nebraska Attorney General’s office asked a district court judge earlier this month to vacate an arbitrator’s decision that a Nebraska state trooper should be reinstated despite his membership in a group...
Neb. Department to Hold Meeting on Insurance License Testing Oct. 10
Oct 6 2006 // 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. State Retirement Board Fires Bank, Hires Life Company
Sep 11 2006 // The Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Board has decided to fire Union Bank & Trust, citing performance issues. The Lincoln-based bank had won a contract earlier this year to manage the retirement plan records of...
Neb. Approves High-Risk Health Pool Rate Change of 23.5 Percent
Aug 21 2006 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance announced recently that it has approved the recommendation of the Nebraska Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool (CHIP) Board of Directors to increase the high-risk pool rates by 23.5...
Neb. Autobody Assn. Study Finds Consumers Hesitant to File Auto Claims
Apr 6 2006 // Findings in a study by the Nebraska Autobody Association found that consumers were disinclined to file automotive claims with their insurance company. Sixty-four percent of survey respondents said they would generally feel...
Alabama, Nebraska Receive $1.2M Hurricane Counseling Grants
Apr 3 2006 // Alabama and Nebraska have been awarded $1.2 million for crisis counseling assistance in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, according to Charles Curie, administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental...
Nebraska Senators Take ‘Hit in the Wallet’ to Pay Health Insurance Bill
Feb 2 2006 // Nebraska state senators took a hit in the wallet recently when some were left with little of their state pay check in order to pay their health insurance premiums. Due to a 22 percent increase in health insurance costs,...
Nebraskans Warned About Service Contract Scams
Jul 27 2005 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance is advising consumers to be inquisitive when looking to purchase a motor vehicle service contract, often called extended warranty. These contracts need to be backed by an insurer...
Neb. DOI Issues C&D Order to Richard A. Brooks and Brooks & Associates Ltd.
Jul 21 2005 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance issued a Cease and Desist order against Richard A. Brooks and Brooks & Associates Ltd., 1338 Park Avenue, River Forest, Ill., instructing Brooks to immediately cease transacting...
Allocation
Jul 18 2005 // Wooddale Builders vs. Maryland Casualty Co. (Minnestoa Court of Appeals, May 3, 2005) -Ruling: Appropriate end date for time-on-the-risk allocation is date of remediation.House builder brought action against commercial...
Case Law Watch
Jul 18 2005 // Wooddale Builders vs. Maryland Casualty Co. (Minnestoa Court of Appeals, May 3, 2005) —Ruling: Appropriate end date for time-on-the-risk allocation is date of remediation.House builder brought action against...
FEMA, NEMA Aid Neb. Residents Following May Storms
Jul 17 2005 // Sixty days after severe storms and flooding struck central Nebraska, many counties and towns continue to work restoring their damaged roads, water drainage systems and infrastructure. Thirty eligible applicants for federal...
Regulators Hit PCI Csiszar’s Pitches Out of the Park
May 9 2005 // State insurance department representatives responded to fast balls, curves and sliders thrown at them by Ernie Csiszar, president and chief executive officer of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, during...
PCI’s Csiszar, Panelists Discuss Sarbanes-Oxley, TRIA Concerns
Apr 19 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association’s Joint Marketing and Underwriting Seminar, held April 17 in St. Petersburg, Fla., had a baseball motif, “Hitting a Grand Slam with Marketing and Underwriting Tools...
PIA National Names Neb. Agent as Tops
Apr 15 2005 // Carter “Cap” Peterson of Wayne, Nebraska was named 2005 Professional Agent of the Year by the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents during an awards luncheon on April 9, in Arlington,...
Nebraska Plan Offers Online Rating For Private Passenger Applicants
Feb 23 2005 // The Nebraska Automobile Insurance Assigned Risk Plan offers an online rating interface for certain private passenger risks applying for auto insurance coverage. The interface is a feature of an electronic application...
