Latest Nebraska Headlines
All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Neb. to Disapprove Terrorism, Nuclear Exclusions in Personal Lines
Feb 27 2002 // The Nebraska Insurance Department announced it will disapprove terrorism exclusions in personal lines insurance, including exclusions for nuclear and bio-terrorism risks. National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII)...
Neb. Says No to Some Terror Exclusions, Yes to Those for Mold
Feb 13 2002 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance Director Tim Wagner announced that the department plans to disapprove personal lines exclusions for losses arising from terrorism, including exclusions for so-called nuclear and...
Insurance Availability Task Force Formed in Nebraska
Feb 5 2002 // Nebraska Department of Insurance Director, L. Tim Wagner announced the creation of an insurance availability task force, members of which are various insurance company representatives and insurance producers who will...
Nebraska, Iowa Residents See Rising Rates
Dec 3 2001 // Residents of Nebraska and Iowa are going to have to dig deeper into their wallets as home insurance companies are increasing rates for most Nebraskans and Iowans. According to the Omaha World-Herald, damage from three...
Nebraska Company Suffers Losses
Aug 7 2001 // Acceptance Insurance Cos. Inc., an Omaha crop insurance company, noted it lost $888,000, or 6 cents per share, in the three months that ended June 30, bringing its loss for the year to $4.7 million, or 33 cents a share,...
Amwest Surety Insolvent
Jul 9 2001 // Lancaster District Court Judge John A. Colborn entered an order for the liquidation of Amwest Surety Insurance Company, a Nebraska-domiciled insurer based in Calabasas, Calif. The order was entered June 7 after Nebraska...
AMWEST SURETY TO LIQUIDATE
Jun 25 2001 // Amwest Insurance Group Inc. received notice that an Order of Liquidation of its subsidiary Amwest Surety Insurance Company had been entered by the Honorable John A. Colborn, Judge of the District Court of Lancaster County,...
Amwest Surety Placed Under Order of Supervision
May 21 2001 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Amwest Insurance Group Inc. recently announced that its subsidiary, Amwest Surety Insurance Company (Amwest Surety), had agreed to be placed under an Administrative Order of Supervision by the...
Amwest Surety’s Rating Revised to ‘R’
May 10 2001 // Standard & Poor’s (S&P) revised its financial strength rating (FSR) on Amwest Surety Insurance Co. (Amwest Surety) to “R” from “CCCpi.” S&P took this rating action after Amwest...
Amwest Insurance Group Announces Order of Supervision of Amwest Surety Insurance
May 9 2001 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Amwest Insurance Group Inc. announced that the company has been unable to reach an agreement with its reinsurer on terms that would enable it to obtain necessary regulatory approval for such...
Nebraska Gets Licensing Law Without Exemption
Mar 9 2001 // Gov. Mike Johanns has signed an insurance producer licensing bill incorporating all the provisions of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners model regulation. “We tried to amend LB 51 to include a...
Esurance Extends Auto Insurance to Nebraska, Utah
Jan 24 2001 // Esurance Inc., a national quote-to-claims Internet-based provider of personal insurance, has expanded its auto insurance business to 26 states with the addition of Nebraska and Utah. Esurance now offers auto insurance...
Nebraska Insurers to Merge
Dec 29 2000 // In hopes that a larger policyholder base and larger economic foundation will facilitate expansion, Lincoln Mutual Holding Co. and WFR Mutual Insurance Holding Co. will merge to form one company called Lincoln Insurance...
Nebraska Enacts Commercial Deregulation Law
Apr 12 2000 // Nebraska became the fourth state this year to enact a law simplifying the commercial lines rate and form filing process. The bill, introduced at the request of the Nebraska Department of Insurance, was referred to as the...
Nebraska Unicameral Passes Commercial Lines Reg. Measure
Apr 7 2000 // The Nebraska Unicameral has passed a bill implementing a file-and-use system for commercial insurance lines, exempting certain large commercial policyholders from the new rate and form filing requirements. Thresholds for...
