All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 6 2017 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance announced it is replacing the current motor club line of authority on the producer license with a new motor club representative license type, effective Sept. 13.With the change, the...
Sep 4 2017 // Two Omaha contractors are expanding a legal strategy they say forces insurance companies to pay for storm damage, but industry officials say the practice leads to exaggerated claims and may drive away insurers.Home repair...
Sep 1 2017 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company will began offering medical professional liability insurance in Nebraska on Sept. 1.This is the latest in NORCAL’s national expansion, which now reaches 38 states, including the...
Aug 30 2017 // Omaha, Nebraska-based Method Insurance Services announced it will be the exclusive distribution channel for Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co. as it enters the Nebraska workers’ compensation market.“Stonetrust...
Aug 21 2017 // Two Omaha contractors are expanding a legal strategy they say forces insurance companies to pay for storm damage, but industry officials say the practice leads to exaggerated claims and may drive away insurers.Home repair...
Aug 10 2017 // Officials estimate a grain bin collapse in southern Nebraska left between $4 million and $5 million worth of corn on the ground.Station NTV reports that the collapse happened Sunday night in Edison at the Ag Valley grain...
Jul 12 2017 // A Nebraska bank will pay $30,598 to a woman whom it unlawfully paid less than a man, pursuant to a federal court judgment in a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),...
Jun 22 2017 // Nebraska’s governor has declared a state of emergency for storm-damaged areas of the state. The June 20 declaration by Gov. Pete Ricketts will let the state respond to local governments in the wake of storms that...
Jun 16 2017 // A Nebraska bank violated federal law by paying women and men unequally for jobs with the same required skill, effort, responsibility, and working conditions, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has...
Jun 14 2017 // Residents in a small western Nebraska town were clearing away tree and building debris Tuesday after a suspected tornado tore through the town but injured no one.The storm struck Bayard around 7:10 p.m. on June 12, tearing...
May 31 2017 // A fire official has estimated that a fire at Lincoln, Neb., food plant has caused nearly $100,000 in damage. Officials say no one was injured in the fire, which started around 1 p.m. Saturday at the Smithfield Foods plant....
May 18 2017 // Residents of an Oklahoma subdivision and a Wisconsin trailer park that were leveled by deadly tornadoes sifted through what remained of their homes and possessions Wednesday, even as forecasters warned of another round of...
May 17 2017 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Strong Financial Resources Inc., with offices in Aurora and Lincoln, Nebraska. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1996 by Calvin Strong, Aurora-headquartered...
May 16 2017 // A northeast Nebraska renewable energy plant has been given two more citations by safety regulators.The Sioux City (Iowa) Journal reports that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the citations on May 12...
May 9 2017 // Alex Petrovich has joined privately held, independent insurance broker, Lockton Companies, as vice president in its Omaha, Neb., office. Petrovich has a decade of experience in commercial insurance, risk management, and...
Apr 18 2017 // A woman who was struck in the head by a discus at a 2014 state track meet in Nebraska has been awarded $350,000 in a settlement.The Omaha World-Herald reports that 83-year-old Bernice Gorecki filed a lawsuit in 2015 after...
Apr 12 2017 // An Omaha, Neb., mortuary and its insurers have sued a Pennsylvania company, alleging that it didn’t properly rebuild a cremation machine blamed for a fire that injured four people. The Jan. 26, 2016, blaze heavily...
Apr 12 2017 // Method Insurance Services in Omaha, Neb., has hired Michael Brunson as business development specialist. In this position, Brunson will focus on building Method’s agency distribution network in key Midwest states, as...
Mar 21 2017 // A fire chief says a wildfire has destroyed at least eight homes and several other buildings near Nebraska’s Lake McConaughy. Keystone Lemoyne Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Ralph Moul said on March 20 that the blaze...
Mar 20 2017 // A Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act would raise health insurance costs in Nebraska faster than in most other states, according to a new report, and advocates say rural areas would be hardest-hit.The...