All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 13 2013 // An effort to repeal Nebraska’s motorcycle-helmet law will get another ride in the Legislature, this time with a new crop of state lawmakers.Opponents who have tried for two decades to repeal the helmet law are...
Apr 26 2013 // FirstComp, a division of Markel Service, Inc., has launched a new small business owner policy, FirstComp EssentialBOP, for FirstComp-appointed independent agents writing business in Nebraska and Tennessee. Availability in...
Apr 22 2013 // The Nebraska Supreme Court on April 19 upheld the dismissal of an Omaha woman’s lawsuit against a Massachusetts bookseller over a rare, autographed novel in a decision that has implications for online merchants.Helen...
Apr 9 2013 // A new map shows fewer square miles of flood plains in eastern Nebraska’s Lancaster County. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that a laser imaging detection device attached to an aircraft was used to scan the county...
Apr 5 2013 // InVEST, the insurance industry’s premier classroom to career education program, announced that Carol McClelland has joined its national board. McClelland is the executive director of the Independent Insurance Agents...
Mar 29 2013 // Lawmakers have passed new insurance requirements for licensed child care providers in Nebraska.Child care services would have to provide the Department of Health and Human Services with proof of liability coverage of at...
Mar 29 2013 // Two Nebraska City, Neb., men have been told they can’t continue to offer free rides to bar patrons until the men get permits and more insurance.The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Travis Gillespie and Frank...
Mar 20 2013 // An insurance company is closing a call center in Lincoln, Neb., and laying off more than 100 people.The Lincoln Journal Star reports QBE North America will close the call center on May 10 and eliminate 113 jobs. The...
Mar 1 2013 // Light snow fell in much of the drought-stricken U.S. Plains and Midwest crop region early Friday with a bigger storm forecast for late next week, shrinking the area hit by the worst dry spell in 50 years.Agricultural...
Feb 25 2013 // Willis Group Holdings plc said Martin Sullivan – a former American International Group CEO who joined the brokerage in 2010 and has been serving as the Group’s deputy chairman and chairman and CEO of the Willis...
Feb 20 2013 // Crop-friendly rain and snow is blanketing much of the drought-stricken U.S. Plains hard red winter wheat region and the dry western Midwest, an agricultural meteorologist said on Wednesday.“Widespread coverage of the...
Feb 12 2013 // Motorists and passengers who ride without a seat belt could face a $100 fine in Nebraska, and might even see their insurance rates increase if a bill in the Legislature becomes law.Nebraska lawmakers are proposing a series...
Feb 1 2013 // The unrelenting drought gripping key farming states in the U.S. Plains shows no signs of abating, and it will take a deluge of snow or rain to restore critical moisture to farmland before spring planting of new crops, a...
Jan 30 2013 // The past and current owners of a south Lincoln, Neb., home are being sued by a man who was hurt when he crashed his bike on a trail near the house in 2011. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Christopher Hepburn of...
Jan 25 2013 // Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has approved a new route for the Keystone XL oil pipeline that avoids the state’s environmentally sensitive Sandhills region.Heineman sent a letter to President Barack Obama confirming...
Jan 22 2013 // Former Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson has been named chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the organization for state insurance regulators and advocacy group for state-level...
Dec 31 2012 // Nebraskans should expect the impact of the drought to worsen next year if the current dry forecast for the winter holds up.Climatologists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s National Drought Mitigation Center say...
Dec 6 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired employee benefit specialist, Brendis & Brendis Inc., located in Omaha, Neb. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1989, Brendis & Brendis Inc. provides a...
Dec 4 2012 // A monthly economic index report suggests an economic slump will continue over the next three to six months for nine Midwest and Plains states.The Mid-America Business Conditions index rose slightly in November to a weak...
Nov 21 2012 // San Francisco-based ISU Network announces two independent insurance agencies in the Midwest have joined the agency group.ISU welcomes ISU Northwest Insurance Services of Schaumberg, Ill., and ISU RHD Insurance of Lincoln,...