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Reid Named Leader of Holmes Murphy & Associates’ Nebraska Office

Sep 15 2011 // Holmes Murphy & Associates Vice President Beau Reid has been appointed to lead the independent insurance brokerage’s Nebraska division. Reid has been with Holmes Murphy since 2004 and specializes in innovative...

Pfeffer Joins Aon Risk Solutions in Omaha, Nebraska

Sep 13 2011 // Aon Risk Solutions has appointed Dennis J. Pfeffer as appointed senior vice president and resident sales director for the Omaha, Neb., office. Pfeffer is experienced in the design of both traditional and alternative risk...

Lockton Expands With Omaha, Nebraska Office Opening

Sep 8 2011 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton is expanding its insurance and risk management operations with the opening of an office in Omaha, Neb. Jack Struyk has been appointed to lead the office as president of Lockton’s...

Nebraska County Must Pay $407K in Car Crash Lawsuit

Sep 7 2011 // Furnas County, Neb., has been ordered to pay more than $407,000 to a man injured in a car accident.The Lincoln Journal Star reports that U.S. District Judge Laurie Smith Camp awarded nearly $679,000 to Juston Pohl. But the...

Former Nebraska Insurance Claims Examiner Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud

Aug 31 2011 // An Omaha man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud while he was working as a claims examiner for an insurance company. The U.S. attorney’s office says that William Bouda faces up to 20 years in prison when he’s...

Ohio and Nebraska Agencies Join Iroquois Group

Aug 9 2011 // Mittelstadt Agency of Nebraska and Nelson Insurance of Ohio joined the Iroquois Group. The agency was founded in June of 2000 and recently went independent after 11 years of being affiliated with Farmers Insurance...

Texas Agriculture Losses Could Set New Record Amid Drought

Jul 28 2011 // Randy McGee spent $28,000 in one month pumping water onto about 500 acres in West Texas before he decided to give up irrigating 75 acres of corn and focus on other crops that stood a better chance in the drought.He thought...

Expected Summer Floods Could Set Record

Jul 18 2011 // With rivers running above flood stage and soils saturated, forecasters have predicted the 2011 summer flooding season could rival the worst in U.S. history. In the “Great Flood of 1993,” record-breaking floods...

Iowa Governor Proposes Downstream Missouri River Group

Jul 8 2011 // Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has urged governors in three states to consider pulling out of a Missouri River association because of the Army Corps of Engineers’ long-term management of the river and what he believes is a...

Expected Summer Floods Could Set Record

Jul 7 2011 // With rivers still running above flood stage and soils saturated, forecasters predicted Wednesday this summer flooding season could rival the worst in U.S. history.In the “Great Flood of 1993,” record-breaking...

Missouri River Levee Fails in Southwest Iowa

Jul 1 2011 // A Missouri River levee failed near Percival in southwest Iowa on June 30, the National Weather Service said.The breach, about a mile northwest of the town in Fremont County, had grown to about 200-yards-wide by 9 a.m.,...

Nebraska Nuke Utilities Say Safety Prevails Amid Flood

Jun 29 2011 // The utilities that run Nebraska’s two nuclear power plants want the public to know the facilities are safe, even though floodwaters from the Missouri River have surrounded one plant and are encroaching on...

Nebraska: Insurers May Not Collect Fees for Health Insurance Consultants

Mar 21 2011 // Health insurance companies may not collect fees from a new insured on behalf of an insurance consultant if the insurance business is placed by an insurance consultant in Nebraska, according to the Nebraska Department of...

Nebraska: Insurers May Not Collect Fees for Health Insurance Consultants

Mar 14 2011 // Health insurance companies may not collect fees from a new insured on behalf of an insurance consultant if the insurance business is placed by an insurance consultant in Nebraska, according to the Nebraska Department of...

Agriculture, Energy Help Bolster Mid-America States Economy

Feb 2 2011 // The economy is gaining strength in nine Midwest and Plains states because global growth and continued low interest rates have provided a boost to agriculture and energy businesses, according to a new survey released Feb....

2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory

Jan 10 2011 // Welcome to Insurance Journal’s 2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...

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Dec 5 2010 // Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman appointed Bruce Ramge of Omaha to serve as the director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance (DOI). He has served as acting director since October 30, and has served as deputy director of the...

Crop Bounty Spurs Construction Boom at Midwest Grain Elevators

Dec 3 2010 // A construction boom has been under way at grain elevators across the Great Plains, where farmers have grown more corn and opted to keep more of the grain to meet the demand from ethanol plants.Storage capacity at the...

Nebraska Gov. Names Ramge as State Director of Insurance

Nov 15 2010 // Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has appointed Bruce Ramge of Omaha to serve as the director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance (DOI). He has served as acting director since October 30, and has served as deputy director of...

Nebraska: Information on On-Board Sensors Must Be Complete

Oct 18 2010 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance said auto insurance companies are increasingly using information obtained from on-board sensors in establishing premium rates. The DOI is concerned that some of that information may not...