All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 30 2009 // Three principals of a Grand Island insurance agency under investigation amid allegations of a Ponzi scheme have agreed to have their insurance licenses revoked.A state hearing had been set for next week to consider...
Jan 26 2009 // A bankruptcy hearing has been scheduled for a Grand Island insurance agency under investigation by the state.First Americans Insurance Service filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Jan. 12, claiming between $100...
Jan 23 2009 // An alleged Ponzi scheme by a Grand Island insurance agency that recently filed bankruptcy listing more than $100 million in debt is being investigated.Attorney General Jon Bruning this week authorized the State...
Jan 20 2009 // Omaha’s Physicians Mutual has announced it has laid off 50 employees because of tough economic times.Before the announcement, the insurance company employed about 1,000 people at its corporate office. Company...
Jan 20 2009 // Volunteers preparing to respond to disasters in Nebraska have the same immunity from liability as those in paid positions.That’s the legal opinion of Attorney General Jon Bruning’s office in response to...
Dec 10 2008 // An Omaha, Neb. businessman who’s facing several lawsuits accusing him of fraud has filed his own lawsuit.Bryan Behrens is suing Kansas City, Mo.-based Arch Insurance Co. saying it’s responsible for his defense...
Nov 14 2008 // Mandeville, La.-based FARA Insurance recently announced that it’s expanding operations into the Midwest. On Dec. 1, 2008, FARA is opening an office in Omaha, Neb. and adding 13 new employees to its service team. FARA...
Nov 13 2008 // The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says 63 Nebraskans died while working in 2007, and the 16 traffic deaths and eight homicides were the most common causes of death. Spokesman Paul LaPorte says the bureau doesn’t...
Nov 4 2008 // Nebraska State Treasurer Shane Osborn announced that effective Nov. 1, 2008, OFI Private Investments (OFIPI), a subsidiary of OppenheimerFunds Inc., will become the new investment manager and service provider for the State...
Sep 12 2008 // A former employee in the Nebraska treasurer’s office has filed a lawsuit against the state alleging he was directed to illegally create a computer program to prohibit employees from filing for overtime.Robert...
Aug 29 2008 // The Gage County Board of Supervisors has again rejected a grant to hire an attorney to prosecute alcohol-related crime.The board says it would cost the county too much in the long run because the grant did not cover...
Aug 21 2008 // $100,000 Many property owners suffered large losses in the June 2008 flooding event in southern Wisconsin. But few lost a fleet. James Pritzlaff’s collection of classic cars is still under about four feet of water...
Aug 19 2008 // A Nebraska state senator wants to change the state’s seat belt law.Sen. John Harms of Scottsbluff wants to make the law a primary violation, which means a driver could be pulled over for not buckling up. Under...
Aug 11 2008 // Federal authorities last month assured consumers that a meat plant linked to nearly 50 illnesses caused by tainted ground beef had made enough changes after a recall to ensure that its products were safe. Less than a month...
Jul 29 2008 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance issued a notice to insurance agents that it has adopted uniform producer licensing measures for reciprocity reasons.The department’s announcement stated that producer lines of...
Jul 21 2008 // $100,000Many property owners suffered large losses in the June 2008 flooding event in southern Wisconsin. But few lost a fleet. James Pritzlaff’s collection of classic cars is still under about four feet of water...
Jul 17 2008 // A federal appeals court has dismissed the remaining portions of a lawsuit filed by a Nebraska crop insurance company against the Federal Crop Insurance Corp.American Growers Insurance Co. filed a lawsuit against FCIC in...
Jul 15 2008 // The number of cases involved in the E. coli outbreak that prompted Nebraska Beef Ltd.’s recall of 5.3 million pounds of beef could grow.So far 41 illnesses in Michigan and Ohio have been linked to Nebraska...
Jul 10 2008 // The U.S. agriculture secretary expressed confidence in the nation’s food safety system, but said the meat processing industry will always face challenges because the bacteria that animals carry evolves.“I...
Jul 10 2008 // New estimates say a fierce storm late last month that brought wind gusts higher than 115 mph to the Omaha, Nebraska area left nearly $13 million in damage in its wake.The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency says the June...