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Nebraska Beef Ltd Now Recalling 5.3 Million Pounds of Beef

Jul 7 2008 // Nebraska Beef Ltd. is expanding a recall announced on July 1 to include all 5.3 million pounds of meat it produced for ground beef between May 16 and June 26.Federal investigators have linked Nebraska Beef’s products...

Nebraska Beef Recalls 532,000 Pounds of Ground Beef

Jul 2 2008 // With the thought of hamburgers sizzling on the grill for the July 4 holiday, recalled beef is not a welcome message. But the reality is that Nebraska Beef Ltd. is recalling nearly 532,000 pounds of ground beef produced in...

Nebraska Catholic Medical Liability Group Adds Staff

Jun 11 2008 // Preferred Professional Insurance Company (PPIC), an Omaha-based Catholic-owned medical liability insurance firm, recently announced two additions to its staff: Lyda H. Whiteside as account executive, and Lisa M. Wendell as...

Nebraska High Court Rules Against Florida in 10 Year Old Case

Jun 9 2008 // A multimillion-dollar insurance dispute that’s a decade old received new life on its third trip to the Nebraska Supreme Court because the court ordered a new trial on June 6.Consequently, the state of Florida...

Ratings Roundup: AIG-Equity, MBIA, Great Lakes, Country-Wide, Infinity, Allstate, Farmers Mutual (Nebr.)

May 15 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘A’ junior subordinated debt rating to American International Group Inc.’s $5 billion of equity units. S&P also said it has...

Nebraska Lawmakers Kill Bill to Provide Workers’ Comp for Mental Illness

Apr 15 2008 // Emergency responders who suffer mental illness after witnessing a violent act shouldn’t plan on getting workers’ compensation benefits.State lawmakers changed positions on Thursday, April 10th voting down a...

New Markets

Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Liquor Liability with Assault and...

Markel Acquires Nebraska’s Specialized Insurance, Inc.

Apr 4 2008 // Markel Insurance Company today announced that it has acquired Specialized Insurance, Inc., of Blair, Neb. Specialized Insurance provides admitted garage program coverage primarily in the western United States, with...

Nebraska Bill would Expand Workers’ Comp Coverage to Mental Illness

Apr 1 2008 // Employees who witness violent acts and suffer mental illnesses as a result would be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits under a bill discussed Thursday by state lawmakers.Several senators raised concerns...

Nebraska Lawmakers Sign Off on Multimillion-Dollar Settlement

Mar 21 2008 // Nebraska state lawmakers signed off on a nearly $10 million settlement between the state and the mother of a man injured in a traffic accident ago nine years ago.The Legislature gave first-round approval to paying that and...

Neb. High Court Nixes Reinstatement of Suit against State Farm

Feb 25 2008 // The Nebraska Supreme Court has refused to reinstate a lawsuit against State Farm in a dispute over whether the insurance company delivered the medical coverage it promised in its automobile policies.The Supreme...

Neb. Committee Holds Hearing on Proposal to Abolish Credit Law

Feb 12 2008 // A national insurance group testified today against a bill to abolish Nebraska’s law regulating credit-based insurance scoring saying the practice benefits a majority of Nebraska consumers.The Washington, D.C.-based...

From Insurance to Candy

Feb 10 2008 // Although it’s been many years since See’s Candies President Brad Kinstler was at the helm of an insurance company, and even longer since he was involved in underwriting and claims handling, he still embodies...

Ice Storm Damages in Nebraska Reach $2.3 Million

Dec 20 2007 // New figures show about $2.3 million in damages from last week’s ice storm in southeast Nebraska.It’s more than double the figure released last week, which didn’t include damage in Falls City, the area...

Regulators Honor Nebraska with Esprit de Corps Award

Dec 3 2007 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) today bestowed its Esprit de Corps Award to the Nebraska Department of Insurance. This is the second time the NAIC has given the award.Nebraska Insurance Director...

Neb. Gov. Names Frohman New Insurance Director

Nov 30 2007 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance is getting a new, permanent boss.She’s Ann Frohman, who has been acting director since the death in October of Director Tim Wagner. The 44-year-old Frohman has been deputy...

Lawsuit: Neb. Discriminated Against Black Workers with Insurance Choices

Nov 6 2007 // The state of Nebraska discriminated against its black employees because state workers who live in Lincoln and Omaha were offered inferior health insurance than their counterparts in other parts of the state, according to a...

Neb. Man Sentenced for Charging Insurers for Bogus Auto Glass Repairs

Oct 17 2007 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance announced earlier this month that James Almond III, dba Viking Glass, was sentenced by District Court Judge Thomas Otepka on three felony counts of insurance fraud.Almond had been...

Neb. Supreme Court Restores Award in Malpractice Case Against Law Firm

Aug 20 2007 // The Nebraska Supreme Court restored a jury award on Friday, Aug. 17 granting a La Vista keno owner $1.6 million in a malpractice case against the state’s second-largest law firm.The court decision gave Richard T....

Neb. Firm Recalls Beef, Buffalo Suspected to Have Dangerous E-Coli

Jul 27 2007 // A Hastings company is recalling about 5,900 pounds of ground beef and buffalo products distributed in Nebraska and Colorado because they could be contaminated with a dangerous strain of E. coli, the government said...