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Nebraska’s Chance to Modernize Still Alive and Kicking

Jun 7 2004 // While the legislative effort did not advance this session, conditions in Nebraska are excellent for regulatory modernization. Commissioner Wagner has traditionally been supportive of streamlining and modernization...

Former Neb. Lt. Gov. To Serve on Fiserv Board

Sep 19 2003 // Kim M. Robak, Vice President for External Affairs and Corporation Secretary at the University of Nebraska, has been named to serve on the Board of Directors of Fiserv, Inc.Robak, 47, joined the University of Nebraska in...

NAII Seeks to Alter Proposed Neb. Ethics Rule

Jun 24 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) is seeking to ensure that a Nebraska Supreme Court proposed rule regarding the unauthorized practice of law does not adversely affect the insurance industry.The issue...

NCOIL Insurance Scoring Model Adopted by Nebraska Legislature

Apr 16 2003 // The Nebraska legislature has joined North Dakota in adopting the National Conference of Insurance Legislators’ (NCOIL) model act for credit-based insurance scoring. Kansas also has passed legislation that follows...

Several Midwestern States Revisit Insurance Scoring

Mar 6 2003 // The issue of credit-based insurance scoring is being revisited in many Midwestern states that considered legislation or regulations on the subject in previous years, according to the National Association of Independent...

NCOIL Insurance Scoring Model Advances in Nebraska

Feb 21 2003 // The Nebraska Banking, Commerce and Insurance Committee has approved an insurance scoring bill favored by insurers while voting down a bill that would have banned the use of credit information by insurers. Legislative Bill...

Nebraska Bill Would Prohibit Sole-Basis Credit Scoring

Feb 12 2003 // A bill moving through the Nebraska legislature would prohibit insurers from denying, canceling or non-renewing an insurance policy or basing rates solely on the basis of credit information. Legislative Bill 487 would also...

NE Ins. Dept. to Upgrade Use of Electronic Data Processing for On-site Financial Examinations

Dec 26 2002 // Nebraska’s Department of Insurance (NDI) issued a statement indicating that due to “advancements in technology” it will be making substantial changes in the periodic on-site financial examinations it...

NE Dept. of Insurance Places Acceptance Under Supervision

Dec 23 2002 // L. Tim Wagner, Director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance, announced that he had issued an order on Friday placing Acceptance Insurance Company under supervision.Acceptance is the parent company of American Growers...

NE Ins. Dept., USDA Risk Management Agency Conclude Agreement on American Growers

Dec 12 2002 // L. Tim Wagner, Director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance (NDI), and Ross J. Davidson, Jr., Administrator of USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced the signing of a “Memorandum of...

Nebraska Insurance Dept. Approves Excess Med Mal Rate Increases

Dec 9 2002 // Tim Wagner, Director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance, announced that rates charged by the Nebraska Excess Liability Fund for excess medical professional liability insurance for doctors, hospitals and other health...

Eight Receive 2001, 2002 NAMIC Service Awards

Sep 24 2002 // Due to the cancellation of its 2001 convention after 9/11, recipients of both the 2001 and 2002 NAMIC Service Awards were honored during the business meeting of the 107th convention of the National Association of Mutual...

Farm Bureau Mutual to Merge with Kan., Neb. Farm Bureau Affiliated P&C Insurers

Jul 9 2002 // Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Farm Bureau property-casualty affiliates in Kansas (Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Inc.) and Nebraska (Farm Bureau Insurance Company of Nebraska) will merge...

Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene

Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own.Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...

Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene

Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own.Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...

Neb. to Disapprove Terrorism, Nuclear Exclusions in Personal Lines

Feb 27 2002 // The Nebraska Insurance Department announced it will disapprove terrorism exclusions in personal lines insurance, including exclusions for nuclear and bio-terrorism risks.National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII)...

Neb. Says No to Some Terror Exclusions, Yes to Those for Mold

Feb 13 2002 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance Director Tim Wagner announced that the department plans to disapprove personal lines exclusions for losses arising from terrorism, including exclusions for so-called nuclear and...

Insurance Availability Task Force Formed in Nebraska

Feb 5 2002 // Nebraska Department of Insurance Director, L. Tim Wagner announced the creation of an insurance availability task force, members of which are various insurance company representatives and insurance producers who will...

Nebraska, Iowa Residents See Rising Rates

Dec 3 2001 // Residents of Nebraska and Iowa are going to have to dig deeper into their wallets as home insurance companies are increasing rates for most Nebraskans and Iowans.According to the Omaha World-Herald, damage from three...

Nebraska Company Suffers Losses

Aug 7 2001 // Acceptance Insurance Cos. Inc., an Omaha crop insurance company, noted it lost $888,000, or 6 cents per share, in the three months that ended June 30, bringing its loss for the year to $4.7 million, or 33 cents a share,...