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Amwest Surety Insolvent

Jul 9 2001 // Lancaster District Court Judge John A. Colborn entered an order for the liquidation of Amwest Surety Insurance Company, a Nebraska-domiciled insurer based in Calabasas, Calif. The order was entered June 7 after Nebraska...

AMWEST SURETY TO LIQUIDATE

Jun 25 2001 // Amwest Insurance Group Inc. received notice that an Order of Liquidation of its subsidiary Amwest Surety Insurance Company had been entered by the Honorable John A. Colborn, Judge of the District Court of Lancaster County,...

Amwest Surety Placed Under Order of Supervision

May 21 2001 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Amwest Insurance Group Inc. recently announced that its subsidiary, Amwest Surety Insurance Company (Amwest Surety), had agreed to be placed under an Administrative Order of Supervision by the...

Amwest Surety’s Rating Revised to ‘R’

May 10 2001 // Standard & Poor’s (S&P) revised its financial strength rating (FSR) on Amwest Surety Insurance Co. (Amwest Surety) to “R” from “CCCpi.” S&P took this rating action after Amwest...

Amwest Insurance Group Announces Order of Supervision of Amwest Surety Insurance

May 9 2001 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Amwest Insurance Group Inc. announced that the company has been unable to reach an agreement with its reinsurer on terms that would enable it to obtain necessary regulatory approval for such...

Nebraska Gets Licensing Law Without Exemption

Mar 9 2001 // Gov. Mike Johanns has signed an insurance producer licensing bill incorporating all the provisions of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners model regulation. “We tried to amend LB 51 to include a...

Esurance Extends Auto Insurance to Nebraska, Utah

Jan 24 2001 // Esurance Inc., a national quote-to-claims Internet-based provider of personal insurance, has expanded its auto insurance business to 26 states with the addition of Nebraska and Utah. Esurance now offers auto insurance...

Nebraska Insurers to Merge

Dec 29 2000 // In hopes that a larger policyholder base and larger economic foundation will facilitate expansion, Lincoln Mutual Holding Co. and WFR Mutual Insurance Holding Co. will merge to form one company called Lincoln Insurance...

Nebraska Enacts Commercial Deregulation Law

Apr 12 2000 // Nebraska became the fourth state this year to enact a law simplifying the commercial lines rate and form filing process. The bill, introduced at the request of the Nebraska Department of Insurance, was referred to as the...

Nebraska Unicameral Passes Commercial Lines Reg. Measure

Apr 7 2000 // The Nebraska Unicameral has passed a bill implementing a file-and-use system for commercial insurance lines, exempting certain large commercial policyholders from the new rate and form filing requirements. Thresholds for...