All the headlines from our Nebraska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 16 2019 // USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired the Omaha, Nebraska-based benefits, retirement and risk management advisory firm, Marcotte Insurance Agency Inc.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1927,...
Dec 5 2019 // Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired Nebraska-based insurance brokerage SilverStone Group (SilverStone).Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With SilverStone, the company creates...
Nov 26 2019 // Matthew Holman has been appointed deputy director and general counsel at the Nebraska Department of Insurance. Holman has served the department as legal counsel since August 2011 and as general counsel since November...
Nov 7 2019 // On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock on his door. Two workers from a utility company in northern Nebraska had come with a stark warning: Get out of your house.Just a little over a quarter-mile...
Oct 10 2019 // A woman has been accused of stealing more than $100,000 while working for a Beatrice, Nebraska, insurance agency.Gage County Court records say 44-year-old Nicole Nelson is charged with felony theft. Her attorney...
Oct 8 2019 // An estimated 40 U.S. state attorneys general will participate in a probe of Facebook Inc., a source said on Monday, suggesting many more states want allegations of anticompetitive practices at the social media company...
Oct 1 2019 // A Kearney, Nebraska, woman has been convicted of submitting a fraudulent insurance claim of nearly $246,000. Hall County District Court records say a jury found 49-year-old Debra Shriner guilty of the fraud and of...
Sep 27 2019 // It’s been over two and one-half months since July 9 floodwaters inundated south Kearney’s hotel district and forced the closure of all but 600 of Kearney’s hotel rooms.Kearney Visitors Bureau Executive...
Sep 19 2019 // The owner of a Nebraska dry cleaning business that burned following an explosion last year has been charged with arson and insurance fraud.The Sarpy County Attorney’s Office says in news release that 53-year-old...
Sep 10 2019 // Nebraska state emergency officials who faced record floods this summer are now scrambling to boost their ranks with more workers to help residents recover and rebuild their communities.The Nebraska Emergency Management...
Sep 5 2019 // The Nebraska Farm Bureau estimates the ongoing trade dispute will cost the state’s farmers $943 million in lost revenue this year, but those losses will be partly offset by aid payments from the government.Nebraska...
Sep 5 2019 // Insurer Mutual of Omaha’s plan to replace its Omaha, Nebraska, headquarters has been put on hold.The insurance company recently decided to put a pin in the idea of a new home base and instead focus on other...
Sep 4 2019 // An August survey of business supply managers suggested slow or no economic growth over the next several months in nine Midwest and Plains states, in part because of trade skirmishes, according to a newly released...
Aug 29 2019 // After a year of devastating flooding, several Midwestern states are joining together to try to identify bottlenecks along the Missouri River that can cause waters to back up and worsen flooding in certain areas.Officials...
Aug 26 2019 // Farmers in western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming left without a way to water crops following the collapse of a massive irrigation tunnel in July will be covered by federal crop insurance. That word came Friday from the U.S....
Aug 19 2019 // After devastating flooding this year, Iowa put $15 million into a special fund to help local governments recover and guard against future floods. Missouri allotted more money to fight rising waters, including $2 million to...
Aug 19 2019 // After devastating flooding this year, Iowa put $15 million into a special fund to help local governments recover and guard against future floods. Missouri allotted more money to fight rising waters, including $2 million to...
Aug 5 2019 // A cyberattack on a suburban Omaha, Nebraska, school district touched off an FBI investigation and is proving to be a significant, and perhaps costly, inconvenience.Papillion-La Vista Community Schools officials said the...
Aug 1 2019 // Lincoln, Nebraska-based insurance and finance company Ameritas has notified customers that their personal information may have been exposed in a data breach.The Lincoln Journal Star reports that the company said in a...
Jul 31 2019 // Workers’ compensation insurance carrier, Omaha National, is expanding into Illinois and Pennsylvania, issuing policies with an effective date of Sept. 1 or later.In addition to workers’ compensation insurance,...