The Nelson office of Affiliated Brokers Insurance, an independent agency founded in 1984 and working from Kearney, Nelson and Deshler. It is appointed by Liberty Mutual, Travelers, Progressive and Farmers Mutual of Nebraska among others, writing auto, home, life and health, business, recreational, renters and farm and crop cover. Nelson is the Nuckolls County seat, a town of about 500 in the Little Blue valley near the Kansas line.