Latest Nevada Headlines
All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Time Cushion Sought for Medical Malpractice Cases in Nevada
Mar 21 2011 // A Nevada bill giving patients a time cushion to file an expert witness affidavit required for medical malpractice lawsuits was touted by backers on Mar. 17 as an issue of fairness and opposed by medical groups as...
Risk Retention Group Seeks Court Order in Nevada Auto Liability Case
Mar 18 2011 // The National Risk Retention Association has filed an amicus (friend of the court) brief protesting the Nevada Department of Insurance’s efforts stop a risk retention group from issuing automobile liability first...
Critics Say Nevada Anti-Bullying Bill Too Subjective
Mar 15 2011 // Critics of a bill that would protect against workplace discrimination based on physical appearance told legislators that the anti-bullying components of the measure were too broad and could open the door to frivolous...
PCI Opposes Legislation to Ban Use of Insurance Scores in Nevada
Mar 7 2011 // Proposed legislation to prohibit insurers from considering a consumer’s credit history would take away discounted rates for the majority of Nevada policyholders, according to the Property Casualty Insurers...
Bill Would Increase Minimum Car Insurance in Nevada
Mar 4 2011 // Legislators says a bill that would increase the minimum vehicle liability insurance may be a good idea, but some fear it would be onerous for the poor and indigent and result in more uninsured drivers on the road. AB120 is...
Nevada Publishes Guides to Insurance
Feb 16 2011 // The Nevada Division of Insurance has created a series of consumer guides to help make choosing homeowners, flood, earthquake and auto insurance easier. The DOI also has published a “Frequently Asked Questions”...
Gans Joins Nevada Capital Insurance
Feb 8 2011 // Capital Insurance Group has promoted Jeff J. Gans to resident director of operations for Nevada Capital Insurance Co. (NCIC), an affiliate company of CIG. He will be responsible for admitted underwriting and agency...
Nevada Lowers Workers’ Comp Costs 3.9%
Feb 7 2011 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Brett Barratt approved a filing for an average decrease of 3.9 percent for Nevada workers’ compensation voluntary insurance loss costs and an average decrease of 2.2 percent for...
Nevada Lowers Workers’ Comp Costs 3.9%
Jan 19 2011 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Brett Barratt has approved a filing for an average decrease of 3.9 percent for Nevada workers’ compensation voluntary insurance loss costs and an average decrease of 2.2 percent for...
2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory
Jan 10 2011 // Welcome to Insurance Journal’s 2011 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Nevada Board Bans Texting While Driving State Vehicles
Nov 11 2010 // The Nevada Board of Examiners has approved a policy banning employees from texting or using electronic devices while driving state vehicles. Gov. Jim Gibbons, Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and Secretary of State...
Some Nevada Insurers Failed to File Motor Vehicle Reports
Oct 29 2010 // The Nevada state Department of Motor Vehicles is notifying some motorists to check their registration status, after some insurers failed to submit required records in February. DMV spokesman Tom Jacobs downplayed the...
Mutual of Enumclaw to Purchase Nevada-Based Insurance Companies
Oct 25 2010 // Enumclaw Insurance Group of Enumclaw, Wash.,announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase 100 percent of the stock of Chicago-Vegas Holding Co., which owns Nevada General Insurance Co. (NGIC) and Auto...
Nevada To Expand Earthquake Lab
Oct 5 2010 // A new $12.2 million federal grant will allow the University of Nevada, Reno, to more than double the size of its earthquake research center, making it the largest quake simulation facility in the country, school officials...
Leeds & York Picks Lehtinen to Head Southern Nevada Office
Sep 9 2010 // Leeds & York has appointed Ann Lehtinen (formerly Ann Russell), to run its southern Nevada office. Lehtinen, a 35-year veteran of the medical insurance industry and Las Vegas local, will be responsible for business...
Hub Acquires Nevada, Florida Agencies
Sep 2 2010 // Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired two insurance agencies in the Nevada and Florida. Hub acquired the assets of McFadden Insurance Agency Inc. (McFadden), a Las Vegas–based firm. Terms of the acquisition...
Some Fear Nevada Court May End Malpractice Limits
Aug 4 2010 // Some Nevada doctors say they’re worried a state court could overturn a law limiting the amount of damages paid out in medical malpractice cases. The Nevada Supreme Court is being asked to consider a 2008 lawsuit...
Barratt Selected as Nevada Insurance Commissioner
Jul 19 2010 // Nevada Department of Business & Industry Director Dianne Cornwall announced the appointment of Brett J. Barratt as the new commissioner of the Division of Insurance. Barratt replaces Scott J. Kipper, who resigned the...
Barratt Selected as Nevada Insurance Commissioner
Jul 8 2010 // Nevada Department of Business & Industry Director Dianne Cornwall has announced the appointment of Brett J. Barratt as the new commissioner of the Division of Insurance. Barratt replaces Scott J. Kipper, who resigned...
ICW Group Named ‘Company of the Year’ By Agents Association
Jun 24 2010 // ICW Group, a super regional property and casualty insurance company based in San Diego, has been named the 2009-2010 “Company of the Year” by the Nevada Independent Insurance Agents (NIIA). The award was based...
