Latest Nevada Headlines
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Nevada Lawmaker Proposes State Worker Retirement Age
Mar 22 2007 // Nevada State Sen. Bob Coffin says he’s working on a proposal to reduce a $6 billion unfunded liability of Nevada’s public employees retirement system by setting a mandatory minimum retirement age similar to...
News Currents
Mar 12 2007 // Nevada lawmakers debate policy on drug tests for injured workers Injured Nevada workers could face required drug tests to prevail in insurance disputes, under an industry-backed proposal debated by state legislators. The...
Nevada’s med-mal changes help doctors, hinder lawsuits
Feb 26 2007 // Physicians’ insurance premiums are down and more doctors are coming to Nevada since voters limited damages in medical malpractice cases, lawmakers were told this month. But trial lawyers said many malpractice victims...
Business Moves
Feb 25 2007 // EIG Mutual Holding Co. Nevada Insurance Commissioner of Insurance Alice A. Molasky-Arman announced that EIG Mutual Holding Co., a Nevada domestic insurer specializing in workers’ compensation, has completed its...
News Currents
Feb 25 2007 // Nevada’s med-mal changes help doctors, hinder lawsuits Physicians’ insurance premiums are down and more doctors are coming to Nevada since voters limited damages in medical malpractice cases, lawmakers were...
Nevada Lawmakers Debate Policy on Drug Tests for Injured Workers
Feb 22 2007 // Injured Nevada workers could face required drug tests to prevail in insurance disputes, under an industry-backed proposal debated by state legislators. The Senate Commerce and Labor Committee recently heard testimony on...
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Nevada’s Med-Mal Changes Help Doctors, Hinder Lawsuits
Feb 9 2007 // Physicians’ insurance premiums are down and more doctors are coming to Nevada since voters limited damages in medical malpractice cases, lawmakers were told Wednesday. But trial lawyers said many malpractice victims...
Nevada’s EIG Becomes Publicly Traded Company
Feb 6 2007 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner of Insurance Alice A. Molasky-Arman announced that EIG Mutual Holding Co., a Nevada domestic insurer specializing in workers’ compensation, has completed its demutualization. The...
Report: Nevada workers’ comp system needs to examine serious claims
Jan 29 2007 // The Nevada workers’ compensation system “has undergone dramatic change since 1993″ becoming more competitive and allowing private insurers to enter the market,” but it has room for improvement...
Report: Nevada workers’ comp system needs to examine serious claims
Jan 28 2007 // The Nevada workers’ compensation system “has undergone dramatic change since 1993″ becoming more competitive and allowing private insurers to enter the market,” but it has room for improvement...
Arrowhead General Expands HO3 Property Product in Nevada
Jan 23 2007 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency has expanded its HO3 property product in Nevada. There is a maximum coverage A of $750,000, and liability limits of $100,000/$300,000/$500,000. Deductibles are $250, $500 and...
WCRI Report Examines Nevada Workers’ Comp System
Jan 19 2007 // “The Nevada workers’ compensation system has undergone dramatic change since 1993” becoming more competitive and allowing private insurers to enter the market, according to the Workers’ Compensation...
Nevada Attorney General Appoints Munro Chief of Staff
Jan 17 2007 // Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto has appointed Gov. Kenny Guinn’s former Chief of Staff Keith Munro to Chief of Staff -Office of the Attorney General. In addition to his duties as statewide Chief of...
Medical Protective Decreasing Medical Malpractice Rates in Nevada
Dec 28 2006 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved revised classification relativities filed by the Medical Protective Co. for physicians and surgeons. The revised factors contemplate an average 5.4 percent...
Countrywide launches auto product in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada
Dec 10 2006 // Countrywide Financial Corp. announced that Countrywide Insurance Group’s automobile insurance product is now available to consumers in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana and Nevada. The product was first introduced in...
Nevada Employer Insurance Firm Converting to Stock Company
Dec 4 2006 // The parent of Employers Insurance Co. of Nevada has won state authorization to convert from a mutual to a publicly traded stock company — and in the process give its 6,500 members cash and stock that could add up to...
Countrywide Launches Auto Insurance Product in Colo., Ill., Ind., Nev.
Nov 28 2006 // Countrywide Financial Corp. announced that Countrywide Insurance Group’s auto insurance product is now available to consumers in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana and Nevada. The product was first introduced in Arizona in...
Travelers Introduces TravelersExpress for Master Pac in Utah, Nevada, Illinois
Oct 24 2006 // Travelers Select Accounts has introduced TravelersExpress for Master Pac, a multivariate rating mechanism to agents in Utah, Nevada and Illinois. TravelersExpress is designed to accelerate the decision-making process...
No Increase Recommended in Nevada Unemployment Taxes
Oct 13 2006 // A state panel recommended Monday that the average tax rate employers are charged to fund Nevada’s unemployment insurance program remain at 1.38 percent of an employee’s wages in 2007. Cindy Jones, administrator...
