Latest Nevada Headlines
All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Workers’ Compensation Gives Nevada Business Incentives
Sep 6 2005 // A study by the state of Oregon finds that Nevada’s workers’ compensation system is a selling point for attracting businesses to locate in Nevada. Premium-related rates have increased in Nevada only once in the...
Business Moves
Sep 5 2005 // State Fund’s Eureka Office Relocates State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Eureka Office has moved its operations to the Humboldt Bank Plaza located at 2440 Sixth Street in Eureka, California. State Fund’s...
David Morse Opens Reno Office
Aug 30 2005 // David Morse & Associates, a national claims administration and independent adjusting company based in Los Angeles, announces the opening of a new office in Reno, Nevada. This new office provides Property and Casualty...
Bare market for residential
Aug 22 2005 // As construction development in the United States reaches an all time peak, with overall spending up 7.5 percent in 2005 compared to 2004, agents and brokers writing contractor business are having a tough time locating...
Aon Consulting Opens Vegas Office
Aug 9 2005 // Aon Consulting, the human capital and management consulting organization of Aon Corporation, announced the opening of a new office in Las Vegas, Nevada. Karen Roberts, a senior vice president with Aon Consulting, said,...
National Advantage Ins. Enters Nevada
Jul 14 2005 // Clifford Mapes, president and CEO of Tustin, Calif.-based National Advantage Insurance Services Inc., recently announced that he has been appointed and approved for writing several of his popular insurance products in the...
Nev. Doctors’ Insurance Provider Gets Rate Increase
Jul 6 2005 // A nonprofit company created during Nevada’s medical malpractice crisis in 2002 to provide insurance for doctors will be able to increase its rates by an average of nearly 15 percent. State Insurance Commissioner...
Nev. Legislature Wraps Up Session
Jun 9 2005 // The Nevada Legislature wrapped up its session this week, passing a number of insurance-related bills, but failed to take an opportunity to enact proposals that would have modernized Nevada’s regulation of insurance...
AMC West Writing Bar/Tavern/Restaurants in Nevada
Jun 7 2005 // Bob Kindness, vice president and general manager of the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based branch of AMC, announced that Nevada has been added to its nationwide bar, tavern and restaurant package program for general liability...
Recruiting Doctors to Nevada Remains Difficult Due to Medical Costs
May 23 2005 // While liability premiums have stabilized, recruiting doctors to Nevada remains difficult because of six-figure annual medical insurance costs, board members of a doctor-owned insurance company told lawmakers...
Recruiting Doctors to Nevada Remains Difficult Due to Medical Costs
May 23 2005 // While liability premiums have stabilized, recruiting doctors to Nevada remains difficult because of six-figure annual medical insurance costs, board members of a doctor-owned insurance company told lawmakers...
Insurers Seek Amendment to Nev. ‘Black Box’ Bill
May 11 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) said on Wednesday it is seeking an amendment to pending Nevada legislation that would provide insurance companies with post-accident access to information...
Recruiting Doctors to Nevada Remains Difficult Due to Medical Costs
May 6 2005 // While liability premiums have stabilized, recruiting doctors to Nevada remains difficult because of six-figure annual medical insurance costs, board members of a doctor-owned insurance company told lawmakers...
Sierra Notes Continued Growth in Nev. Market
Apr 25 2005 // Sierra Health Services Inc. reported that income from continuing operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, was $28.6 million or $0.85 per diluted share, compared to $26.3 million or $0.75 per diluted share for the...
Nev. Commissioner Issues Warning on Unlicensed Insurance Company
Apr 22 2005 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman is asking consumers to be on the alert about a company called “The Global Healings Society.” The company is offering health, property, auto and surety...
PCI Seeks Changes to Nevada’s AB 315
Apr 5 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is seeking amendments to Nevada legislation that would affect the availability of mechanical data recorded by newer model cars just prior to accidents. “We...
CIAB Wins Countersignature Lawsuit in Puerto Rico
Apr 1 2005 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, the trade association that represents the nation’s largest commercial P/C and benefits brokers, announced the successful outcome of its lawsuit in Puerto Rico to strike...
Nev. Man Charged for Work Comp Fraud
Mar 21 2005 // Following a guilty plea, Nevada District Judge Steven Kosach sentenced Dennis Dean Hogue to 12 to 34 months in the Nevada State Prison for one count of workers’ comp claimant fraud. Hogue was also ordered to make...
Nevada Medical Malpractice Rates Said to Be Stabilizing
Mar 7 2005 // Approval of a 2004 ballot question and action by state lawmakers two years before that are stabilizing medical malpractice insurance rates in Nevada, legislators were told recently. Question 3, the Keep Our Doctors in...
PCI COMMENDS NEVADA DOI ON BROKER COMPENSATION ISSUE:
Feb 21 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America commended the approach taken by the Nevada Division of Insurance on the disclosure of broker compensation in a temporary regulation adopted in early February....
