Latest Nevada Headlines

All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Nev. Resident Pleads Guilty to Ins. Fraud

Feb 26 2003 // Michael Allen Lessley, 35, pled guilty to felony insurance fraud before Nevada Judge Connie Steinheimer in the Washoe County Courthouse. Lessley reported his red 1995 Mustang stolen in order to allegedly receive money from...

New Med-Mal Petition Introduced to Nev. Senate

Feb 25 2003 // Doctor-sponsored Initiative Petition 1 (IP1) was introduced to the Nevada Senate Feb. 21, in response to the medical malpractice crisis inflicting Nevada’s doctors—in particular, obstetricians, according to the...

Med Mal Fever: When Doctors Walk Out, Politicians Notice

Feb 24 2003 // They’re baaack. High-flying medical malpractice liability claims losses, that is. The availability crisis of the 1970s and the affordability crisis of the 1980s may be nothing compared to the crisis insurers and...

Nevada Mutual Insurance Company Rate Change Approved

Jan 30 2003 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved new rating rules for obstetricians and gynecological surgeons for Nevada Mutual Insurance Company (NMIC). The new rules result from Molasky-Arman’s...

AIA Urges Nev. Governor to Drop Proposal to Double Tax Insurers

Jan 27 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) called upon Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn (R) to abandon his proposal to double tax insurers operating in the state. In order to tackle Nevada’s $1 billion budget deficit, Gov....

MCS Opens Nev. Office

Dec 30 2002 // Doug Judson, president and CEO of Millennium Corporate Services (MCS), announced that MCS is expanding its operations to include an office in Las Vegas, Nevada. Heading up the Las Vegas office is Bob Bell who has joined...

Nine More Indicted in Nev. Fraud Scam

Dec 24 2002 // The Clark County Grand Jury has indicted the nine remaining defendants in the Guy Mitchell Sheets fraud case (See IJ West Web News, Dec. 19): Terri Denise Bragg, Rodney Bernard Winters, Basheba Peoples, Cedric Peoples,...

Nev. Agent Sentenced for Fraud

Dec 19 2002 // Nevada Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa announced that Guy Mitchell Sheets, 38, of Henderson, Nev., was sentenced to 12 to 36 months in prison, concurrent, for the two felony counts of insurance fraud he plead guilty...

Nev. Approves Rate Change for Liberty Mutual Auto

Dec 12 2002 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved a rate change for private passenger automobile insurance filed by Liberty Mutual Group. The statewide average change of -0.3 percent for Liberty Mutual Fire...

Liberty Mutual Auto Rate Change Approved in Nevada

Dec 9 2002 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved a rate change for private passenger automobile insurance filed by Liberty Mutual Group. The statewide average change of -0.3 percent for Liberty Mutual Fire...

Nev. OBGYN Insurance Reimbursement Rates Increase

Dec 3 2002 // In an effort to stem the tide of departing obstetrics and gynecological physicians leaving Clark County, Physician’s IPA announced it is increasing the rate of insurance reimbursement to its OBGYN doctors. The...

Nevada DOI Approves Rate Change for Nurse Practitioners

Nov 25 2002 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved a 4.2 percent professional liability rate increase for the Nurse Practitioner program underwritten by American Casualty Company of Reading, Pa.; a CNA...

Everest National Requests Rate Change in Nev.

Oct 22 2002 // Everest National Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Everest Re Group, recently filed a request for rate increase in Nevada. The increase, if granted, would be placed in effect on policies in the Professional Liability for...

American Casualty Requests Rate Change in Nevada

Oct 17 2002 // American Casualty Company of Reading, Pa., a subsidiary of CNA Insurance Group, recently filed a request for rate increase in Nevada. The increase, if granted, would be placed in effect on policies in the Medical...

Continental Casualty Requests Rate Change in Nevada

Oct 16 2002 // Continental Casualty Company, a subsidiary of CNA Insurance Group, recently filed a request for rate increase in Nevada. The increase, if granted, would be placed in effect on policies in the Medical Professional Liability...

A.M. Best Announces the Addition of Nevada to its State Rate Filings

Oct 10 2002 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it will add the state of Nevada to its monthly publication of Best’s State Rate Filings. This essential publication helps professionals to track and monitor rate-filing activity...

Foremost Mobilehome Insurance Rates to Increase

Oct 10 2002 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved a mobile homeowners insurance rate change for the Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, Michigan (“Foremost Insurance”), American Federation...

First Report is Key to Workers’ Comp Claims

Oct 3 2002 // The key to managing workers’ compensation claims is getting a detailed and accurate first report of the accident and sticking with it. “The first report is the best report,” said Dan Schwartz, an attorney...

American Casualty Files Rate Increase Request in Nev.

Oct 3 2002 // American Casualty Company of Reading, Pa. recently filed a request for rate increase in Nevada. The increase, if granted, would be placed in effect on policies in the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Professional...

Condition Critical: Med Mal Liability Markets in Dire Need of Rescuscitation

Sep 30 2002 // By now, it’s hardly an exaggeration that medical-malpractice liability insurance markets in several states are in crisis. As is the case with so many other insurance lines, the exodus of medical liability carriers...