Latest Nevada Headlines
All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nevada Measure Would Create Liability For Addictive Drugs
Mar 8 2013 // A bill that would allow patients addicted to prescription drugs to sue the doctors who prescribed the medication – and the drug’s makers – was met with stiff opposition Wednesday in a Nevada legislative...
Decker Named Deputy Commissioner at Nevada Division of Insurance
Feb 20 2013 // Insurance Commissioner Scott J. Kipper named Joseph R. Decker deputy commissioner of insurance at the Nevada Division of Insurance. Decker started on Monday. He will be based in the division’s Las Vegas office, where...
Snow Closes California Highways, Yields Tornado
Feb 20 2013 // A winter storm brought driving rain to parts of California and even a rare tornado, but the severity of snowfall in much of the state caught drivers by surprise and left hundreds stranded on mountain highways. A late...
A Future Filled With Driverless Cars
Feb 11 2013 // Visions of robotic self-driving cars may appear like something from a George Lucas film but in June 2011, this vision took a giant leap toward becoming reality when Nevada became the first state to enact legislation that...
Shea Insurance in Nevada Acquired by Leavitt Group
Feb 6 2013 // Shea Insurance in Las Vegas, Nev. has been acquired by the Leavitt Group. Terms of the deal were not made available. With the acquisition Scott Villamor, who owned Shea Insurance, joins Leavitt Group’s Las Vegas...
Nevada Workers’ Comp Loss Costs: Small Increase in 2013
Jan 30 2013 // Thanks to rising medical costs many Nevada employers will see a small increase in the premiums they pay for workers’ compensation insurance this year, according to the Nevada Division of Insurance. The average...
Nevada Woman Sues Online Dating Service Over Attack
Jan 22 2013 // A Las Vegas woman is suing an online dating service for nearly $10 million, claiming it set her up with a man who brutally attacked her. In her lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, Mary Kay Beckman...
Worker’s Comp Reforms, Portable Persistency Top West’s 2012 Headlines
Jan 14 2013 // Dec. 21, 2012 came and went and the apocalypse was so lackluster as to be forgotten among the year’s myriad headlines. Now that we are all well and good, and past doomsday, here are Insurance Journal’s best...
Nevada Board OKs $6M For Health Exchange Marketing
Jan 10 2013 // A state board chaired by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has approved a $6 million contract to market the state’s health insurance exchange program. The Board of Examiners on Tuesday approved the contract with KPS 3 Inc....
Nevada Highway Patrol issued 12k tickets for Cellphones
Jan 4 2013 // The Nevada Highway Patrol says it handed out nearly 12,000 tickets last year to people using cell phones while driving. Officials say most were getting their first phone ticket, while 30 were cited for their second offense...
Worker’s Comp Reforms, Portable Persistency Top West’s 2012 Headlines
Dec 31 2012 // Dec. 21, 2012 came and went and the apocalypse was so lackluster as to be forgotten among the year’s myriad headlines. Now that we are all well and good, and past doomsday, here are Insurance Journal’s best...
Sierra Nevada Ski Resort Employee Dies After Avalanche
Dec 27 2012 // A member of a Sierra Nevada ski resort’s patrol team who was injured after being caught in an avalanche has died. Alpine Meadows said in a statement that 53-year-old Bill Foster died at Renown Regional Medical Center...
Confie Seguros Buys Florida, Nevada Agencies
Dec 3 2012 // Confie Seguros, a national provider of personal lines insurance focused on Hispanic consumers, has acquired four regional insurance brokerages in Florida and Nevada. Confie Seguros completed the acquisitions of...
Survey: One-fourth of Nevada Drivers Use Hand-Held Phones
Nov 5 2012 // A statewide survey shows 27 percent of Nevadans still use hand-held telephones while driving, despite a state law banning the practice that took effect Jan. 1. University of Nevada, Reno, researchers say the third annual...
Native Seed Shortage Hampers Nevada, Utah Wildfire Recovery
Oct 30 2012 // High demand for native plant seeds in Nevada and Utah is pushing up the price and leaving short supplies following an extreme wildfire year that burned millions of acres nationally. In the Great Basin of Nevada and Utah,...
Survey: 4th of Nevada Drivers Use Hand-Held Phones
Oct 24 2012 // A statewide survey shows 27 percent of Nevadans still use hand-held telephones while driving, despite a state law banning the practice that took effect Jan. 1. University of Nevada, Reno, researchers say the third annual...
Clark County Asks Nevada For Disaster Aid After Floods
Oct 4 2012 // Clark County commissioners are asking the state of Nevada for disaster relief funds in the aftermath of flash floods that killed two people and caused an estimated $2.6 million in damages to government property. The...
Danger in Air Again At Reno National Air Races
Sep 13 2012 // The annual air race in Nevada’s Valley of Speed has a new name. Fans returning to see vintage World War II fighter planes streak across the sky will sit farther away. And a redesigned course poses less risk as pilots...
$77 Million Fund Created For Nev. Air Race Victims
Aug 27 2012 // Organizers of the Reno National Championship Air Races have established a $77 million fund to be distributed to those who suffered injuries or lost family members in last year’s mass-casualty crash in Nevada. Kenneth...
Wildfires: Sage Grouse Habitat Loss Could Impact Nevada Insureds
Aug 16 2012 // If you’re a business in Nevada, it may not be immediately clear why you should be concered with the state’s nearly dozen wildfires that are consuming almost 600,000 acres and destroying sage grouse habitat. But...
