Latest Nevada Headlines
All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Farmers vows to appeal California court ruling
Sep 25 2006 // Farmers Insurance Exchange will appeal a decision by a San Diego Superior Court regarding premium payment plans offered to its customers in California and Nevada. In September, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Jay M....
Farmers vows to appeal California court ruling
Sep 25 2006 // Farmers Insurance Exchange will appeal a decision by a San Diego Superior Court regarding premium payment plans offered to its customers in California and Nevada. In September, San Diego County Superior Court Judge Jay M....
Farmers Vows to Appeal California Court Ruling
Sep 7 2006 // Farmers Insurance Exchange announced it will vigorously oppose a decision by a San Diego Superior Court regarding premium payment plans offered to its customers in California and Nevada. “On behalf of our customers...
Business Moves
Sep 4 2006 // Progressive Drive, Homesite Drive Insurance from Progressive, a writer of auto insurance through independent agents and brokers in the United States, signed a joint marketing agreement with Homesite Insurance Group, a...
Nevada Benefits Firm Appeals $1 Million-Plus in Fines
Aug 24 2006 // The Nevada Insurance Division has levied fines and penalties of more than $1 million on a Las Vegas company that provides health benefits to dozens of companies. Insurance Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman has ruled that...
