Latest Nevada Headlines
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A Third of Nevada Drivers Could See Auto Insurance Rates Rise
Mar 13 2018 // About one in three Nevada motorists, or as many as 600,000 people, could face a 9 percent jump in auto insurance rates this summer when the state raises the basic required minimum levels of bodily injury and property...
Nevada OK’s Filings for Moderate Workers’ Comp Loss-Cost and Assigned-Risk Rate Changes
Mar 1 2018 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Barbara D. Richardson approved a slight decrease in workers’ compensation voluntary insurance loss costs and average increase for assigned-risk rates. Richardson approved two filings...
Iowa Town: Flammable Stover at DowDuPont Plant Cause of Concern
Feb 27 2018 // Public safety officials are concerned about up to 500,000 bales of flammable stover that are stored across central Iowa and will be left over after a cellulosic ethanol plant is sold. The newly merged DowDuPont is selling...
Surplus Lines Market Had a Record Breaking Year in 2017
Jan 31 2018 // Across the United States, all 15 surplus lines service offices experienced increases in excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance premium, totaling $28.1 billion, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX)...
A.M. Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of California Capital and Subsidiaries
Dec 20 2017 // A.M. Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a-” from “a” of California Capital Insurance Co. and its wholly...
Series of Small Earthquakes Rattle Northern Nevada
Dec 13 2017 // The Nevada Seismological Laboratory confirmed a series of small earthquakes rattling north Reno, Nev. Some 32 small earthquakes were reported being felt since Nov. 28. The largest detected had a magnitude of 1.9. Officials...
Woman Wounded in Las Vegas Shooting Drops ‘Bump Stock’ Maker from Suit
Dec 12 2017 // The maker of a rapid-fire gun accessory that police say was used in the Oct. 1 mass shooting that killed 58 people and left hundreds injured at an open-air concert on the Las Vegas Strip has been removed from a wounded...
Evergreen Acquires Pro Surety Bond in Nevada
Nov 2 2017 // Evergreen Insurance & Risk Management has acquired the assets Pro Surety Bond Inc. of Las Vegas, Nev. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Pro Surety Bond delivers web-based insurance solutions with a focus on...
Emergency Response to Vegas Shooting Projected at $4M
Oct 27 2017 // The costs of emergency police, fire and other services related to the Las Vegas shooting massacre were projected Wednesday at about $4 million and climbing. The disclosure came amid pledges by the federal government to...
Database in Nevada Aims to Accurately Depict Opioid Crisis
Oct 16 2017 // Officials say a new state database will help paint a better picture of the opioid crisis in Nevada, as existing data shows opioid-related deaths dropped in 2016 even though hospitalizations and prescription rates rose. The...
Fines for Workplace Deaths in Nevada Reduced Often
Oct 2 2017 // Companies that contested Nevada workplace safety citations after an employee died on the job received reduced fines about half the time. An analysis of state and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Database in Nevada Aims to Accurately Depict Opioid Crisis
Sep 29 2017 // Officials say a new state database will help paint a better picture of the opioid crisis in Nevada, as existing data shows opioid-related deaths dropped in 2016 even though hospitalizations and prescription rates rose. The...
New Bridge Design Tested by Nevada Quake Lab Following Mexico Quake
Sep 22 2017 // Scientists at a Nevada earthquake lab this week tested new bridge designs with connectors they say are innovative and created to better withstand violent temblors and speed reconstruction efforts after major quake...
Fire That Threatened 100 Homes in Nevada Began at Construction Site
Sep 21 2017 // Fire investigators say a blaze on the west edge of Reno, Nev. that threatened as many as 100 homes and destroyed two construction trailers started at a home construction site. Truckee Meadows Fire Chief Charlie Moore says...
Fines for Workplace Deaths in Nevada Reduced Often
Sep 15 2017 // Companies that contested Nevada workplace safety citations after an employee died on the job received reduced fines about half the time. An analysis of state and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Nevada Gambling Regulators Don’t Want Marijuana in Casinos
Sep 4 2017 // Nevada’s gambling regulators are grappling with how to deal with the state’s latest legal vice — recreational marijuana — and they’ve made it clear that pot doesn’t belong in casinos. In...
Nevada Gambling Regulators Don’t Want Marijuana in Casinos
Aug 28 2017 // Nevada’s gambling regulators are grappling with how to deal with the state’s latest legal vice – recreational marijuana – and they’ve made it clear that pot doesn’t belong in casinos. In the...
Tesla Developing Self-Driving Long Haul, Electric Truck
Aug 15 2017 // Tesla Inc. is developing a long-haul, electric semi-truck that can drive itself and move in “platoons” that automatically follow a lead vehicle, and is getting closer to testing a prototype, according to an...
Nevada Issuing Marijuana Distribution Licenses to Non-Liquor Wholesalers
Aug 14 2017 // Nevada marijuana regulators have decided to start issuing pot distribution licenses to businesses other than liquor wholesalers to keep up with overwhelming demand since legal recreational sales began July 1. The Nevada...
More Counties Could Be Without an Obamacare Insurer in 2018
Aug 1 2017 // With Republican efforts to dismantle Obamacare in disarray, hundreds of U.S. counties are at risk of losing access to private health coverage in 2018 as insurers consider pulling out of those markets in the coming...
