Latest Nevada Headlines
All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lawsuit in 2011 Nevada Gold Mine Death Settled
Mar 3 2015 // A lawyer for the Utah family of a contract worker at a Nevada gold mine that paid more than $100,000 in U.S. safety fines after he was killed there in 2011 says they’ve settled a wrongful death suit with Newmont USA,...
Nearly 200 Distracted Drivers Ticketed in Nevada
Mar 2 2015 // Nearly 200 people in the Reno-Sparks, Nev. area were cited for distracted driving during a special enforcement effort earlier this month. The Nevada Highway Patrol and Washoe County Sheriff’s Office joined Reno and...
LP Insurance in Nevada Names Marini Sales Executive
Feb 27 2015 // Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Tony Marini to its northern Nevada sales team beginning Sept. 1. Marini, the current executive director of Hot August Nights, will be joining LP Insurance as a sales...
Nevada Governor Signs Construction Defect Bill
Feb 26 2015 // Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed a bill aimed at curbing frivolous lawsuits over construction defects after the measure passed through the Republican-controlled Legislature along party lines. The Republican governor...
Double Fines in ‘Pedestrian Safety Zones’ Proposed by Nevada Bill
Feb 25 2015 // A bill in the Nevada Legislature would allow for special “pedestrian safety zones” where traffic fines are doubled. Lawmakers are scheduled to review SB144 on Tuesday in the Senate Transportation Committee. The...
Disaster Declaration for Most of Nevada Due to Drought
Feb 23 2015 // The U.S. Agriculture Department has declared most of Nevada a natural disaster area due to lingering drought. And state water officials say more trouble is brewing for ranchers and farmers in western Nevada where cutbacks...
Nevada Bill Proposes Liability Protections for Horse-Related Injuries
Feb 20 2015 // Rural Nevada lawmakers are proposing a bill that would improve liability protections for horse-related accidents and injuries. Sen. Pete Goicoechea and Assemblyman John Ellison introduced SB 129 to the Senate Committee on...
LP Insurance in Nevada Moves Up Handful of Employees
Feb 18 2015 // Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has made several moves on its employment roster. Angela Atchley was named human resources manager after the recent promotion of Teri Wood to senior operations manager. Atchley is...
Insurer Hit With $4.5M Class Action Bad Faith Verdict in Nevada
Feb 13 2015 // Everest Indemnity Insurance Co. was hit with a $4.5 million verdict after a Nevada state court jury on Thursday said the insurer acted in bad faith by refusing to cover a construction company’s defense costs in a...
Nevada Workers’ Compensation Loss Costs See Slight Decrease in 2015
Feb 12 2015 // Many Nevada employers will see a slight decrease in the premiums they pay for workers’ compensation insurance this year. Insurance Commissioner Scott J. Kipper approved a filing from the National Council on...
Disaster Declaration For Most of Nevada Due to Drought
Feb 9 2015 // The U.S. Agriculture Department has declared most of Nevada a natural disaster area due to lingering drought. And state water officials say more trouble is brewing for ranchers and farmers in western Nevada where cutbacks...
Uber, Taxi Battle Could Be Big Issue For Nevada Legislature
Feb 6 2015 // Lawmakers say a fight between Nevada’s taxicab industry and Uber, the ride hailing company that operated in the state this fall before a court decision prompted it to shut down, could be the biggest transportation...
2015 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Traffic Deaths in Nevada Up In 2014, But Down From Peak
Jan 8 2015 // The number of people who died in crashes in Nevada went up in 2014 compared with the year before, but it’s still down significantly from its peak in 2006, according to state data released this week. The Nevada...
Marsh Acquires Trade Insure NV in Belgium
Jan 7 2015 // Marsh, a global leader in insurance broking and risk management, announced it has acquired Trade Insure NV, a distributor of credit insurance policies in Belgium. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in...
Heavy Rain, Potential Flooding Could Come From California Storm
Dec 2 2014 // A Pacific storm will dump heavy rains across drought-stricken Southern and Central California, threatening the area with mudslides and floods. The storm will also leave snow across the Sierra Nevada mountains that may...
Uber Cannot Operate in Nevada Pending Regulator Case
Nov 26 2014 // Uber Technologies Inc. was blocked from operating in Nevada by a judge in Reno after regulators succeeded in getting the case taken from a judge in Las Vegas who had refused the halt the mobile car-booking service. Nevada...
Seismologists Look for Better Ways to Track Nevada Quake Swarm
Nov 24 2014 // Seismologists have taken steps to better track an earthquake swarm in the sparsely populated northwest corner of Nevada near Oregon and California. Ken Smith of the University of Nevada, Reno’s Nevada Seismological...
Employers in Nevada Names Eleftheriou CFO
Nov 10 2014 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc. has named Terry Eleftheriou executive vice president and chief financial officer. Eleftheriou is responsibile for the company’s financial reporting, treasury, corporate...
Northwest Nevada Shaken by Moderate Quake
Nov 6 2014 // A moderate earthquake hit northwest Nevada late Tuesday night, but there were no reports of damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-4.9 temblor about 11:30 p.m. was centered 41 miles east-southeast of...
