Latest Nevada Headlines
All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NORCAL Mutual Expands Medical Professional Liability Coverage to Nevada
May 19 2014 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. is now offering medical professional liability insurance to Nevada physicians. For the past eight years, Nevada healthcare professionals have been offered coverage from Medicus Insurance Co., a...
NORCAL Mutual Expands Medical Professional Liability Coverage to Nevada
May 6 2014 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. is now offering medical professional liability insurance to Nevada physicians. For the past eight years, Nevada healthcare professionals have been offered coverage from Medicus Insurance...
University Of Nevada Dorms Raise Quake Safety Concerns
May 5 2014 // The more than a century-old Manzanita and Lincoln resident halls at the University of Nevada, Reno are steeped in history, but their vulnerability in the event of an earthquake is causing some concern about the students...
Employers Names Two Key Executives in its Nevada Headquarters
May 5 2014 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers named Larry Rogers senior vice president and chief underwriting officer and Frank Buonomo vice president of IT infrastructure and operations. Rogers has more than 25 years of experience in the...
Leavitt Group’s Hires Krauser in its Nevada Office
Apr 28 2014 // Leavitt Group has hired Ryan Krauser in the agency’s Reno, Nev. office as a business insurance agent. Krauser’s responsibilities include risk management, customer service, policy administration and general new...
Immigrants in California Study for Driver Test Months Out
Apr 28 2014 // There’s a lot riding on a California law to grant driver’s licenses to immigrants in the country illegally, and supporters are already preparing prospective drivers in the most populous U.S. state to pass the...
Employers in Nevada Names Hallman EVP, Chief Information Officer
Apr 21 2014 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc. named Richard P. Hallman executive vice president and chief information officer. He will oversee overseeing all of Employers’ information technology departments. Hallman...
LP Insurance in Nevada Names Cisneros Chief Risk Officer
Apr 16 2014 // Reno, Nev.-based Insurance Services Inc. named David Cisneros its chief risk officer. As chief risk officer Cisneros’ responsibilities include leading the risk management services division consisting of risk control,...
Top 10 States and Cities for Job Growth
Apr 7 2014 // North Dakota, California, Texas and Florida did well in job growth in 2013 while Arkansas and Pennsylvania lagged and West Virginia was the only state to lose jobs. Overall, 12 states showed job growth of at least two...
Nevada Jury Awards $10M After Mom Dies In DUI Crash
Apr 3 2014 // A Clark Count, Nev. jury has awarded $10 million to the family of a 28-year-old woman who died when her friend drove drunk after a birthday party. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported James LaPelusa and his two sons won...
Employers in Nevada Names Newman Chief Sales Officer, SVP
Apr 1 2014 // Employers named Russel J. Newman chief sales officer and senior vice president. Newman will be based out of Employers’ headquarters in Reno, Nev. He has more than 12 years of experience in the insurance industry, and...
University of Nevada Earthquake Lab Now World’s 2nd Biggest
Mar 24 2014 // There’s a whole lot of shakin’ going on at the University of Nevada, Reno. UNR’s seismic-simulation facility became the largest in the United States and second largest in the world in March with an...
Cassidy Joins Flanigan-Leavitt in Nevada
Mar 20 2014 // Brian Cassidy has joined Flanigan-Leavitt Insurance Agency in Reno, Nev. and will specialize in commercial insurance and employee benefits. Cassidy has over 12 years of experience in insurance with a focus on the...
Nevada Insurance Division Recovered $3.8M In 2013
Mar 5 2014 // The Nevada Division of Insurance recovered more than $3.9 million from insurance companies for Nevada Consumers in 2013, according to the division. A recovery is the amount of monetary compensation or relief received by a...
Nevada Insurance Fraud Trial Begins For County Analyst
Mar 5 2014 // Trial has begun in federal court in Las Vegas for a 49-year-old senior Clark County human resources analyst accused of conspiring with a dead former judge to steal $824,000 from an auto insurance company. The Las Vegas...
University Of Nevada Earthquake Lab Now World’s 2nd Biggest
Mar 4 2014 // There’s a whole lot of shakin’ going on at the University of Nevada, Reno. UNR’s seismic-simulation facility became the largest in the United States and second largest in the world this week with an...
Supreme Court Nixes Suit Against Officer Brought in Another State
Feb 28 2014 // The Supreme Court ruled this week that a Georgia police officer could not be sued in Nevada over the seizure of money from two travelers at an Atlanta airport. In a unanimous decision, the justices said a lawsuit against...
Leavitt Group Agencies Combine In Utah, Nevada
Feb 12 2014 // The Leavitt Group has merged five of its agencies in southern Utah and Nevada. The merger includes Dixie Leavitt Agency, Hunt-Leavitt Insurance Agency, Leavitt Group Benefits Services of Southern Utah, Bringhurst-Leavitt...
Small Increase in Nevada Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in 2014
Feb 10 2014 // Many Nevada employers will see a small increase in the premiums they pay for workers’ compensation insurance this year. The average premium increase in the voluntary market will be about 3.2 percent. Nevada employers...
Nevada Settles Suit With Shackled Pregnant Inmate
Feb 6 2014 // A state board has approved paying $130,000 to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of a former Nevada inmate who was shackled while in labor and after giving birth. The Board of Examiners on Tuesday authorized the settlement...
