Latest Nevada Headlines
All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
United Agencies Inc. Expands Into Nevada
Oct 4 2004 // Thomas E. Hays, chairman of the board for Calif.-based United Agencies, announced they have added a Nevada agency to their growing list of associate members. Effective Oct.1, 2004, Cutler, LLC has come aboard as the newest...
NEVADA COURT REFUSES TO BLOCK MED-MAL INITIATIVE:
Sep 20 2004 // The Nevada Supreme Court ruled on Aug. 24 that a medical malpractice insurance initiative will remain on this November’s ballot despite efforts by attorneys representing malpractice victims to block it, according to...
Ballot Questions Dubious for Nev. Trial Lawyers
Sep 7 2004 // A group with ties to the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association doesn’t have to reveal contributors to its campaign to put two questions on the November ballot, one of its leaders says. The group Yes on Questions 4 and 5...
PCI Joins Campaign to Defeat Trial Lawyer Ballot Initiatives in Nevada
Aug 30 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America issued a statement concerning two constitutional initiatives, titled “Question 4” and “Question 5,” that are supported by trial lawyers and will...
Nevada Court Refuses to Block Med-Mal Ballot Initiative
Aug 26 2004 // The Nevada Supreme Court ruled on August 24 that a medical malpractice insurance initiative will remain on this November’s ballot despite efforts by attorneys representing malpractice victims to block it, according...
Bracing for the Worst: Industry Prepares for Another Wildfire Season
Aug 23 2004 // The fire season started early this year. Wildfires erupted all over California and in Nevada in mid-July, forcing thousands to evacuate and destroying several homes and outbuildings. Affected areas in California included...
Nevada’s Countersignature Statute Thrown Out
Aug 10 2004 // A federal judge for the District of Nevada ruled Nevada’s statute that precludes out-of-state insurance brokers from conducting business in the state without the countersignature of a resident agent is...
Nevada Trial Lawyers Part of Petition Drive Coalition
Jun 11 2004 // The Nevada Trial Lawyers Association is supporting two statewide initiative petitions that critics say aim to overturn medical malpractice reforms. Trial Lawyers Association spokeswoman Vickie Riley confirmed the group is...
One-on-One with NIIA’s President Rick Aniello
Jun 7 2004 // Medical malpractice is hot on the list of concerns for Nevada’s independent agents, and the state as a whole. With physicians leaving the state due to the lack of affordable med-mal coverage, the crisis has caught...
The Silver State – Sagebrush, Hoover Dam and Vegas
Jun 7 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Nevada at 1,998,257. Approximately 81 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 18 percent had...
Regional Focus
Jun 7 2004 // Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill was attributed with the comment that “all politics are local.” The same could be said for the insurance industry—insurance coverage is definitely local. In...
Employers Insurance Co. of Nevada Re-elects Sande, McKinney-James to Board
May 28 2004 // Employers Insurance Company of Nevada (EICN) has announced the re-election of two members of the company’s Board of Directors. John Sande and Rose McKinney-James were re-elected to additional three-year terms as...
A.M. Best Affirms FSR and Debt Ratings of Sierra Health Services
May 13 2004 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of B+ (Very Good) of Sierra Health Services Inc.’s (Sierra) core HMO, Health Plan of Nevada Inc (both of Las Vegas, Nev.), and its health insurance company,...
INSURER THAT TRIGGERED NEVADA MALPRACTICE CRISIS PAYS $1 MILLION:
May 3 2004 // The St. Paul insurance companies, whose pullout from the medical malpractice insurance market caused a crisis for Nevada doctors, will pay a group of Las Vegas physicians $900,000 under terms of a settlement announced...
Initiative Drive Under Way to Roll Back Insurance Rates in Nevada
Apr 20 2004 // A Las Vegas woman has launched an initiative drive to roll back auto, homeowners and medical malpractice insurance rates by 20 percent and to provide an additional 20 percent reduction for good drivers. At the same time...
State Farm Condo Insurance Rates to Increase in Nev.
Apr 13 2004 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved the request of State Farm Fire and Casualty Company for an overall statewide average increase of 28.8 percent for rental condominium unitowners insurance,...
Insurer That Triggered Nevada Malpractice Crisis Pays $1 Million
Apr 12 2004 // The St. Paul insurance companies, whose pullout from the medical malpractice insurance market caused a crisis for Nevada doctors, will pay a group of Las Vegas physicians $900,000 under terms of a settlement announced...
Former Nev. Businessman Sentenced
Apr 5 2004 // Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that Tye Fortuna, 31, of Big Fork, Mont., was sentenced recently by Judge Michael R. Griffin in the Carson City District Courthouse after pleading guilty to felony insurance...
The Silver State – Sagebrush, Hoover Dam and Vegas
Apr 5 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the state of Nevada at 1,998,257. Approximately 81 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 18 percent had...
Nevada Rate Increase Sought by Malpractice Insurance Company
Mar 26 2004 // Medical Protective Co., which provides malpractice insurance for 200 doctors located mainly in southern Nevada, has filed for a 24 percent rate increase. The state Insurance Division says MedPro wants the increase to take...
