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Continental Casualty Requests Rate Change in Nevada

Oct 16 2002 // Continental Casualty Company, a subsidiary of CNA Insurance Group, recently filed a request for rate increase in Nevada. The increase, if granted, would be placed in effect on policies in the Medical Professional Liability...

A.M. Best Announces the Addition of Nevada to its State Rate Filings

Oct 10 2002 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it will add the state of Nevada to its monthly publication of Best’s State Rate Filings. This essential publication helps professionals to track and monitor rate-filing activity...

Foremost Mobilehome Insurance Rates to Increase

Oct 10 2002 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved a mobile homeowners insurance rate change for the Foremost Insurance Company Grand Rapids, Michigan (“Foremost Insurance”), American Federation...

First Report is Key to Workers’ Comp Claims

Oct 3 2002 // The key to managing workers’ compensation claims is getting a detailed and accurate first report of the accident and sticking with it. “The first report is the best report,” said Dan Schwartz, an attorney...

American Casualty Files Rate Increase Request in Nev.

Oct 3 2002 // American Casualty Company of Reading, Pa. recently filed a request for rate increase in Nevada. The increase, if granted, would be placed in effect on policies in the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists Professional...

Condition Critical: Med Mal Liability Markets in Dire Need of Rescuscitation

Sep 30 2002 // By now, it’s hardly an exaggeration that medical-malpractice liability insurance markets in several states are in crisis. As is the case with so many other insurance lines, the exodus of medical liability carriers...

Condition Critical: Med Mal Market in Need of Resuscitation

Sep 30 2002 // By now, it’s hardly an exaggeration that medical-malpractice liability insurance markets in several states are in crisis. As is the case with so many other insurance lines, the exodus of medical liability carriers...

NEV. ESTABLISHES CONSTRUCTION LIABILITY CLEARING HOUSE

Sep 30 2002 // Nevada Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman ordered that a “Construction Liability Clearing House” be established for the purpose of providing information on markets and availability of residential construction...

Nev. Construction Liability Task Force Formed

Sep 17 2002 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman announced the formation of the Construction Liability Task Force. Molasky-Arman has charged the task force to investigate the genesis of the construction liability...

Nev. Establishes Construction Liability Clearing House

Sep 13 2002 // Nevada Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman ordered that a “Construction Liability Clearing House” be established for the purpose of providing information on markets and availability of residential construction...

Nev. Couple Awarded $4M in Medical Malpractice Suit

Aug 19 2002 // A Las Vegas couple will receive $4 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit, marking the first significant verdict against a doctor since Nevada lawmakers put into effect tort reform, according to the Associated Press. A...

Nev. Company Says No to Lowering Rates

Aug 16 2002 // A nonprofit company put together last spring by Nevada to offer medical malpractice insurance for physicians having difficulty obtaining affordable coverage has chosen not to lower rates, according to an Associated Press...

Nev. Health Premiums to Increase for Some Married Workers; Decreases for Others

Aug 13 2002 // Approximately 2,000 married Nevada State workers will see their health insurance premiums take a hike by nine percent in January, according to an Associated Press report. Some 3,000 State employees however, whose policies...

NAII Says Capping Med Mal Damages Key to Stabilizing Market

Aug 6 2002 // A bill that passed the Nevada Legislature during a special legislative session last week should curb excessive litigation, which will help restrain increases in the cost of medical malpractice insurance and improve the...

Nev. Approves Compromise on Medical Malpractice

Aug 2 2002 // A compromise to trim doctors’ medical malpractice insurance rates by imposing a $350,000 cap on lawsuit awards was approved early Thursday by Nevada lawmakers. The session had been ordered by Republican Gov. Kenny...

AAI Praises Nev. Gov.’s Attempt to Resolve State’s Med Mal Crisis

Jul 31 2002 // Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn presented a special session of the state Senate with his proposals to cure the state’s medical malpractice crisis. The governor called for the special session to pass legislation that will...

AAI Says Caps on Non-economic Damages Key to Resolving Nev. Med-Mal Crisis

Jul 30 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers is hopeful that a special session of the Nevada state Legislature meeting early this week to consider caps on non-economic damages will help alleviate the current medical malpractice...

Nev. Leaders Say Cap Likely to Aid Medical Malpractice Crisis

Jul 24 2002 // Nevada’s Democratic leaders in the Assembly have indicated a cap on non- economic damages is likely to become a portion of a final compromise to solve the state’s medical malpractice insurance crisis, according...

Nev. Regulators May Look to Legislative Solution on Defect Litigation Costs

Jul 22 2002 // According to the Alliance of American Insurers, Nevada insurance regulators concerned about the availability of residential contractor’s liability insurance should not look to mandatory pools, but should develop a...

Closed Temporarily by Rising Rates, Nev. Trauma Center Back in Business

Jul 16 2002 // Ten days after shutting down due to fast-rising malpractice insurance rates, Nevada’s lone top-level trauma center reopened its doors July 14, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The county-run trauma center...