Nevada Division of Insurance News

Nevada Launches Home Insurance Tool to ID Carriers by ZIP

The Nevada Division of Insurance is launching a web-based tool that enables Nevada consumers to identify insurance carriers that are currently accepting home insurance applications by specific ZIP code. The NVDOI said its tool is a recognition that personal home …

Nevada Division of Insurance Recovers $6.1M in 2023

The Nevada Division of Insurance announced it recovered over $6.1 million in Fiscal Year 2023. The Division’s Consumer Services and Enforcement teams investigate thousands of consumer complaints each year, as well as help settle claim disputes and recover money insurers …

Email Phishing Scam Targets Licensed Insurance Producers in Nevada

The Nevada Division of Insurance says it has been made aware of an email phishing scam targeting licensed insurance producers and agents in Nevada. The division has reportedly received several calls from licensed professionals reporting they received a fraudulent email …

Richardson Named Nevada Insurance Commissioner

Barbara Richardson has been appointed as commissioner of the Nevada Division of Insurance. Richardson will join the Division in March. The appointment comes after a long nationwide recruitment to fill the vacancy after the resignation of Scott Kipper in July …

Nevada Insurance Division Recovered $3.8M In 2013

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 consumer as a result of …

3 Bound In Nevada Insurance Official Slaying

Three former fugitives were heading Tuesday to Carson City in police custody to face murder charges in the slaying of William McCune, Nevada’s chief insurance examiner, authorities said. Carson City sheriff’s detectives were in a Las Vegas courtroom to take …

Search On For Missing Nevada Chief Insurance Examiner

A Nevada Sheriff says he suspects foul play in the disappearance of the state’s chief insurance examiner after evidence of a bloody, violent struggle was uncovered in his apartment. Carson City Sheriff’s deputies were called to the apartment Thursday after …

Decker Named Deputy Commissioner at Nevada Division of Insurance

Insurance Commissioner Scott J. Kipper named Joseph R. Decker deputy commissioner of insurance at the Nevada Division of Insurance. Decker started on Monday. He will be based in the division’s Las Vegas office, where he will manage the consumer services …