All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 9 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...
Mar 9 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...
Mar 5 2015 // The captive insurance program in Nevada outperformed growth and speed expectations by approving 26 captives in 2014, which resulted in a captive premium increase of $3.8 billion, Insurance Commissioner Scott J. Kipper...
Mar 3 2015 // Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has named Terrin Hicks to its northern Nevada sales team. Hicks is responsible for developing new business relationships, and retaining and servicing existing clients. Hicks,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 1990...
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...