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Nevada Driver Cards Draw Nearly 49,000 to Take Tests

Jul 2 2014 // Nearly 49,000 Nevada residents have taken written tests since January to obtain state driver authorization cards, and just under 16,400 people have gotten the documents as of June 11, state Department of Motor Vehicles...

Jury Awards Nevada High-Tech Firm $10.7M in Patent Case

Jun 9 2014 // A Nevada company that makes equipment to manage power supplies for computer data centers has won a $10.7 million judgment in a 7-year-old patent infringement case.A federal jury awarded the money to Reno-based Server...

Employers Names Mikulsky Senior Vice President in Nevada

May 19 2014 // Employers named Aaron Mikulsky as senior vice president of business process and policyholder services. He will be based out of Employers’ headquarters in Reno, Nevada. Mikulsky has more than 19 years of experience in...

Immigrants in California Study for Driver Test Months Out

May 19 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...

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...