Latest Nevada Headlines

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Seat Belts Could Be Required in Nevada Cabs

Feb 27 2009 // A Nevada Senate panel heard testimony this week on a bill to let police ticket cab passengers for not wearing seat belts, and also ticket cabbies who don’t ensure that children riding in their taxis are buckled...

Colorado Casualty Introduces Workers’ Comp in Nevada

Feb 22 2009 // Englewood, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, has added workers’ compensation coverage to its commercial insurance product line in Nevada.“Bringing workers’...

Nevada Workers’ Comp Loss Costs, Risk Rates to Decrease

Feb 13 2009 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott Kipper has approved revised workers’ compensation voluntary loss costs and assigned risk rates filed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). The revised loss...

Colorado Casualty Introduces Workers’ Comp in Nevada

Feb 5 2009 // Englewood, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced it has added workers’ compensation coverage to its commercial insurance product line in Nevada.“Bringing...

The Main Street America Group Introduces Main Line BOP

Feb 3 2009 // The Main Street America Group, a super regional property/casualty insurance carrier, announced the availability of its new Main Line business owners policy (BOP) product and Main Street Station for commercial lines quoting...

Nevada Names Kipper Insurance Commissioner

Jan 25 2009 // Scott J. Kipper has been named the new commissioner of the Nevada Division of Insurance, Dianne Cornwall, director of the Nevada Department of Business and Industry, announced. Kipper will replace former Commissioner Alice...

Insurers Propose Decrease for Nevada Workers’ Compensation Rates

Jan 22 2009 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott Kipper announced that the industry’s National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) has submitted a filing for an average decrease of 4.9 percent for Nevada workers’...

Liberty Mutual Increases Nevada Auto Insurance Rates

Jan 21 2009 // The Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. received approval for a 6.9 percent rate increase, Liberty Insurance Corp. received approval for a 7 percent rate increase and First Liberty Insurance Corp. received approval for a 7.6...

Nevada Names Kipper Insurance Commissioner

Jan 13 2009 // Scott J. Kipper has been named the new commissioner of the Nevada Division of Insurance, Dianne Cornwall, director of the Nevada Department of Business & Industry, announced. Kipper will replace former Commissioner...

Welcome to Encryption Nation

Nov 30 2008 // Stop putting passwords on sticky notes, require passwords for desktops and encrypt all backups.For those that haven’t done so already, insurance agents and agencies are going to have to get smart about encryption...

Report Says Nevada Builder Could Make Construction Safer

Nov 20 2008 // A major construction contractor could do more to ensure safety at its work sites, including the massive CityCenter project on Nevada’s Las Vegas Strip, according to two new reports.Perini Building Co. sends an...

Study: Death Rates Improve at Nevada Hospitals

Nov 10 2008 // Death rates at Nevada hospitals have improved in seven of eight categories, according to a study.The annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in America study found the state’s mortality rate of 6.86 percent is slightly...

Voters Shuffle Deck of State Legislatures; Both Parties Claim Gains

Nov 5 2008 // Voters on Tuesday left their mark on the state political landscape, shifting the partisan control of state government in a dozen states.According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Democrats gained control...

Nevada Cap on Medical Damage Awards Draws Criticism

Oct 31 2008 // As 59-year-old Richard Krikalo lumbers through the office of a junkyard he helps manage, he bumps into a desk and clips a wastebasket with his right leg.Krikalo is almost blind in his right eye and has trouble with depth...

Former Nevada Regulator Joins Western Insurance Co.

Oct 30 2008 // Alice A. Molasky Arman has joined Western Insurance Co. as senior vice president of government relations. Molasky Arman recently retired from the State of Nevada, where she was recognized as the state’s longest...

Universal North America Offers Auto Coverage in Arizona, Nevada

Oct 6 2008 // Universal North America Insurance Co. will begin providing automobile insurance coverage in Arizona and Nevada, the company announced. The Universal family of insurance companies already provides homeowners insurance and...

Universal North Americal Offers Auto Coverage in Arizona, Nevada

Sep 23 2008 // Universal North America Insurance Co. will begin providing automobile insurance coverage in Arizona and Nevada this month, the company announced. The Universal family of insurance companies already provides homeowners...

Nevada Names Baker Acting Insurance Commissioner

Sep 12 2008 // The Nevada Department of Business & Industry named Betty C. Baker acting commissioner of the Division of Insurance. Baker will oversee the Division while a replacement is sought for Alice Molasky-Arman, who recently...

Weather, Fuel, Chief Factors in ’07 Idaho Wildfire

Sep 8 2008 // A state and federal report concluded that last summer’s lightning- and cheatgrass-stoked Murphy Complex fire that torched 1,000 square miles of Idaho and Nevada backcountry would have overwhelmed efforts by ranchers...

4.1-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Northern Nevada

Sep 8 2008 // An earthquake has shaken the area around Swedes Place in northern Nevada. The U.S. Geological Survey’s preliminary report put the quake at a 4.1-magnitude. The temblor hit just before 4:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 6,...