All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 7 2006 // Networked Insurance Agents, a Professional Account Placement organization headquartered in Grass Valley, Calif., has appointed Chris Decolati as territorial sales vice president in Nevada. The position was previously held...
Jun 29 2006 // More than 1,000 firefighters were battling a series of lightning-sparked fires that had burned more than 79,000 acres across northern Nevada by Tuesday, putting just about every available piece of equipment and firefighter...
Apr 17 2006 // The chief proponent of a new law cited by Nevada in trying to block a mining industry watchdog group’s efforts to stop pollution from an old Nevada gold mine said that he didn’t envision the law being used that...
Apr 17 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on Western insurance associations. Part I of this article appeared in the April 3, 2006, western region publication beginning on page 47.As people migrate to the...
Apr 17 2006 // PeoplePacific Specialty Insurance Co., Menlo Park, Calif., promoted Tim Summers to chief operating officer. Summers will continue his duties as executive vice-president and corporate secretary, overseeing the product...
Apr 12 2006 // The Southern Nevada Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) honored the state’s Commissioner of Insurance Alice A. Molasky-Arman with a “Woman of Distinction” award at its 8th...
Apr 4 2006 // Following similar announcements in Indiana and Utah, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will also offer lower auto insurance prices to many Nevada drivers under its Dimensions personal auto insurance program, which...
Apr 3 2006 // Multi-State Agencies IBA West (Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington). Web site: www.iba west.com PIA West (Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington). Phone: (888)...
Apr 3 2006 // Barger and WolenBarger & Wolen LLP, a Los Angeles-based law firm specializing in insurance regulatory, general business and litigation matters, has opened an office in Phoenix to be managed by Charles Cohen, former...
Mar 30 2006 // The chief proponent of a new law cited by Nevada in trying to block a mining industry watchdog group’s efforts to stop pollution from an old Nevada gold mine said that he didn’t envision the law being used that...
Mar 21 2006 // Networked Insurance Agents, a professional account placement organization headquartered in Grass Valley, Calif., has promoted Jeannette Riley as territorial sales vice president for Nevada. Riley will soon be moving to Las...
Mar 9 2006 // Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. has hired the team of insurance professionals from Nevada CompFirst Inc. and Med West Inc. of Nevada to strengthen its presence in Nevada’s self-insured workers’ compensation...
Mar 6 2006 // A Nevada workers’ union is praising a state Supreme Court ruling that upheld claims of 40 former state employees who sought more pension credits because their jobs were privatized.The State of Nevada Employees...
Feb 27 2006 // AIG Auto Insurance has announced it would lower auto insurance costs for thousands of policyholders in Nevada. The company is implementing a 5 percent rate decrease in Nevada, lowering auto insurance costs on thousands of...
Feb 19 2006 // Seattle-based Safeco has reported its net income for the fourth quarter of 2005 was $190.7 million, compared with $179.8 million during the same period the previous year. For the full year, Safeco reported net income of...
Feb 16 2006 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has announced she has approved the National Council on Compensation Insurance filing for an average decrease of 0.3 percent for workers’ compensation voluntary...
Feb 1 2006 // Ck Specialty Insurance Associates Inc., a surplus line broker and managing general agent, has opened a new facility in Las Vegas. Geri Tatone has been named the Nevada branch manager. Tatone has more than 25 years of...
Jan 27 2006 // Nevada Commissioner of Insurance Alice A. Molasky-Arman has appointed Cliff King as Nevada’s chief administrator of captive programs.“Cliff is a natural match for this position, because he has been instrumental...
Jan 23 2006 // A multimillion-dollar construction defects award was erased by a unanimous Nevada Supreme Court decision that held the case had been improperly given class-action status by a lower court judge. The high court ruling favors...
Jan 22 2006 // Fraud RoundupVentura County, Calif., District Attorney Gregory Totten reported that the office’s Consumer and Environmental Protection Division recently obtained two convictions for violation of the California...