All the headlines from our Nevada Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 20 2006 // Nevada-based Employers Insurance Group (EIG) reported a corporate reorganization designed to position the group of companies for expansion in commercial property and casualty insurance beyond its position as the...
Jan 9 2006 // Two Nevada men accused of defrauding victims of Hurricane Katrina and their insurance companies were returned to Louisiana to face criminal charges.State police accused William Pinckard, 49, and James R. Rousseau, 40, of...
Dec 20 2005 // A multimillion-dollar construction defects award was erased Thursday 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...
Nov 21 2005 // The Nevada Independent Insurance Agents has elected a new board of directors and has named a new president. Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman has announced the installation of the following newly-elected...
Nov 20 2005 // The Nevada Independent Insurance Agents has elected a new board of directors and has named a new president. Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice Molasky-Arman has announced the installation of the following newly-elected...
Nov 17 2005 // San Diego-based Sloan Mason is now offering highly competitive GL coverage with an AM Best ‘A IX’ rated carrier, for contractors, as follows:* Plumbers, electricians, concrete pumping, painters, HVAC and many...
Oct 11 2005 // Builders Insurance Co., one of Nevada’s two largest workers’ comp insurers, and the state’s largest contractor-only workers’ comp provider, has paid out a set of safety-related dividends and...
Oct 3 2005 // As the United States’ total population creeps up on the 300 million mark, no one can call the residential construction industry a dying breed. The continuous need for housing is apparent in the nation’s fastest...
Sep 20 2005 // The Nevada Independent Insurance Agents recently elected a new Board of Directors and named a new president. Nevada Insurance Commissioner, Alice Molasky-Arman, announced the installation of the following newly elected...
Sep 19 2005 // UTAHUTAH SUPREME COURT RULES WCF ASSETS NOT OWNED BY STATE: The Utah Supreme Court has declared that Workers Com-pensation Fund’s assets are owned by policyholders, not the state. The ruling in favor of WCF settles...
Sep 12 2005 // State legislators griped that they’re getting too many complaints about the insurance benefit program for Nevada’s public employees.“We all continue to get flooded with concerns,” said Assemblywoman...
Sep 6 2005 // A study by the state of Oregon finds that Nevada’s workers’ compensation system is a selling point for attracting businesses to locate in Nevada.Premium-related rates have increased in Nevada only once in the...
Sep 5 2005 // State Fund’s Eureka Office RelocatesState Compensation Insurance Fund’s Eureka Office has moved its operations to the Humboldt Bank Plaza located at 2440 Sixth Street in Eureka, California. State Fund’s...
Aug 30 2005 // David Morse & Associates, a national claims administration and independent adjusting company based in Los Angeles, announces the opening of a new office in Reno, Nevada. This new office provides Property and Casualty...
Aug 22 2005 // As construction development in the United States reaches an all time peak, with overall spending up 7.5 percent in 2005 compared to 2004, agents and brokers writing contractor business are having a tough time locating...
Aug 9 2005 // Aon Consulting, the human capital and management consulting organization of Aon Corporation, announced the opening of a new office in Las Vegas, Nevada. Karen Roberts, a senior vice president with Aon Consulting, said,...
Jul 14 2005 // Clifford Mapes, president and CEO of Tustin, Calif.-based National Advantage Insurance Services Inc., recently announced that he has been appointed and approved for writing several of his popular insurance products in the...
Jul 6 2005 // A nonprofit company created during Nevada’s medical malpractice crisis in 2002 to provide insurance for doctors will be able to increase its rates by an average of nearly 15 percent.State Insurance Commissioner Alice...
Jun 9 2005 // The Nevada Legislature wrapped up its session this week, passing a number of insurance-related bills, but failed to take an opportunity to enact proposals that would have modernized Nevada’s regulation of insurance...
Jun 7 2005 // Bob Kindness, vice president and general manager of the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based branch of AMC, announced that Nevada has been added to its nationwide bar, tavern and restaurant package program for general liability...