Latest Nevada Headlines

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Recruiting Doctors to Nevada Remains Difficult Due to Medical Costs

May 23 2005 // While liability premiums have stabilized, recruiting doctors to Nevada remains difficult because of six-figure annual medical insurance costs, board members of a doctor-owned insurance company told lawmakers...

Recruiting Doctors to Nevada Remains Difficult Due to Medical Costs

May 23 2005 // While liability premiums have stabilized, recruiting doctors to Nevada remains difficult because of six-figure annual medical insurance costs, board members of a doctor-owned insurance company told lawmakers...

Insurers Seek Amendment to Nev. ‘Black Box’ Bill

May 11 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) said on Wednesday it is seeking an amendment to pending Nevada legislation that would provide insurance companies with post-accident access to information...

Recruiting Doctors to Nevada Remains Difficult Due to Medical Costs

May 6 2005 // While liability premiums have stabilized, recruiting doctors to Nevada remains difficult because of six-figure annual medical insurance costs, board members of a doctor-owned insurance company told lawmakers...

Sierra Notes Continued Growth in Nev. Market

Apr 25 2005 // Sierra Health Services Inc. reported that income from continuing operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, was $28.6 million or $0.85 per diluted share, compared to $26.3 million or $0.75 per diluted share for the...

Nev. Commissioner Issues Warning on Unlicensed Insurance Company

Apr 22 2005 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman is asking consumers to be on the alert about a company called “The Global Healings Society.” The company is offering health, property, auto and surety...

PCI Seeks Changes to Nevada’s AB 315

Apr 5 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is seeking amendments to Nevada legislation that would affect the availability of mechanical data recorded by newer model cars just prior to accidents.“We...

CIAB Wins Countersignature Lawsuit in Puerto Rico

Apr 1 2005 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers, the trade association that represents the nation’s largest commercial P/C and benefits brokers, announced the successful outcome of its lawsuit in Puerto Rico to strike...

Nev. Man Charged for Work Comp Fraud

Mar 21 2005 // Following a guilty plea, Nevada District Judge Steven Kosach sentenced Dennis Dean Hogue to 12 to 34 months in the Nevada State Prison for one count of workers’ comp claimant fraud.Hogue was also ordered to make...

Nevada Medical Malpractice Rates Said to Be Stabilizing

Mar 7 2005 // Approval of a 2004 ballot question and action by state lawmakers two years before that are stabilizing medical malpractice insurance rates in Nevada, legislators were told recently.Question 3, the Keep Our Doctors in...

PCI COMMENDS NEVADA DOI ON BROKER COMPENSATION ISSUE:

Feb 21 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America commended the approach taken by the Nevada Division of Insurance on the disclosure of broker compensation in a temporary regulation adopted in early February....

Nevada Med-Mal Rates Stabilizing

Feb 14 2005 // Approval of a 2004 ballot question and action by state lawmakers two years before that are stabilizing medical malpractice insurance rates in Nevada, legislators were told recently.Question 3, the Keep Our Doctors in...

Nev. Man Charged in Workers’ Comp Scam

Feb 11 2005 // Nevada Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that following a plea of guilty, District Judge Steven Kosach sentenced Dennis Dean Hogue, 51, to 12 to 34 months in the Nevada State Prison for one count of Worker’s...

PCI Commends Nev. DOI on Broker Compensation Issue

Feb 8 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America commended the approach taken by the Nevada Division of Insurance on the disclosure of broker compensation in a temporary regulation adopted last week.“Instead of...

PCI Urges Nev. Redraft of Broker Regulation

Feb 3 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is urging Nevada’s Division of Insurance to redraft a proposed regulation so that the regulation focuses on reasonable and meaningful disclosure of broker...

People & Places

Dec 20 2004 // The American Agents Alliance Board of Governors announced the selection of Ken Nigohosian as the association’s new executive director. He has worked for Safeco Insurance for 25 years. He began his career as...

Nev. Man Sentenced in Fraud Case

Dec 20 2004 // Nevada Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that Alex John Elias, of Reno, was sentenced after pleading guilty to felony insurance fraud in the Second Judicial District Courthouse. He was sentenced to 48 months in...

People & Places

Dec 6 2004 // Camilla A. Marlowe was appointed vice president of Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurt-isMonroe Insurance Brokerage. Marlowe specializes in employee benefits consulting. She has 23 years of experience in the insurance...

Nev. Man Sentenced in Fraud Case

Nov 29 2004 // Nevada Attorney General Brian Sandoval announced that Alex John Elias, 40, of Reno, was sentenced after pleading guilty to felony insurance fraud before Judge Kosach in the Second Judicial District Courthouse. Kosach...

Citizens Vote Yes on Med-mal Caps in Nevada; No in Oregon and Wyoming

Nov 22 2004 // Doctors triumphed over lawyers in Nevada when citizens passed a ballot initiative that limits noneconomic damage awards in med-mal cases to $350,000 with no exceptions and limits fees for attorneys, while voters defeated...