Insurance Law

In many cases involving personal injury or property damage, an insurer may choose to deal directly with the injured party in trying to negotiate a settlement of the claim. If an insurer chooses this route, the Uniform Claims Settlement Practices Act requires that the...

After a car accident, the types of injuries that are reported to insurance companies are commonly impact injuries readily apparent. However, traumatic brain injuries can take days or weeks to become apparent. Indeed, this is often why insurance companies seek to get...

In addition to having a statute prohibiting insurance carriers from being unfair when settling claims, Nevada still recognizes what is called common law bad faith. Both laws are supposed to protect policyholders from harm. An insurance company may not refuse to honor...

Arson fraud is insurance fraud committed by property owners who deliberately set fire to their property in order to collect from their insurance company. Arson is an illegal activity that costs insurance companies millions of dollars each year. There are many...

For those new to the area, when they called to transfer their auto insurance, the rate was probably higher than where they moved. Why? Because Nevada has some of the most dangerous drivers in the United States. The study The organization, Car Insurance Comparison,...

Most residents of Nevada understand that they must carry certain minimum amounts of liability insurance in order to obtain a driver’s license. However, these same residents often do not understand how much insurance they must carry and the penalties for failing to...

Like other states, most liability insurance companies have what is called the duty to defend their Nevada customers from certain lawsuits. Usually, an insurance policy will describe this duty to defend. The duty to defend is a complicated area of the law. However,...

For those facing insurance fraud charges, whether as a customer or representative of an insurance company, this is a scary time, but this is something that many have already gone through. Indeed, insurance fraud is one of the most commonly charged white-collar crimes...

Las Vegas residents count on their insurance companies to protect them from many of life’s unexpected occurrences. Whether it is health insurance, life insurance, business insurance or homeowners’ insurance, we depend on our insurance companies to cover legally...

Like many other states, Nevada has a law on the books which prohibits insurance carriers, and others, from engaging in certain claim-handling techniques which lawmakers deem unfair. In many respects, Nevada’s law is much broader than that of other states. For example,...