If you need to look up a Nevada statute, you can find it on-line at http://www.leg.state.nv.us/. Click on the Law Library Tab where you can see: * Nevada Revised Statutes; * Nevada Administrative Code; * Nevada Court Rules; and * Nevada Supreme Court Opinions (Last 60 days). For example, you can find Nevada's Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act at N.R.S. 686A.300 - 686A.315. The corresponding administrative regulations relating to the Fair Claims Practices Act are at N.A.C. … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2007
Remedies For An Automobile Insurance Company’s Breach Of Nevada’s “Prompt Pay” Statute Are Administrative, Not Judicial
December 27, 2007 by
Under Nevada law, insurance companies have an obligation to pay claims promptly. See N.R.S. 690B.012. But what is the remedy if the insurance companies don’t pay on time? In the case of Allstate Ins. Co. v. Thorpe, 123 Nev. 565, 170 P.3d 989 (2007) a doctor and a chiropractor sued the insurance company in court and learned that their complaints of delays cannot go directly to a judge. They must be administratively handled instead. In that case the doctor and a chiropractor apparently … [Read more...]
