Latest Nevada Headlines
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AssuredPartners Acquires Nevada West Business Insurance Agency, Inc.
Feb 14 2020 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Nevada West Business Insurance Agency Inc. in Las Vegas, Nev. The team of five will remain under the operational leadership of Jeff Maren. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Nevada...
USI Insurance Services Acquires Orgill Singer & Associates in Nevada
Feb 10 2020 // USI Insurance Services has acquired Las Vegas, Nev.-based Orgill Singer & Associates Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. All of the agency’s team members in Las Vegas and Reno, including David Dahan, chief...
LP Insurance Services Adds Ramatici in Nevada
Feb 10 2020 // Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services LLC has named Jake Ramatici to its northern Nevada team. His role is as a commercial insurance sales executive. Ramatici was most recently the West Coast regional sales manager with...
RT Specialty Names Lentz in Nevada National Practice Leader
Feb 4 2020 // R-T Specialty LLC has named Jason Lentz national practice leader of its private client group. Lentz, who is based in Las Vegas, Nev., has been with RT Specialty for more than three years and has focused on high net worth...
LP Insurance Services in Nevada Adds Pietromonaco
Jan 8 2020 // LP Insurance Services LLC has named Clark Pietromonaco to the commercial insurance team based in Reno, Nev. Pietromonaco has been named an associate sales executive. He was most recently a national account manager with...
AAIS Expands Cannabis Businessowners Policy into Nevada
Jan 8 2020 // The American Association of Insurance Services has expanded its admitted Cannabis Businessowners Policy program in Nevada. The Nevada Division of Insurance approved AAIS’s CannaBOP on Dec. 24, 2019. The cannabis...
Lawsuit: Nevada Dentist Set 5-Year-Old Girl’s Mouth on Fire
Jan 7 2020 // The parents of a 5-year-old girl say a Las Vegas, Nev. dentist set their daughter’s mouth on fire as she underwent a routine dental procedure. The parents last week filed a lawsuit in state district court against...
Commentary: Are You Ready, Nevada? Nine New Laws for the New Year
Jan 3 2020 // Don’t let hindsight be 2020. While others are enjoying the holidays and a well-deserved break, Nevada businesses should “check their lists twice” to make sure they are compliant with a host of new laws...
OJ Simpson Sues Las Vegas Casino Saying He Was Defamed
Nov 12 2019 // O.J. Simpson is suing a Las Vegas hotel-casino that banned him in November 2017, alleging that unnamed employees defamed him by telling a celebrity news site he had been drunk, disruptive and unruly. Simpson, on parole in...
Ex-Salon Chief Suing Wynn Resorts for Spying on Him
Oct 22 2019 // A former beauty salon director who went public about sexual misconduct allegations against casino mogul Steve Wynn nearly two years ago is suing Wynn Resorts and company executives, alleging they invaded his privacy and...
Nevada Sex Harassment Lawsuit Settled for $300K
Oct 2 2019 // The Reno City Council has approved a $300,000 settlement with for two former city employees who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the city. The lawsuit filed in 2017 said former City Manager Andrew Clinger created...
Alera Group Acquires Makro Enterprises in Nevada
Sep 16 2019 // Alera Group has acquired Makro Enterprises in Las Vegas, Nev. Makro will join Alera Group through local firm GLB Insurance. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Makro offers employee benefits and insurance services for...
Evacuations Lifted in Wildfire Along California-Nevada Border
Aug 27 2019 // Authorities say a fast-moving wildfire on rural land along the California-Nevada border burned one home before crews were able to slow its spread. Fire spokesman Adam Mayberry says the blaze about 25 miles north of Reno,...
Missing Drive Has Health Patient Info of Nevada’s Largest Healthcare Provider
Aug 14 2019 // The largest health care provider in northern Nevada says some of its patients’ private information was stored on a thumb drive that’s been missing since June 30. Renown Health said in a letter sent to patients...
More Funds Sought for Those Exposed to Radiation from Nuclear Weapons Test
Jul 23 2019 // A compensation program for those exposed to radiation from years of nuclear weapons testing and uranium mining would be expanded under legislation that seeks to address fallout across the western United States, Guam and...
Nevada Wants Feds to Restudy Seismic Risk at Nuke Dump Site
Jul 19 2019 // Nevada’s governor and congressional delegation are pointing to earthquakes this month in the California desert and calling for the U.S. Energy Department look again at seismic risks of burying the nation’s most...
Deaths from Nevada Car Crashes Down in June from 2018 Rates
Jul 18 2019 // Fewer people died in car crashes on Nevada roads in June than they did a year earlier, according to state data. The Nevada Department of Public Safety reported 16 deaths from 16 crashes in June, which is almost half as...
Nevada Officials Expect Interest in Quake Coverage to Rise
Jul 15 2019 // Few Nevada residents and businesses have earthquake coverage, but insurance officials said they are expecting interest to increase after the two California earthquakes that rattled the region. The magnitude 6.4 and...
Building Soundness Investigated After Nevada University Dorm Blast
Jul 10 2019 // Investigators are assessing the structural safety of two University of Nevada, Reno, dormitories that usually house 1,300 students, days after explosions injured eight people but none seriously. Nevada University Regents...
Officials Say 4 Wildfires in North-Central Nevada Were All Human Caused
Jul 3 2019 // The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says four separate wildfires that broke out in north-central Nevada this week all were caused by humans. The fires that began on Tuesday near Interstate 80 between Lovelock and Winnemucca...
