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Weed Warning: Legalizing Marijuana Tied to Rise in Crashes in 3 States by HLDI
Jun 23 2017 // Legalizing recreational marijuana use in Colorado, Oregon and Washington has resulted in collision claim frequencies that are about three percent higher overall than would have been expected without legalization, a new...
Moody in Colorado Joins Board of RiskProNet International
Jun 19 2017 // Troy Moody, chief operations officer of Moody Insurance Agency Inc. in Colorado, has been elected to the board of directors of RiskProNet International. Moody Insurance Agency offers risk management solutions, insurance,...
Doughnut Delivery Drone Takes Flight in Colorado
Jun 19 2017 // Doughnuts were delivered earlier this month by drone to Denver’s mayor and the city’s police and fire departments in an event that provided a glimpse into what companies hope will be a quick, inexpensive way to...
Court Rules Neighbors Can Sue Colorado Pot Grower over Stink
Jun 9 2017 // A Colorado pot farm’s neighbor can sue them for smells and other nuisances that could harm their property values, a federal appeals court ruled. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling revives a lawsuit between...
NICB Confirms Texas as Leader in Hail Damage Claims
Jun 5 2017 // Everything is big in Texas, including hailstorms. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that insurance claims for hail damage in Texaslast year exceeded the previous two years combined. Hail damage fluctuates...
Doughnut Delivery Drone Takes Flight in Colorado
Jun 2 2017 // Doughnuts were delivered this week by drone to Denver’s mayor and the city’s police and fire departments in an event that provided a glimpse into what companies hope will be a quick, inexpensive way to get...
Oil Tank Blast in Colorado Kills Worker, Safety Questions Follow
May 31 2017 // An oil tank explosion in northern Colorado killed a worker and burned three others, shooting up flames just miles away from an unrelated gas blast last month and prompting fresh questions about safety in one of...
Colorado Hailstorm on Pace to be Most Expensive in State History
May 23 2017 // More than 150,000 auto insurance claims and 50,000 homeowners claims are estimated to be filed in the wake of a monster hailstorm that pounded Colorado’s Front Range on May 8, putting it on pace to be the...
1st Suit Filed Against Petroleum Corp. Following Colorado House Explosion
May 17 2017 // Neighbors have filed the first lawsuit stemming from a fatal house explosion in northern Colorado that’s blamed on unrefined natural gas flowing from a severed pipeline. The Longmont Times-Call reported Swiin Jeffrey...
National Transportation Safety Board Joins Inquiry into Colorado Gas Explosion
May 12 2017 // The National Transportation Safety Board has joined the investigation into a fatal Colorado house explosion blamed on unrefined natural gas flowing from a severed pipeline. The Longmont Times-Call reported the agency got...
Only 3 to Check Safety on Colorado Pipelines from Thousands of Wells
May 9 2017 // State records show Colorado has only three people assigned to check on the safety of pipelines running from about 54,000 active oil and gas wells, a task that came under scrutiny after a leaking pipeline was blamed for a...
Colorado Petroleum Wells Shut Down After Home Explosion
Apr 28 2017 // More than 3,000 petroleum wells are being shut down in Colorado as a precaution after a house explosion killed two people, an oil and gas company said. Anadarko Energy said it operated a well about 200 feet (60 meters)...
Colorado City Agrees to Pay $212K in Racial Profiling Suit
Apr 25 2017 // A Colorado city has agreed to pay $212,000 to settle a racial profiling lawsuit over the arrest of two black men that was captured on cellphone video and widely viewed on social media. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported...
Small Quake Rattles Northwestern Colorado
Apr 24 2017 // A minor earthquake rattled homes in northwestern Colorado over the weekend. The University of Utah Seismograph Stations reports the magnitude 3.7 quake hit just before noon Saturday. The epicenter was 2.5 miles northwest...
$1M Settlement in Police Shooting in Colorado Capital
Apr 20 2017 // City councilors in Denver, Colo. have approved a nearly $1 million settlement with the family of a teenager who was shot and killed by police while driving a stolen car toward an officer in 2015. The proposed settlement in...
Jury Will Decide if Colorado Resort Operators Were at Fault in Avalanche Death
Apr 19 2017 // A Colorado jury will decide if Vail Resorts properly closed an expert ski run where a teenager was killed in an avalanche. District Judge Fred Gannett ruled last week that jurors must decide if signs on the run called...
Average to Below-Average Wildfire Season Expected for Colorado
Apr 17 2017 // Colorado is in store for an average to slightly below-average wildfire season this year, despite dry conditions and early outbreaks on the eastern plains, officials said. “But the fires will occur,” said...
Looks Like Below-Average Atlantic Hurricane Season, Say Colorado Forecasters
Apr 11 2017 // Colorado State University hurricane researchers are predicting a slightly below-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2017, citing the potential development of El Niño as well as recent anomalous cooling in the tropical...
Losses from Colorado Mine Spill Could Be Far Less than Feared
Apr 4 2017 // Economic damage from a Colorado mine waste spill caused by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may be far less than originally feared after attorneys drastically reduced some of the larger claims, The Associated Press...
Pinnacol Issues $50M in Workers’ Comp Dividends to Colorado Employers
Apr 3 2017 // Colorado workers’ compensation insurer Pinnacol Assurance is distributing $50 million in dividend checks to its policyholders. More than 53,000 employers throughout the state — roughly 94.2 percent of the...
