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How to Renew Your Insurance License with a Criminal Background Part 1: Alabama through Georgia
Mar 19 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Insurance licenses can be hard to get and keep, even for those with the most pristine backgrounds. So, what’s an insurance producer to do if they find themselves...
Colorado Farmers Must Pay $6.5M for Defrauding Federal Crop Insurance Programs
Mar 12 2024 // Two Colorado Farmers must pay more than $6.5 Million for defrauding federal crop insurance programs, according to U.S. Attorney Cole Finegan. Finegan’s office announced that Patrick Esch and Ed Dean Jagers of...
Cannabis Sales Outlook Promising for Insuring Cannabis Specialists
Mar 7 2024 // A new report shows global legal cannabis spending grew to $36 billion in 2023, and more importantly, that languishing sales in longer-legal states may soon start to swing back up – two big, encouraging signs for insuring...
Handcuffed Colorado Man Stunned by Taser Settles Lawsuit for $1.5M
Mar 7 2024 // A man who was stunned with a Taser while handcuffed, including on his lip, has settled a federal lawsuit with a Colorado sheriff’s department for $1.5 million, his lawyers said. Kenneth Espinoza was arrested after he...
FTP of California Rebrands as Hinterland Insurance, Moves HQ to Colorado
Feb 29 2024 // FTP of California LLC has rebranded to Hinterland Insurance and moved its headquarters to the Denver Tech Center in Colorado. The rebrand is part of a larger strategy to reflect the firm’s growing business in the...
Avalanches Kill Skier, Snowmobiler as Dangerous Snow Conditions Persist Across West
Feb 14 2024 // A backcountry skier and a snowmobiler were killed in separate avalanches in the Rocky Mountains as dangerous snow conditions persist across much of the West. The skier was buried Sunday in an area locally known as...
Family of Black Girls Handcuffed, Held at Gunpoint in Colorado Reach $1.9M Settlement
Feb 8 2024 // The four Black girls lay facedown in a parking lot, crying “no” and “mommy” as a police officer who had pointed her gun at them then bent down to handcuff two of their wrists. The youngest wore a...
Ice Storms and Blizzards Pummel the Central US
Dec 28 2023 // MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – From an ice storm in North Dakota that sealed windows shut to blizzard conditions in Colorado causing hundreds of airport delays and cancellations, a winter storm pummeled much of the central United...
Answering the 3 Big Questions About Citizenship Affidavits in Insurance Licensing
Dec 27 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. An insurance license can be the doorway to a rewarding and lucrative career. You might even say insurance is a field ripe for the making of the American Dream. So, how...
Brown & Brown Acquires Automotive Business Solutions in Colorado
Dec 8 2023 // Brown & Brown Dealer Services has completed the acquisition of Automotive Business Solutions. The ABS team will continue to be led by CEO Michael Cox from their current offices in Denver, Colorado. ABS is an...
Colorado-Based Frontier Settles Suit Filed by Pilots Who Claimed Bias Over Pregnancy, Breastfeeding
Dec 7 2023 // Frontier Airlines has settled a lawsuit filed by female pilots who accused the airline of discriminating against pregnant or breastfeeding employees. In the agreement Frontier will let pilots pump breast milk in the...
Internet Research Shows Californians May Add to Risk of Fire Hazards
Nov 30 2023 // By most measures, California usually tops the list of the states most at risk of fires, but a new report shows the state’s residents and their desires to stay warm in chillier months may be making the state even...
Colorado Woman Shocked with Taser Suing Police Officer And Chief for Not Reporting It
Nov 30 2023 // A woman who was shocked in the back with a Taser while lying on the ground in Pueblo, Colorado, last year is suing the police officer who stunned her and the city`s police chief, accusing the police department of failing...
INSTANDA Adds Keast as VP of Sales in Colorado
Nov 30 2023 // INSTANDA, headquartered in London, England, hired Geoff Keast as its new vice president of sales. Before joining INSTANDA, Keast held senior roles with Fiserv and ABnote North America. He spent nearly eight years with...
Funeral Home Owners Where Decomposing Bodies Found Returned to Colorado
Nov 28 2023 // The owners of a defunct Colorado funeral home where 190 sets of decomposing human remains were found have been returned to the state to face hundreds of felony charges. Carie Hallford appeared in District Court in Colorado...
US Political Violence Driven by New Breed of ‘Grab-Bag’ Extremists
Nov 16 2023 // Before he committed mass murder in Colorado late last year, Anderson Lee Aldrich was a lively presence among a group of friends who regularly assembled online for hours to chat, play video games and trade internet...
Colorado Legislature Convening to Address Skyrocketing Property Costs
Nov 14 2023 // Colorado Gov. Jared Polis hoisted a red baseball bat and smashed emergency glass in a silly demonstration for a very real crisis, Colorado homeowners are looking down the barrel of a potential 40% jump in property tax...
Colorado Funeral Home Stored Bodies for 4 Years, Deceived Families, Prosecutors Say
Nov 14 2023 // The owners of a Colorado funeral home were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing...
Colorado Judge Chides Company That Tried to Pay $23,500 Settlement in 3 Tons of Coins
Oct 27 2023 // A Colorado judge chided a welding company that tried to pay off a $23,500 settlement with a subcontractor by sending the money in loose coins that weighed 3 tons. Judge Joseph Findley ruled Monday that JMF Enterprises...
After 189 Bodies Were Found in Colorado Funeral Home, Evidence Suggests Families Received Fake Ashes
Oct 23 2023 // A Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were discovered this month appears to have fabricated cremation records and may have given families fake ashes, according to information gathered by The Associated Press...
