Latest Colorado Headlines
All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
IJ Exclusive: Colorado Commissioner David Rivera Has Age and Experience
Jan 2 2006 // When David Rivera was appointed Insurance Commissioner by Colorado Governor Bill Owens in April 2005, he was the youngest commissioner in the United States. Despite his age, however, Rivera already had a wealth of...
IJ Exclusive: Colorado Commissioner David Rivera Has Age-and Experience
Jan 1 2006 // When David Rivera was appointed Insurance Commissioner by Colorado Governor Bill Owens in April 2005, he was the youngest commissioner in the United States. Despite his age, however, Rivera already had a wealth of...
Hub International Adds Colo. Employee Benefit Specialists
Dec 29 2005 // Hub International Limited reported the acquisition of the assets of Employee Benefit Specialists Inc. (EBS), an employee benefits brokerage serving the state of Colorado. The acquired business, based in Denver, will become...
Colo. Insurance Commssioner Approves Health Care Merger
Dec 23 2005 // Colorado’s top insurance regulator has approved the proposed $9.2 billion takeover of PacifiCare by UnitedHealth after creating safeguards to ease physicians’ fears and getting a pledge from the company that it...
Colo. Pulls Plug on Troubled Computer
Dec 22 2005 // Colorado officials have ditched another troubled computer contract, this time canceling a deal for a system to manage unemployment insurance. The state and contractor Accenture LLP reached an agreement Tuesday not to sue...
Colorado State Experts Predict 17 Named Atlantic Tropical Storms, Nine Hurricanes in 2006
Dec 8 2005 // Predictions of 17 named storms in the Atlantic basin next year, with nine developing into hurricanes, have been predicted by William Gray and Philip Klotzbach of Colorado State University. The experts forecast five major...
Colorado State University Review Finds 2005 Hurricane Season ‘Most Active, Destructive’ on Record
Dec 5 2005 // A list of the 2005 hurricane season’s most unique characteristics and facts has been released by Colorado State University. A CSU statement said that the just-completed hurricane season was the most active and...
COLO. COMP PREMIUM TO DECREASE
Dec 5 2005 // Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, the standard premium for workers’ compensation in Colorado will de-crease an average of 1 percent, as a result of an order signed by Colorado Insurance Commissioner David Rivera. Although...
News Briefs
Dec 4 2005 // New Online License Service Available for Wash. Agents and Brokers Insurance agents, brokers and other insurance professionals licensed to transact business in Washington can now print copies of their licenses from their...
NAMIC: Colo. Bill Would Mandate Unnecessary, Duplicative Coverage
Nov 30 2005 // A bill mandating that emergency medical care coverage be included in all automobile insurance policies was approved Nov. 17 for possible introduction during Colorado’s 2006 legislative session. The Legislative...
UN Climate Conference Begins; CO² Levels Highest in 650,000 Years
Nov 28 2005 // The United Nations 2005 Climate Change Conference gets under way in Montreal today – the first such meeting to be held since the Kyoto Agreement came into force earlier this year, and the largest gathering since the...
Pinnacol Assurance Names Johnson as New Chairman
Nov 23 2005 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s workers’ compensation insurer, has elected Gary Johnson as chairman. Johnson replaces Diedra Garcia, who will step down Nov. 30. Garcia is stepping down to dedicate more time to...
Colo. Comp Premium to Decrease
Nov 15 2005 // Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, the standard premium for workers’ compensation in Colorado will decrease an average of 1 percent, as a result of an order signed by Colorado Insurance Commissioner David Rivera. Although...
Safe Auto Adds Colorado Call Center
Nov 8 2005 // Safe Auto Insurance Co. has announced it is adding a call center in Sterling, Colo., northeast of Denver. The Whitehall, Ohio.-based insurer, which specializes in minimum auto insurance coverage, said it plans to employ...
Moody Offers Colorado Roofing Workers’ Comp Program Dividend
Nov 8 2005 // Moody Insurance Agency, which specializes in insurance, risk management and bonding services for contractors, has announced a $313,800 dividend — an increase of $99,399 over last year’s dividend — for 19...
MEDICAL ASSURANCE CO. DROPS RATES
Nov 7 2005 // Medical Assurance Co. of Mississippi, a physician owned provider which covers about 70 percent of the state’s physicians, has announced a 5 percent decrease in its 2006 malpractice rates and a 10 percent refund on...
Business Moves
Nov 6 2005 // Hull and Co. Opens Scottsdale, Ariz., Office, Adds Staff Hull & Co. Inc. has announced it has opened a new location and added a new staff to serve the state of Arizona. The office is replacing the E&S Brokerage...
ACE USA Opens Seattle, Colorado, Arizona Offices
Oct 25 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, has opened Seattle, Colorado and Arizona branch offices. Maureen Amant has joined ACE USA as Seattle branch manager. Anne Nadler, who has...
Colorado’s Auto Rates Drop Up to 39% Under New System
Oct 17 2005 // Colorado automobile insurance rates have dropped between 16 and 39 percent, depending on the location of the driver and coverages purchased, according to a new Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, (PCI) and...
OSHA, HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION SIGN HOME SAFE PARTNERSHIP
Oct 17 2005 // A partnership between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Home Builders Association (HBA) of Metro Denver will reportedly identify and abate home construction site hazards and prevent hazards...
