Latest Colorado Headlines
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Colorado Workers’ Comp Carrier Distributing Dividends to 53K Companies
Mar 22 2021 // Pinnacol Assurance in Colorado is distributing general dividend checks to its customers totaling $50 million This is the sixth straight year the workers’ compensation carrier has distributed dividends. Nearly 53,000...
Insurance Office of America Adds Hardin in Colorado
Mar 8 2021 // Insurance Office of America has added Chris Hardin to its Mountain West team. Hardin joins the Denver, Colo., branch location as a commercial lines producer. He previously worked with ISU Insurance Services of Colorado...
Colorado Senate Endorses Easing Civil Action Limits for Child Abuse Suits
Mar 3 2021 // Colorado’s Senate tentatively endorsed a bill this week to eliminate a six-year statute of limitations for victims of child sexual assault to pursue civil action against perpetrators, an effort lawmakers have...
Parts Fall from Colorado Sky in Boeing 777 Scare
Feb 22 2021 // David Delucia was settling back into his airplane seat and starting to relax on his way to a long-awaited vacation when a huge explosion and flash of light interrupted an in-flight announcement and put him in survival...
University of Colorado Reports Cyberattack on System
Feb 17 2021 // The University of Colorado has reported a cyberattack on its software that likely exposed employee, student, health and research records, officials said. University President Mark Kennedy informed the campus communities...
Colorado Law on Police Officer Liability Being Tested by Notorious Video Incident
Feb 1 2021 // A new Colorado law allowing individual police officers to be sued will soon get a big test. Four Black girls who were mistakenly detained by Colorado police at gunpoint over a suspected stolen car filed a civil lawsuit...
USI Insurance Services Acquires CB Insurance in Colorado
Jan 19 2021 // USI Insurance Services has acquired Colorado Springs, Colo.-based CB Insurance LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. CB Insurance and its predecessors have served the needs of the Colorado community for more 100...
Colorado City Settles with Man Shot by Stun Gun for $875K
Jan 11 2021 // The Boulder City Council in Colorado has approved an $875,000 settlement with a man who was injured after a police officer shot him with a stun gun in March 2019. Christopher Mahan got into the wrong Lyft vehicle while...
Insurance Office of America Acquires Enterprise Risk Strategies in Colorado
Jan 6 2021 // Insurance Office of America has acquired Enterprise Risk Strategies LLC in Denver, Colo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Enterprise Risk Strategies is a benefits consulting firm. IOA is an insurance agency...
Small Earthquake Confirmed Near Colorado-Utah Border
Dec 21 2020 // A small earthquake hit a rural area Saturday near the Colorado-Utah border, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations confirmed. The magnitude 4.3 earthquake took place at 7:11 p.m on Saturday. The epicenter was 3 1/2...
Colorado Reports Highest-Selling Year in State for Cannabis
Dec 16 2020 // Colorado dispensaries have sold more marijuana in the first 10 months this year compared to a record-setting sales year in 2019, officials said. The Department of Revenue said dispensaries made about $200 million in...
Slick Sidewalks, Protective Pets Among Injury Trends for Amazon Delivery Partners in Colorado
Dec 7 2020 // Coloradans like residents of other states have seen an increase in delivery vehicles as many households shifted to ordering more online amid the pandemice. Colorado workers’ compensation insurer Pinnacol Assurance...
Human Nature Thwarts Widespread Use of Apps Tracking Coronavirus Exposure
Dec 1 2020 // The app builders had planned for pranksters, ensuring that only people with verified COVID-19 cases could trigger an alert. They’d planned for heavy criticism about privacy, in many cases making the features as...
Colorado Outfitter Sues Former Guide, Claims ‘Trade Secrets’
Nov 24 2020 // Stephen Bass approached Andy Sovick last year with a plan for writing a guide to snowmobile-access skiing around one of the most popular backcountry destinations in Colorado: Buffalo Pass near Steamboat Springs. Bass, a...
States Prepare Second Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google for December
Nov 24 2020 // A bipartisan group of U.S. states plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google as early as next month, according to two people briefed on the matter, potentially beating a more widely anticipated lawsuit from a...
Eberl in Colorado Names Morris Vice President of Sales
Nov 24 2020 // Lakewood, Colo.-based Eberl Claims Service has named Phillip Morris vice president of sales. Morris has more than 14 years of sales, marketing, claims-handling and insurance-industry experience. Previous workplaces include...
Health Officials Hope New Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps Attract More Users
Nov 20 2020 // A new wave of mobile apps that help track exposure to the coronavirus is coming to U.S. states ahead of the holidays as public health officials bet that recently introduced features from Apple Inc. and Alphabet...
Dry Weather Worsening in Colorado, 17% in ‘Exceptional Drought’
Oct 14 2020 // The summer drought that lingered throughout Colorado has become worse. The entire state is currently experiencing abnormally dry conditions and nearly 17% of the land area is in exceptional drought, the most extreme...
Crest in Colorado Promotes VanGotten to Assistant Commercial Lines Manager
Sep 28 2020 // Crest Insurance LLC of Denver, Colo., has promoted Jason VanGotten to assistant commercial lines manager. His prior experience includes ownership of a home inspection company, and a producer for Colorado Restaurant...
CAC Specialty in Colorado Adds Movafaghi to its Tax Insurance Practice
Sep 23 2020 // Denver, Colo.-based CAC Specialty has named Matt Movafaghi a senior vice president in its tax insurance practice. Movafaghi was most recently a senior tax counsel for Chevron Corp., where he was responsible for...
