Latest Colorado Headlines
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Wife Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Colorado Rafting Company
Jun 20 2018 // The wife of a Maryland man who died during a rafting trip down the Roaring Fork River filed a lawsuit accusing a Colorado rafting company of negligence and fraud. The Aspen Times reports Allison Parker filed a lawsuit...
Oregon Marijuana Growers Turning to Hemp as CBD Extract Explodes
Jun 18 2018 // A glut of legal marijuana is driving Oregon pot prices to rock-bottom levels, prompting some nervous growers to start pivoting to another type of cannabis to make ends meet, one that doesn’t come with a...
12,000-Plus Claims Filed for Hail Damage in Colorado
Jun 18 2018 // Insurance companies say they have received more than 12,000 claims for damage to vehicles and houses in Colorado Springs, Colo. after the city’s worst hail storm in 20 years. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported the...
More Employers Adopting ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Policy for Marijuana Use
Jun 18 2018 // FPI Management, a property company in California, wants to hire dozens of people. Factories from New Hampshire to Michigan need workers. Hotels in Las Vegas are desperate to fill jobs. Those employers and many others are...
OSHA Seeking $65K in Penalties in Colorado Envirotech Worker Death
Jun 18 2018 // Federal regulators are proposing nearly $65,000 in penalties for a Colorado company where a worker died after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning the inside of a rail car. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
New Wildfire Erupts Near Ski Resorts, Houses in Colorado
Jun 14 2018 // A wildfire erupted Tuesday in an area of Colorado known for its ski resorts, forcing the evacuation of more than 1,300 homes and marking the latest in a series of blazes that have ignited in the drought-stricken U.S....
Hailstorm Pounds Parts of Colorado Damaging Homes, Cars and Businesses
Jun 14 2018 // An unusual early morning hailstorm pounded parts of Colorado, including Southeast Colorado Springs, Fountain and Fort Carson, with golf and baseball-sized hail damaging homes, cars and businesses, according to the Rocky...
OSHA Seeking $65K in Penalties in Colorado Envirotech Worker Death
Jun 11 2018 // Federal regulators are proposing nearly $65,000 in penalties for a Colorado company where a worker died after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning the inside of a rail car. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Supreme Court Says Colorado Erred in Gay Wedding Cake Case
Jun 4 2018 // The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a finding that a Colorado baker illegally discriminated when he refused to make a cake to celebrate a same-sex wedding. The narrow ruling didn’t reach the broad free-speech and...
Pinnacol Assurance in Colorado Retooling Leadership
May 30 2018 // Pinnacol Assurance in Colorado is revamping its leadership structure. Mark Isakson, who had been senior vice president of operations, now becomes the company’s chief customer officer. He will serve as the senior...
Suit Charges Energy Company Cut Safety Budget Before Fatal Colorado Blast
May 14 2018 // A shareholder lawsuit alleges Anadarko Petroleum was focused on keeping oil and gas flowing from older wells, not fixing potential safety problems, in the months before a fatal house explosion in Colorado linked to an...
Colorado’s Hail Storm Damage Estimate for Last Year at $2.3B
May 10 2018 // The massive hail storm that pummeled Colorado’s northern Front Range a year ago generated nearly $900 million more in damage than first estimated, as claims from homeowners doubled in the months that followed. The...
Cochrane & Co. Acquires Heritage General Agency in Colorado
May 4 2018 // Cochrane & Co. has acquired the assets of Heritage General Agency, a wholesale managing general agent, based out of Englewood, Colo. HGA will become part of Cochrane and will establish Cochrane’s presence in...
JLT Adds Creedon and Burns in Colorado
Apr 24 2018 // JLT Specialty USA has added Bill Creedon and Jeff Burns as partners who will be based in Denver, Colo. The additions support JLT’s partnership with Construction Risk Partners. As part of CRP’s national...
Valen Analytics in Colorado Names Marr President
Apr 20 2018 // Denver, Colo.-based Valen Analytics has named Kirstin Marr president of the firm. Dax Craig, who was Valen’s president and CEO since co-founding the company in 2004, will remain with Valen in an advisory role. Marr...
Colorado Exxon Suit Proves Climate Change Concerns Not Unique to Coasts
Apr 18 2018 // Most cities suing oil companies over the impact of climate change want help paying for walls to protect against rising sea levels. And then there’s Boulder, Colo. The politically liberal town known as the gateway to...
People
Apr 16 2018 // The members of the Surplus Line Association of California have elected Robert Gilbert of Markel West Insurance Services as the new chair of the SLA Board of Directors. Gilbert’s election was finalized after the SLA...
Closing Quote: Legalized Marijuana Looks Like Bad News for Highway Safety
Apr 16 2018 // This past January, adults in California could line up for the first time to legally buy marijuana for personal, nonmedical use. That is when the nation’s largest state joined seven other states and Washington, D.C.,...
Alera Group Acquires Rich & Cartmill in Colorado
Apr 4 2018 // Alera Group has acquired Rich & Cartmill Insurance of Colorado. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Rich & Cartmill offers services including property insurance, general liability, commercial auto and...
Pinnacol Issues $50M in Dividends to Colorado Employers
Apr 2 2018 // Pinnacol Assurance is distributing $50 million in workers’ compensation dividend checks to its policyholders. Nearly 53,000 employers throughout Colorado were to receive a dividend starting in late March. Check...
