Latest Colorado Headlines
All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Colorado Begins Enforcing Car-Seat to Age Eight Law
Aug 2 2011 // DENVER _ Car-seat requirements in Colorado are getting tougher Monday. A new state requirement being enforced Aug. 1 raises the car-seat requirement to age 8. Previously, children have had to be in car seats through age...
Colorado Issues Workers’ Comp Audit Guidelines
Aug 1 2011 // The Colorado Division of Insurance this week issued a bulletin directed at insurers that conduct workers’ compensation audits. Bulletin B-5.30 provides guidelines for insurers regarding the fees they charge when an...
Insurance Co. and Colorado Farmers Settle Fraud Claim
Jul 28 2011 // Two Colorado potato farmers and the Great American Insurance Company have agreed to settle a case in which they are accused of making false crop insurance claims for $131,000, the U.S. attorney in Denver, John Walsh,...
Hailstorms Result in 50,000 Claim Filings in Colorado, Wyoming
Jul 20 2011 // Mother Nature wrecked havoc along the Front Range and southeastern Wyoming last week — again living up to the region’s weather reputation as “hail alley.” The Rocky Mountain Insurance Information...
California Workers’ Compensation Law Draws Scrutiny with NFL Case
Jul 5 2011 // A leading Republican in the California State Legislature said he will push for an overhaul of a state labor law that makes the Golden State a magnet for workers’ compensation claims by injured former professional...
Riesberg Named Colo. Insurance Commissioner
Jul 4 2011 // Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced that Rep. Jim Riesberg will be the state’s new Commissioner of Insurance. He will resign his House seat on June 30 and start work on July 1. Riesberg will replace John J....
Ratings: Intrepid, John Deere, So. Carolina, Arkansas & Louisiana Farm Bureaus
Jun 30 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Michigan-based Intrepid Insurance Company, both with stable outlooks. The ratings...
Riesberg Named Colo. Insurance Commissioner
Jun 28 2011 // Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announced that Rep. Jim Riesberg will be the state’s new Commissioner of Insurance. He will resign his House seat on June 30 and start work on July 1. Riesberg will replace John J....
People
Jun 20 2011 // Bolton & Co. based in Pasadena, Calif., named Brett Schulz assistant vice president in the Property & Casualty division. Schulz brings more than 12 years of professional experience working with businesses to...
Colo. Governor Approves Workers’ Comp Reforms
Jun 6 2011 // Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed legislation approving state workers’ compensation reforms. Senate Bill 11-199, sponsored in the House by James Riesberg, D, as well as sponsored in the Senate by Lois...
Colo. Court: Insurer Can’t Be Sued By Another Insurer for Failing to Cancel Policy
Jun 6 2011 // A Colorado Court of Appeal has ruled that an insurer cannot file suit against another insurer for its failure to cancel a policy. According to First Comp Insurance v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of the State of...
Judge: No Reduction in Fine, Restitution in Louisiana Man’s Death
Jun 3 2011 // A federal judge has declined to reduce the $1 million fine and $2 million in restitution he ordered paid by a Colorado company that admitted partial responsibility for the death of a Baton Rouge plant worker. Chief U.S....
Weber Joins Poms & Associates’ Colorado Office
Jun 1 2011 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc., an insurance brokerage firm, has announced that Joseph Weber has joined the firm’s Colorado office as account executive in the property and casualty group. He will work...
Colo. Governor Approves Workers’ Comp Reforms
May 27 2011 // Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed legislation approving state workers’ compensation reforms. Senate Bill 11-199, sponsored in the House by James Riesberg, D, and sponsored in the Senate by Lois Tochtrop, D:...
Colo. Court Awards $18M to Worker Injured by Telephone Pole Collapse
May 27 2011 // The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld an award of $18 million in exemplary damages to an Xcel Energy lineman who was injured when a Qwest Communications International Inc. telephone pole that he was working on...
Progressive Seeks to Add 95 Employees in Colorado
May 26 2011 // Ohio-based The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies announced it is seeking to fill fill 95 sales and customer service positions in Colorado Springs, Colo., by the end of June. The hiring plans come as the...
Colo. Court: Insurer Can’t Be Sued By Another Insurer for Failing to Cancel Policy
May 20 2011 // A Colorado Court of Appeal has ruled that an insurer cannot file suit against another insurer for its failure to cancel a policy. According to court documents in First Comp Insurance v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of...
Business Moves
May 2 2011 // The Hanover, Chaucer A half-billion dollar deal that would make Lloyd’s insurer Chaucer part of Massachusetts-based The Hanover is in the works. Terms of the transaction involve a cash-for-stock swap valued at $510...
Business Moves
May 2 2011 // Zenith AgriBusiness Solutions In what appears to be its first foray into offering liability coverages, Zenith Insurance Co., a workers’ compensation insurance specialist, is offering agribusiness insurance in...
Dragging Death Prompts Colo. Tow-Truck Bill
Apr 28 2011 // Tow-truck drivers and the widow of a Colorado Springs tow-truck driver dragged to his death earlier this year have passed the first hurdle to enacting safety changes. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill that...
