Latest Colorado Headlines
All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pinnacol Assurance Honored as “Top Company”
Sep 22 2006 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s oldest and largest workers’ compensation insurer, has been named the state’s “Top Company” in Financial Services by ColoradoBiz Magazine. Pinnacol was selected...
Salazar Seeks Federal Disaster Loans for Farmers Who Lost Wells
Sep 19 2006 // Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar said he has asked federal agriculture officials to reconsider their decision to deny drought disaster loans to farmers on the Eastern Plains whose wells were shut off in a water rights...
Millions of Young Adult Risk-Takers Uncovered
Sep 8 2006 // As Colorado’s snowboarding season approaches, so does the time of year when Katie Neal’s mom really freaks out. What bothers her mom, Neal said, is not the speed at which the 26-year-old slashes through...
Colorado State Predicts Fewer Hurricanes
Sep 7 2006 // Forecasters at Colorado State University have lowered their hurricane predictions for the year, based on below-average activity in August, as well as the ocean-weather patterns they track. “We expect slightly...
Insurer’s Policies for Churchgoers Attract Christians
Sep 5 2006 // Diana Drees was taking her children to a home-school group at the family’s church when she swerved on an icy road and crashed her Nissan Altima into a fence. Because she was on her way to a church function —...
Fraud Roundup
Sep 4 2006 // Ind. man convicted of wife’s hot tub death It took jurors only three hours before returning the guilty verdict against Michael B. Smith, 61, after hearing 10 days of testimony. Prosecutors maintained that Smith...
Colorado Issues Emergency Cease and Desist Order
Aug 29 2006 // The Colorado Division of Insurance has issued an Emergency Cease and Desist Order against The Global Healings Society for selling fake auto insurance to Colorado drivers. The Global Healings Society is also known as The...
Answers Still Elusive in 127-year-old Kansas Mystery
Aug 16 2006 // Researchers trying to solve a 127-year-old mystery still don’t have a usable DNA sample to help them. Two University of Colorado professors excavated a grave in Lawrence, Kan. in May supposed to belong to John...
Colorado Court: Drivers Not Liable for Hitting Animals in Road
Aug 15 2006 // Motorists who take reasonable action to avoid hitting large animals on the road cannot be held liable for negligence, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. It was the first time a Colorado court has set guidelines...
ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO., S.P. TARANTINO INSURANCE BROKERAGE
Aug 7 2006 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired S.P. Tarantino Insurance Brokerage Inc. of San Francisco. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1979, S.P. Tarantino Insurance Brokerage is a full-service retail...
Fraud Roundup
Aug 7 2006 // Utah agent charged with pocketing premiums Ryan Webb, a Salt Lake County, Utah, insurance agent, was charged with insurance fraud, a second degree felony, unlawful dealing by a fiduciary, a second degree felony, theft by...
Colorado workers’ comp premium holds steady
Aug 7 2006 // Colorado employees are likely to see their workers’ compensation costs remain unchanged for 2007. State Insurance Commissioner David Rivera said the National Council on Compensation Insurance will not be filing for...
Colorado workers’ comp premium holds steady
Aug 7 2006 // Colorado employees are likely to see their workers’ compensation costs remain unchanged for 2007. State Insurance Commissioner David Rivera said the National Council on Compensation Insurance will not be filing for...
Fraud Roundup
Aug 7 2006 // Utah agent charged with pocketing premiums Ryan Webb, a Salt Lake County, Utah, insurance agent, was charged with insurance fraud, a second degree felony, unlawful dealing by a fiduciary, a second degree felony, theft by...
The Drive Group Opens Colorado Data Center
Aug 3 2006 // The Drive Group of Insurance Companies, the largest auto insurer through independent agents and brokers in the country, announced the completion of a new data center and document production facility in Colorado Springs,...
Unitrin Direct Lowering Auto Rates in Colorado
Jul 27 2006 // Unitrin Direct is lowering auto rates 6 percent in Colorado. The reduction is largely due to recent legislative insurance reform, House Bill 1188, that shifted Colorado from no- fault insurance to a tort system on July 1,...
Colorado Workers’ Compensation Premium To Remain Unchanged
Jul 26 2006 // Colorado employees are likely to see their workers’ compensation costs remain unchanged for 2007. State Insurance Commissioner David Rivera said the National Council on Compensation Insurance will not be filing for...
Colorado Seizes $5 Million in Collateral from Bail Bond Agent
Jul 20 2006 // Colorado regulators said Tuesday they had seized about $5 million in loan documents and other collateral from a bail bond agent, saying some of it may have been improperly kept from the people who posted it. The state...
Colorado Casualty Provides Disaster Planning Web Tool for Businesses
Jul 20 2006 // Businesses insured through Colorado Casualty, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, will be among the first in the Mountain West and Southwest states to be able to use Open for Business, a free, web-based tool that allows them...
Colorado Casualty Offers Policyholders Disaster Planning Guides
Jul 18 2006 // Colorado Casualty, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, is helping its 14,000 homeowner insurance policyholders and homeowners throughout the West and Southwestern states protect their families and homes during wildfire...
