Pinnacol Assurance News

Pinnacol Names Gonzales VP of Medical Operations and Healthcare Strategy

Pinnacol Assurance has named Karyn Gonzales as the company’s new vice president of medical operations and healthcare strategy. Gonzales will oversee the performance and delivery of all medical operations, including our established and experienced network of medical providers, SelectNet. She …

Pinnacol Board in Colorado Names New Chief Executive Officer

Pinnacol Assurance’s board of directors named Philip B. Kalin president and CEO of Pinnacol. Kalin was selected as a finalist for the position on Oct. 23. Kalin will begin his service at Pinnacol on November 27. Pinnacol is required by …

Colorado’s Pinnacol Names Scott Associate Vice President

Pinnacol Assurance, a large workers’ compensation insurance provider in Colorado, named Jon Scott associate vice president of agency and product development. Prior to Pinnacol, Scott was regional vice president of sales and distribution at the Hanover Insurance Group. His nearly …

Colorado Wants Insurance Company to Cut Severance

Colorado wants top executives at the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurance fund to waive big severance payments if the quasi-state agency is privatized. Gov. John Hickenlooper and Pinnacol Assurance are negotiating over a proposal to privatize the insurer. Past efforts to …

Colorado Panel to Examine Pinnacol Privatization Proposal

A proposal to privatize the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer, Pinnacol Assurance, would give Colorado a $340 million ownership stake while restructuring it as a subsidiary of a mutual insurance holding company owned by policyholders. Pinnacol said Thursday its proposal would …

Report: Pinnacol Execs’ $4.3M Package Could Change

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and the new chairman of Pinnacol Assurance are looking into changing terms of a $4.3 million severance package for top executives of the state-chartered insurer. Hickenlooper and chairman Blair Richardson confirmed attorneys are looking at the …

Colorado Aims to Rein In Pinnacol’s Spending

A Colorado legislator has proposed a bill to limit spending at state-chartered entities, like Pinnacol Assurance. Last year, the the quasi-governmental workers’ compensation insurer was criticized for lavish spending at a work-related event at Pebble Beach, Calif. The bill, House …