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Colorado Jury Gives Man $6M After Being Beaten by Guard
Mar 13 2018 // A federal jury in Denver, Colo. has awarded $6 million to a convicted murderer who was beaten by a guard so severely that he must now use a wheelchair. The Denver Post reports jurors determined Wednesday that Mitchell...
Pinnacol in Colorado Names Arnold, Busse and Lindsay to Board
Mar 5 2018 // Pinnacol Assurance in Colorado has named Fiona Arnold, Brad Busse and Bill Lindsay to its board of directors for the term that began Jan. 1, 2018. All three were confirmed unanimously by the Colorado Senate after...
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Mar 5 2018 // Integro Insurance Brokers has named Jacquelyn Neal as a principal in the marine practice. Neal is based in the San Francisco, Calif., office. She will manage a book of existing marine clients and develop new cargo and...
Colorado Firefighter Sues Employer for Bias and Harassment
Mar 2 2018 // A Colorado firefighter has filed a lawsuit accusing her employer of gender discrimination and sexual harassment. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Jennifer Taylor, who works for Colorado River Fire Rescue, which...
Former Colorado Police Officer Sentenced for Defrauding Homeowners Insurer
Feb 20 2018 // A former Colorado police officer has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and five years of probation for felony insurance fraud. The Post Independent reported that ex-Silt police Col. Michael Taylor was also ordered to pay...
Regulators Cite 4 Employers in Deadly 2017 Explosion in Colorado
Feb 19 2018 // Federal regulators have cited four employers, including the largest oil and gas producer in Colorado, for exposing employees to health and safety hazards in connection with a May 2017 explosion that killed one employee and...
Buckner Names Butler President of Colorado
Feb 13 2018 // The Buckner Co. has named Lance Butler president of Colorado operations. Butler will be responsible for managing the top line growth and operations in the state. Butler has more than 25 years of experience in large...
Legal Marijuana Worries Canadian Oil Companies with Strict Drug Testing Regimes
Feb 1 2018 // Once recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada, Garnet Amundson says it will get a lot harder to find the workers he needs at Essential Energy Services Ltd. And he isn’t the only employer who’s...
Regulators Cite 4 Employers in Deadly 2017 Explosion in Colorado
Jan 29 2018 // Federal regulators have cited four employers, including the largest oil and gas producer in Colorado, for exposing employees to health and safety hazards in connection with a May 2017 explosion that killed one employee and...
2017 ‘One of Worst’ for U.S. Weather with 15 Events Costing $1 Billion or More
Dec 29 2017 // In the year that President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris accord and downplayed global warming as a security threat, the U.S. received a harsh reminder of the perils of the rise in the planet’s temperature: a...
Index Shows Where People Are Moving in Next Few Months
Nov 30 2017 // It’s possible to know where in the country more homebuyers will be moving over the next 30 to 90 days, thanks to what’s called a “pre-mover” index. It turns out that the U.S. markets with the...
Pinnacol in Colorado to Drop Workers’ Comp Rates 7.4% in 2018
Nov 20 2017 // The Pinnacol Assurance board has approved a 2018 decrease in workers’ compensation rates that will average 7.4 percent for the insurer’s 57,000-plus Colorado policyholders. The decrease will become effective...
Austin American-Statesman: Texas Has 100s of Substandard Dams in Populated Areas
Nov 14 2017 // The earthen dam on the outskirts of Georgetown in Texas’ Williamson County certainly does not look flimsy. The Austin American-Statesman reports at 35 feet high and nearly a third of a mile long, it has done a...
Pinnacol in Colorado to Drop Workers’ Comp Rates 7.4% in 2018
Nov 13 2017 // The Pinnacol Assurance board has approved a 2018 decrease in workers’ compensation rates that will average 7.4 percent for the insurer’s 57,000-plus Colorado policyholders. The decrease will become effective...
Massachusetts Family Still Without Power Poisoned by CO from Generator
Nov 3 2017 // A Massachusetts family still without power days after a violent wind and rain storm struck New England was taken to the hospital after carbon monoxide from an outside generator seeped into their home. Fire officials in...
Study Links Colorado, New Mexico Quakes to Oil and Gas Fluid Injections
Oct 26 2017 // A rash of earthquakes in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico between 2008 and 2010 was likely due to fluids pumped deep underground during oil and gas wastewater disposal, according to a study from Colorado...
Holmes Murphy Names Holder Vice President in Colorado
Oct 25 2017 // Holmes Murphy has named Jim Holder vice president of employees benefits for the Colorado market. Holder was previously senior vice president for Cigna’s Mountain States Region. He was executive vice president in...
New Rules for Oil-Gas Lines Proposed Following Colorado Blast
Oct 19 2017 // Colorado energy regulators are proposing tighter rules for shutting down oil and gas pipelines after a fatal explosion blamed on natural gas leaking from a line that was thought to be out of service but was still connected...
IMA Names Terry Vice President and National Healthcare Practice Leader in Colorado
Oct 9 2017 // IMA Inc. has named Maria Terry vice president and healthcare practice leader. Terry has nearly 40 years of industry experience. She was most recently with Lockton Denver. Prior to Lockton, Terry worked for 21 years with...
Despite Rise in Catastrophe Losses, Home Insurance Loss Costs Declined in Recent Years
Sep 28 2017 // In 2016, Colorado and Texas homeowners suffered the greatest percentage of catastrophic losses due to extreme weather and other perils, according to a study of home insurance trends. The six-year LexisNexis Risk Solutions...
