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Energy Industry Liability May Cover Contamination Claims from Colorado Flooding
Oct 7 2013 // Colorado residents and businesses face devastating water inundation that many are dubbing a one-in-500-years weather event. Nearly 2,400 square miles were saturated with water causing massive dislocation and loss of life....
Colorado Weighs Whether to Relocate Rivers After Flood
Oct 4 2013 // Coloradans are debating whether rivers that strayed as much as three-quarters of a mile in last month’s floods can or should be moved back to their old channels. Irrigation companies that pull water from rivers for...
Homeowner Fees Recommended To Address Colorado Fires
Oct 2 2013 // Colorado homeowners living in high-risk wildfire areas should be charged fees, and officials need to adopt statewide building requirements to address destructive fires, according to recommendations Monday from a group...
Possible Shutdown Could Hurt Colorado Flood Recovery
Oct 2 2013 // While officials promise that direct aid to Colorado flooding victims won’t be affected by a possible government shutdown, a standoff in Washington could still end up hurting the state’s recovery...
Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against Colorado Bar After Triple-Fatal Crash
Sep 30 2013 // The parents of a 16-year-old Carbondale girl who was killed in a car crash have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Glenwood Springs bar, saying it served the underage driver alcohol before the accident. The Post...
Synthetic Marijuana Death Prompts Lawsuit Against Colorado Store
Sep 25 2013 // The death of a 19-year-old who died after smoking synthetic marijuana has prompted a wrongful death suit against a Colorado Springs convenience store. Stephane Colbert alleges that her son, Nicholas A. Colbert, died in...
Opinion: Energy Industry Liability May Cover Contamination Claims From Colorado Flooding
Sep 24 2013 // Colorado residents and businesses face devastating water inundation that many are dubbing a one-in-500-years weather event. Early reports confirm nearly 2,400 square miles saturated with water causing massive dislocation...
Colorado Flooding: The Silver Lining
Sep 23 2013 // Surging waters in Colorado swept away barns, silos and fences and left houses covered in mud in this northern agricultural town. The flood waters were so powerful they uprooted irrigation pipes and spread them around the...
EQECAT: Colorado Floods $2B in Economic Losses and Climbing
Sep 20 2013 // The floods in Colorado caused an estimated $2 billion in economic losses, according to a report from catastrophe modeling firm EQECAT. The flooding has been blamed for multiple fatalities, it’s estimated 1,500 homes...
Heartbreak For Some In Colorado With No Flood Policy
Sep 20 2013 // Jessica Klauzer-Zimmerman and her children have been sleeping on friends’ couches since floodwaters sloshed into her Boulder townhouse – which wasn’t covered by flood insurance.”We were told we...
Opinion: Insurance Industry Changes to Follow Wicked Colorado Weather
Sep 20 2013 // As the sun peaked out of the normally bright blue Colorado sky, homeowners and businesses began to assess the damage done by the 100-year flood, as weather experts have labeled the devastating rain that pummeled the...
In Flood-Struck Colorado, Concerns About Fracking Spills
Sep 19 2013 // Contaminated water spilling from flooded oil and gas drilling sites in Colorado is refocusing attention on the environmental risks surrounding America’s fracking boom. Floods that have devastated north-central...
Webinar: Lessons to be Learned from Colorado Flood, D.C. Shootings
Sep 18 2013 // Drawing off the massive flooding in Colorado and Naval shipyard shootings in Washington, D.C., the second in a series of webinars being put on for National Preparedness Month focused on unforeseen crises as examples of the...
Flooding Another ‘Unprecedented’ Event for Colorado
Sep 16 2013 // Another disaster plaguing the state, widespread flooding in Colorado is being viewed as an “unprecedented” event in which losses will take quite some time to calculate – although there are more immediate...
Flash Flooding Causes Damage in Northern Colorado
Sep 13 2013 // Three days of intense rainfall in many areas of Colorado has resulted in severe, widespread flooding and collapsed homes, according to Boston-based catastrophe modeler Air Worldwide. The greatest threat is to cities along...
Yosemite May Be Harbinger of California’s Wildfire Potential
Sep 9 2013 // The massive wildfire in Yosemite is seen by some as a harbinger of what could be a “worst case scenario” when California enters its typical wildfire season in October — continued drought, lots of unburned...
Risk Ratings Weighed for Homes in Fire-Prone Areas in Colorado
Sep 6 2013 // A state task force is mulling a plan that would assign more than 550,000 Colorado homes in wildfire-prone areas a risk rating that would be provided to insurance companies. The task force also discussed plans for a fee on...
Yosemite May Be Harbinger of California’s Wildfire Potential
Aug 27 2013 // The week-and-a-half-old wildfire in Yosemite is seen by some as a harbinger of what could be a “worst case scenario” when California enters its typical wildfire season in October – continued drought, lots of...
Park Service Backs Off Recreation Insurance Hikes in Colorado
Aug 26 2013 // The National Park Service is reconsidering increased insurance requirements for whitewater boating outfitters in Dinosaur National Monument after companies said a big jump in the liability insurance could sharply drive up...
Colorado’s Pinnacol Names Scott Associate Vice President
Aug 22 2013 // 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...
