Latest Colorado Headlines

Republicans Gain Control in State Houses

Nov 4 2010 // Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country. Tuesday night’s GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great...

Ross Joins Gallagher Benefit Services’ Denver Office

Nov 2 2010 // Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. of Denver announced that employee benefits expert Dutch Ross has joined the office as a senior client consultant. Ross has been an employee benefits broker and consultant for a more than a...

Nov 1 2010 // Colorado Raising Workers’ Comp Insurance Loss Costs 3.4% Most Colorado employers will be looking at an average 3.4 percent increase in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs, increasing the overall premiums...

Colorado Revising Flood Plain Rules

Oct 26 2010 // The staff of the Colorado Water Conservation Board is backing off a suggested flood plain rule that could have further limited where new hospitals, police stations and other critical facilities could be built. The board is...

Colorado Insurance Commissioner Recognized for Consumer Advocacy’

Oct 21 2010 // Colorado Insurance Commissioner Marcy Morrison has received the Excellence in Consumer Advocacy award, presented by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Consumer Representatives, at NAIC’s...

Study: Despite Rules, Surgery Mistakes Continuing

Oct 20 2010 // Three healthy men had their prostate glands removed. Five people had surgery on the wrong part of their spines. A child underwent an unneeded ear operation after the wrong person was called to go to the operating...

Colorado Raising Workers’ Comp Insurance Loss Costs 3.4%

Oct 18 2010 // Most Colorado employers will be looking at an average 3.4 percent increase in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs, increasing the overall premiums they pay for workers compensation insurance in 2011, the state...

Progressive Expanding in Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Texas

Oct 6 2010 // Progressive Insurance recently announced plans to add hundreds of new jobs in Colorado, Florida, Ohio and Texas by the end of January 2011. The additions include sales, service and claims positions. Progressive said it...

Colo. Fourmile Canyon Fire Most Expensive in State’s History

Oct 4 2010 // Insurance damage estimates from the Fourmile Canyon fire that burned in September now total more than $200 million, making it the most expensive wildfire in the state’s history, according to the Rocky Mountain...

Colorado Says Nebraska Insurer Pays $153,000 Fine

Sep 22 2010 // Colorado regulators say World Insurance Co. of Omaha, Neb., has paid a $153,000 fine after it was accused of not providing benefits it promised. The state Division of Insurance said that, among other things, the company...

Colorado Raids Insurance Fund to Fight Second Wildfire

Sep 15 2010 // Colorado is freeing up more money to help pay for fighting the wildfire burning near Loveland, the second major wildfire to hit the state in a week. An executive order issued Sept. 13 provides up to $3 million for the...

Firefighters Battle ‘Most Destructive Wildfire in Colorado History’

Sep 10 2010 // Approximately 700 firefighters have been battling a wildfire just outside Boulder, Colo., for five days. Meanwhile, Boulder residents are preparing to evacuate any time as the Fourmile Canyon fire spread to within 10 miles...

Pinnacol Assurance to Credit $15M to Certain Policyholders

Sep 6 2010 // Workers’ Comp Insurer Loses Battle to Keep Records Private Colorado’s Division of Insurance announced it has reached a settlement agreement with Pinnacol Assurance concerning filing issues raised earlier this...

Colo. Town Gives Green Light to Golf Carts on Roads

Aug 27 2010 // Erie, Colo., is the second community in Boulder County to allow people to drive golf carts on public streets. The town trustees voted 4-3 to allow the electric vehicles on streets with posted speed limits of 25 mph....

Pinnacol Assurance To Credit $15M to Certain Policyholders

Aug 26 2010 // Colorado’s Division of Insurance announced it has reached a settlement agreement with Pinnacol Assurance, the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, concerning filing issues raised earlier this...

Pinnacol Tells Court Records Should Remain Private

Aug 24 2010 // Colorado’s quasi-governmental workers’ compensation insurer Pinnacol Assurance has testified that records concerning a private business incentive event should remain private — yet a state judge...

Colorado Medical Malpractice Insurer Fined $48,400

Aug 16 2010 // Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies Division of Insurance has fined Denver-based COPIC, one of the state’s largest medical professional liability insurers, following a market conduct...

Colorado Questions Whether Pinnacol’s Rates Are Excessive, Unfair

Aug 12 2010 // Colorado’s Division of Insurance has scheduled a public hearing on Wednesday, August 25, to consider rates submitted by Pinnacol Assurance, the state’s quasi-governmental workers’ compensation insurer, to...

Baltimore Restaurant Workers Awarded $34M after CO Leak

Jul 30 2010 // A Baltimore jury has awarded $34.3 million to 23 employees of an Inner Harbor steakhouse who suffered brain damage as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. The plaintiffs worked for the Ruth’s Chris Steak House at...

Construction Claims: Understanding Colorado’s Statutory Notice of Claim Process

Jul 5 2010 // In the construction industry, it is almost inevitable that at some time contractors and design professionals will receive a notice of claim (NOC) letter. This is the first step in the claims process that may lead to an...