Latest Colorado Headlines
All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pinnacol Officials Face Colo. Lawmakers
Jun 8 2010 // Officials from Colorado’s state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer Pinnacol Assurance have some explaining to do. The Legislative Audit Committee recently met to go over the company’s financial...
Recent Colorado Storm Caused Estimated $70M in Insured Damage
Jun 4 2010 // The first major Colorado hail and wind storm of 2010 carries an estimated insurance price tag of $70 million, according to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association (RMIIA). Approximately 13,600 auto and...
Insurers Paid $768 Million in Losses from 2009 Colorado Windstorm
May 25 2010 // An insurance organization says a windstorm that brought two weak tornadoes, rain and hail to the western Denver suburbs last July caused $768 million in insured losses to vehicles and homes. The Rocky Mountain Insurance...
Insured Damage Estimates for 2009 Colorado Storm Season at $1.4 Billion
May 19 2010 // Final insurance damage estimates for Colorado’s 2009 summer storm season has been tallied at $1.4 billion, making it the most expensive in state history, according to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information...
People
May 17 2010 // Irvine, Calif.-based Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. named Tom Crawford chairman of the board of directors. Before joining Superior Access, Crawford served as chairman, president and CEO of Crawford & Co. With...
Business Moves
May 17 2010 // Security Planning, CSIPros Salt Lake City-based Security Planning & Insurance Corp., an insurance carrier in the childcare industry, launched Charter School Insurance Professionals (CSIPros), an insurance company to...
Colorado Rejects Bill Restricting Video Surveillance
May 17 2010 // The Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee has defeated a bill that would have limited the use of surveillance of employees who have submitted a workers’ compensation claim. Among other things, HB 1012, would have...
Colorado Rejects Bill Restricting Video Surveillance
May 6 2010 // The Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee last night defeated a bill that would have limited the use of surveillance of employees who have submitted a workers’ compensation claim. Among other things, HB 1012, would...
Allstate To Appoint 51 New Agents in Colorado in 2010
Apr 29 2010 // Allstate Insurance Co. has sannounced it is looking to appoint 51 exclusive agency owners in Colorado in 2010. “We see a significant opportunity in the current economy to attract mid-career, mid-level managers to own...
Colorado Bill May Drive Contractors Insurers Out of State
Apr 28 2010 // The Colorado House of Representatives has passed a bill that may have the unintended consequence of driving insurers that provide contractors coverage out of state, according to the Professional Independent Insurance...
Colorado Casualty Names Nance-Ona as Nevada Territory Manager
Apr 23 2010 // Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced the appointment of Diane Nance-Ona as territory manager for Nevada. Nance-Ona will implement operational strategies and marketing plans to...
Colorado House Bill Aims To Increase Insurance Fraud Fighting Fund
Apr 12 2010 // The Colorado House has passed a bill to increase funding to help fight insurance fund by surcharging insurance companies. Insurers currently are charged $425 annually, and House Bill 1385 that amount to $561. Revenue from...
Forecasters Predict Above-Average Hurricane Season in 2010
Apr 8 2010 // The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will produce an above-average eight hurricanes, four of them major, posing a heightened threat to the U.S. coastline, the Colorado State University hurricane forecasting team predicted...
Pinnacol Assurance Offers Colorado $330 Million to Become Private Insurer
Apr 5 2010 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s quasi-governmental workers’ compensation insurer, has submitted a potential separation agreement to Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter that would establish Pinnacol as a domestic mutual...
Colorado Appoints 3 to Workers’ Comp Cost Containment Board
Apr 2 2010 // Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has has made three appointments to the Workers’ Compensation Cost Containment Board. Michael W. Mitchell of Windsor will serve a term expiring Dec. 13, 2011. Richard C. Zellen of Arvada will...
Pinnacol Separation Proposal Off the Table for 2010
Apr 1 2010 // The Colorado General Assembly has decided not to consider Pinnacol Assurance’s proposed plan to separate from the state, according to the company. Earlier in March, the quasi-governmental workers’ compensation...
People
Mar 22 2010 // Iroquois of California based in Sacramento, Calif., added a former insurance consultant, marketing manager and agency owner to its staff. Mike Mullens will serve as regional manager in Northern California, bringing more...
Colorado Bill Aims to Make Insurance Policies More Readable
Mar 22 2010 // The Colorado House is considering a bill that would require automobile insurance policies, health benefit plans, limited benefit health insurance, dental plans, and long-term care plans that are issued or renewed on or...
Pinnacol Assurance Offers Colorado $330 Million to Become Private Insurer
Mar 19 2010 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s quasi-governmental workers’ compensation insurer, has submitted a potential separation agreement to Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter that would establish Pinnacol as a domestic mutual...
Colorado Wants Protections Against Uninsured Motorists
Mar 16 2010 // The Colorado House has passed a bill that requires a motor vehicle insurance company to be appointed as an insured person’s agent in a lawsuit arising from an accident in which the at-fault driver is deemed to be...
