Latest Colorado Headlines

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IMA Promotes Sims and Harvath to Vice Presidents

Mar 11 2010 // Denver-based IMA of Colorado Inc., a retail insurance brokerage, announced that Cathy Sims has been promoted to vice president – employee benefits, and Sandy Harvath has been promoted to vice president –...

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Mar 8 2010 // Steve Peeters, who most recently was president and chief operating officer of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Zurich Insurance Services, joined The Main Street America Group as vice president, commercial lines product. Peeters...

Colorado Bill Aims to Make Insurance Policies More Readable

Mar 4 2010 // The Colorado House is considering a bill that would require that automobile insurance policies, health benefit plans, limited benefit health insurance, dental plans, and long-term care plans that are issued or renewed on...

Colorado Entering Worst Month for Spring Snow Storms

Mar 1 2010 // Coloradans need to brace themselves for winter’s snowiest month, the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association is warning. March 17 marks the seventh anniversary of the state’s most damaging blizzard...

Colorado Bills Could Increase Insurance Costs for Consumers

Feb 22 2010 // Several bills up for hearings this week in the Colorado legislature that are being pushed by the Colorado Trial Bar are likely to contribute to frivolous lawsuits that drive up insurance costs for consumers, according to...

Worker’s Comp Company Offers $200M to Colorado

Feb 17 2010 // Colorado’s state-chartered worker compensation insurer has offered the state $200 million for greater autonomy. In exchange, Pinnacol Assurance would remain the state’s workers’ compensation insurer of...

Wells Fargo Insurance Appoints Delich in Colorado Springs

Feb 11 2010 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services has named Charles Delich branch manager for its office in Colorado Springs, Colo. Delich is responsible for leading the service and sales teams in Colorado Springs, including a focus on...

Economic Downturn Puts Pressure on Return-to-Work Programs

Jan 24 2010 // The recent recession and record unemployment rates have increased pressure on the workers’ compensation insurance system to help return injured employees back to work while effectively managing costs. That was one of...

Colorado Gov. Studies Workers’ Comp Insurer Sale

Jan 22 2010 // Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is meeting with an investment banker to study the possible sale of the state’s interest in Pinnacol Assurance, a state-chartered workers compensation insurer, his chief counsel said. Ritter...

Economic Downturn Puts Pressure on Return-to-Work Programs

Jan 15 2010 // The recent recession and record unemployment rates have increased pressure on the workers’ compensation insurance system to help return injured employees back to work while effectively managing costs. That was one of...

ACE Expands High Net Worth Personal Lines Product in Colorado

Jan 12 2010 // ACE Private Risk Service, part of the ACE Group, has expanded the availability of its ACE Platinum Portfolio policy, a personal insurance program for high net worth clients, to Colorado. In addition, Clare S. Schachter has...

Colorado Blog Calls Attention to Workers’ Comp Depression

Dec 15 2009 // Workers’ compensation treatment often overlooks addressing the mental and emotional consequences of an injury that keeps one out of work, the Colorado Workers’ Comp Blog says. The blog is calling attention to...

Colorado Transportation Officials Help the Inebriated

Dec 4 2009 // Need a cab ride home this holiday season? A break on a hotel room to spend the night? Or just help figuring out if you’re too buzzed to drive home? The Colorado Department of Transportation is trying to help...

Colorado Man Guilt of $21 Million Ponzi Scheme

Dec 4 2009 // A former stockbroker accused of running a $21 million Ponzi scheme from his suburban Denver home for 15 years has pleaded guilty to felony mail fraud. Shawn Merriman entered the plea Wednesday in federal court in Denver....

Colorado Researchers Admit Missing Hurricane Prediction

Nov 24 2009 // Colorado-based weather researchers say three hurricanes formed in the Atlantic this year, two fewer than they predicted before the season and one less than their August update called for. Colorado State University...

Kelley Named to Colorado’s Regulatory Agencies Department

Nov 23 2009 // Gov. Bill Ritter has appointed attorney Barbara J. Kelley of Denver to be the new executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, effective Dec. 1. She replaces Rico Munn, who became the executive...

Pinnacol Board to Oppose Colorado Bills

Nov 13 2009 // The board of directors of Colorado’s Pinnacol Assurance voted Thursday to oppose many of the bills proposed by a legislative committee last month. The proposed bills, which have not yet been introduced into the state...

Colorado Man Accused of Ponzi Scheme

Nov 12 2009 // A Denver man allegedly defrauded people in a national Ponzi scheme involving more than $12 million that was supposed to go real estate investments, the Colorado securities commissioner said Tuesday. Investigators contend...

Colorado Initiates System to Prevent Wildlife Crashes

Nov 11 2009 // Colorado’s Center for Native Ecosystems has announced the launch of a new website, www.I-70WildlifeWatch.org, intended to decrease the incidence of wildlife getting hit by cars on the state’s roadways. The...

Colorado Casualty Names Regional VP

Nov 11 2009 // Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, today announced the appointment of Lucas J. Bills to regional vice president for the company’s Denver region, which includes Colorado, Utah and...