Latest Colorado Headlines
All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fraud Roundup
Nov 19 2006 // Northridge agent arrested in scheme to rob senior citizens California Department of Insurance (CDI) investigators have arrested a former Northridge, Calif., insurance agent who allegedly took more than three quarters of a...
Colo. election might affect key insurance issues
Nov 19 2006 // Colorado faced a controversial election day, with record lines to cast ballots. Ultimately, the tide turned in the Rocky Mountain state from red to blue, marking the first time in nearly 50 years that Democrats will...
Safeco Cuts Auto Rates in Colorado
Nov 17 2006 // Seattle-based Safeco announced it is cutting auto insurance rates in Colorado by as much as 21 percent, with the average Colorado customer experiencing a 4.8 percent decrease. Since July 2004, Safeco has taken rates down...
Colorado Casualty Adds Real-Time Functions for Agents
Nov 7 2006 // Colorado Casualty, a member of Liberty Mutual Group based in Denver, has added real-time policy inquiry, endorsement quoting, and electronic endorsement submissions to the roster of functions available through Personal IQ,...
Insurers cutting rates in Colorado, thanks to new tort system
Nov 6 2006 // Colorado’s largest automobile insurance provider plans to cut rates an average of 7.5 percent this month, saying the state’s switch from a no-fault to a tort insurance system is reducing costs. The expected cut...
News Currents
Nov 5 2006 // Insurers cutting rates in Colorado, thanks to new tort system Colorado’s largest automobile insurance provider plans to cut rates an average of 7.5 percent this month, saying the state’s switch from a no-fault...
Colorado Issues Cease and Desist Order Against Gorrocino
Nov 1 2006 // The Colorado Division of Insurance has issued an Emergency Cease and Desist Order against Joseph Gorrocino for transacting bail bond business without a license. The division launched an investigation after several...
Storm Buries Colorado Mountains under 18 Inches of Snow, Blizzard
Oct 27 2006 // A powerful snowstorm dumped 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow in parts of the Colorado mountains and spread eastward Thursday, snarling traffic and shutting down dozens of school districts. A 125-mile (201-kilometer)...
State Farm Credits Change to Tort System in Colo. for Lower Rates
Oct 26 2006 // Colorado’s largest automobile insurance provider plans to cut rates an average of 7.5 percent this month, saying the state’s switch from a no-fault to a tort insurance system is reducing costs. The expected cut...
Colorado State University predicts fewer hurricanes in 2006
Sep 25 2006 // Forecasters at Colorado State University have lowered their hurricane predictions for the year, based on below-average activity in August, as well as the ocean-weather patterns they track. “We expect slightly...
Colorado State University predicts fewer hurricanes in 2006
Sep 25 2006 // Forecasters at Colorado State University have lowered their hurricane predictions for the year, based on below-average activity in August, as well as the ocean-weather patterns they track. “We expect slightly...
Pinnacol Assurance Honored as “Top Company”
Sep 22 2006 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s oldest and largest workers’ compensation insurer, has been named the state’s “Top Company” in Financial Services by ColoradoBiz Magazine. Pinnacol was selected...
Salazar Seeks Federal Disaster Loans for Farmers Who Lost Wells
Sep 19 2006 // Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar said he has asked federal agriculture officials to reconsider their decision to deny drought disaster loans to farmers on the Eastern Plains whose wells were shut off in a water rights...
Millions of Young Adult Risk-Takers Uncovered
Sep 8 2006 // As Colorado’s snowboarding season approaches, so does the time of year when Katie Neal’s mom really freaks out. What bothers her mom, Neal said, is not the speed at which the 26-year-old slashes through...
Colorado State Predicts Fewer Hurricanes
Sep 7 2006 // Forecasters at Colorado State University have lowered their hurricane predictions for the year, based on below-average activity in August, as well as the ocean-weather patterns they track. “We expect slightly...
Insurer’s Policies for Churchgoers Attract Christians
Sep 5 2006 // Diana Drees was taking her children to a home-school group at the family’s church when she swerved on an icy road and crashed her Nissan Altima into a fence. Because she was on her way to a church function —...
Fraud Roundup
Sep 4 2006 // Ind. man convicted of wife’s hot tub death It took jurors only three hours before returning the guilty verdict against Michael B. Smith, 61, after hearing 10 days of testimony. Prosecutors maintained that Smith...
Colorado Issues Emergency Cease and Desist Order
Aug 29 2006 // The Colorado Division of Insurance has issued an Emergency Cease and Desist Order against The Global Healings Society for selling fake auto insurance to Colorado drivers. The Global Healings Society is also known as The...
Answers Still Elusive in 127-year-old Kansas Mystery
Aug 16 2006 // Researchers trying to solve a 127-year-old mystery still don’t have a usable DNA sample to help them. Two University of Colorado professors excavated a grave in Lawrence, Kan. in May supposed to belong to John...
Colorado Court: Drivers Not Liable for Hitting Animals in Road
Aug 15 2006 // Motorists who take reasonable action to avoid hitting large animals on the road cannot be held liable for negligence, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. It was the first time a Colorado court has set guidelines...
