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PCI urging Colo. lawmakers to reject insurance data reporting bill

Mar 6 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) testified before the Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee that legislation HB 1330, which would impose extensive new data reporting requirement on...

Colo. Supreme Court Decides Negligent Hiring Case

Mar 3 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has joined other industry members in an amicus brief to Colorado’s Supreme Court arguing that an employer is not liable under the tort of negligent...

Colo. Man Injured in Natual Gas Pumping Station Explosion

Feb 28 2006 // A fire and possible explosion at an EnCana natural gas pumping station injured one employee near Dacono and southwest of Fort Lupton, Colo., sheriff’s officials said. Weld County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Margie...

Denver court denies class action certification in Morris v. Travelers

Feb 20 2006 // U.S. District Court Judge Edward Nottingham has denied a class certification in Morris v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of America, according to Morrison & Foerster LLP. The law firm represented Travelers in court in...

Colo. senate wants insurers to pay medical bills

Feb 20 2006 // Auto insurers would have to pay ambulance and emergency room bills in car accidents, under a measure backed by a Colorado Senate panel. Officials for hospitals and ambulance services said someone needs to help them pay for...

Colorado wants to form consumer insurance board to advise commissioner

Feb 20 2006 // The Colorado House has introduced a bill that would create a Consumer Insurance Board to provide policy guidance to the Commissioner of Insurance, gather and prepare information for hearings regarding proposed insurance...

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Feb 19 2006 // Denver court denies class action certification in Morris v. Travelers U.S. District Court Judge Edward Nottingham has denied a class certification in Morris v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of America, according to Morrison...

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Feb 19 2006 // Colorado wants to form consumer insurance board to advise commissioner The Colorado House has introduced a bill that would create a Consumer Insurance Board to provide policy guidance to the Commissioner of Insurance,...

PCI Urging Colo. Lawmakers to Reject Insurance Data Reporting Bill

Feb 17 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) testified before the Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on Friday that legislation (HB 1330), which would impose extensive new data reporting...

AIG Auto Insurance Lowers Colo. Rates

Feb 14 2006 // AIG Auto Insurance is implementing a five percent rate decrease in Colorado. The move will lower auto insurance costs on over 10,000 vehicles and resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of savings for Colorado...

Colo. Wants to Form Consumer Insurance Board

Feb 13 2006 // The Colorado House has introduced a bill that would create a Consumer Insurance Board to provide policy guidance to the Commissioner of Insurance, gather and prepare information for hearings regarding proposed insurance...

Colo. Medical Payment Bill Goes Down to Defeat

Feb 13 2006 // Legislation to force Colorado consumers to buy medical payment coverage was narrowly defeated Monday on the Colorado House floor. House Bill 1036, killed by a one-vote margin, would have required insurers to provide $5,000...

Colo. Bill Denying Workers’ Comp to Illegal Immigrants Dies in Committee

Feb 10 2006 // A Colorado proposal to deny workers’ compensation benefits to illegal immigrants injured on their jobs has died in a Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee. Republican Sen. Greg Brophy’s bill 98 would...

Colorado Defeats Legislation to Change Claims Practices for Liability Coverage

Feb 9 2006 // The Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee has unanimously rejected an attempt to convert auto liability coverage into a quasi no-fault coverage for health care providers. The Property Casualty Insurers...

People & Places

Feb 6 2006 // Bob Amado, president of Colemont’s Northern California offices, has retired, effective Jan. 1, 2006. Doris Barnett has been named his successor. Amado joined Colemont in 1997 and was instrumental in growing the...

Colo. considers emergency responder proposal

Feb 6 2006 // Colorado legislators are considering an amendment that would eliminate a requirement for auto insurance customers to purchase compulsory coverage to pay for emergency medical care services. The proposal was offered as an...

Colorado State U. review finds 2005 hurricane season ‘Most active

Feb 5 2006 // A list of the 2005 hurricane season’s most unique characteristics and facts has been released by Colorado State University. A CSU statement said that the just-completed hurricane season was the most active and...

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Feb 5 2006 // Colo. Considers Emergency Responder Proposal Colorado legislators are considering an amendment that would eliminate a requirement for auto insurance customers to purchase compulsory coverage to pay for emergency medical...

Feb 5 2006 // People Bob Amado, president of Colemont’s Northern California offices, has retired, effective Jan. 1, 2006. Doris Barnett has been named his successor. Amado joined Colemont in 1997 and was instrumental in growing...

Colo. Senate Panel Backs Requiring Auto Insurers to Pay Medical Bills

Feb 3 2006 // Auto insurers would have to pay ambulance and emergency room bills in car accidents under a measure backed by a Colorado Senate panel. Officials for hospitals and ambulance services said someone needs to help them pay for...