Latest Colorado Headlines
All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
States Take on Hurricane Relief
Sep 19 2005 // The wheels of state governments across the continent are spinning into action to cope with the far-reaching devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Nearly all states are pitching in somehow. At least 40 states are providing...
Insurance Companies Pushing Colorado Mountain Residents to Firescape
Sep 19 2005 // Colorado’s average fire season has been a double-edged sword for Brett Gibson, a volunteer fire department chief in the tree-covered hills west of Boulder. He appreciates the lower threat of fires. But he is having...
Colo. Residents Settle Wildfire Lawsuit with Energy Provider
Sep 12 2005 // Jamestown, Colo. residents who sued Xcel Energy after losing homes or property in a wildfire in 2003 have settled their lawsuit against the company. The 49 plaintiffs agreed not to disclose financial terms of the...
Insurance Cos. Pushing Colo. Mountain Residents to Firescape
Sep 6 2005 // Colorado’s average fire season has been a double-edged sword for Brett Gibson, a volunteer fire department chief in the tree-covered hills west of Boulder. He appreciates the lower threat of fires. But he is having...
Brown & Brown Acquires Sleeping Giant Agency in Colo.
Sep 2 2005 // Brown & Brown Inc. of Tampa and Daytona Beach, Fla. has acquired the assets of The Fossi Group Inc. doing business as Sleeping Giant Agency Inc. of Steamboat Springs, Colo. The acquisition was announced jointly by...
Diederich Acquires Doctors’ Financial
Aug 25 2005 // Diederich Insurance Agency of Carbondale, Ill. today announced the holdings acquisition of Doctors’ Financial Group, Inc. of Denver, Colo. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Doctors’ Financial Group,...
AIA Urges Colo. Legislators to Consider Non-Auto Insurance Options to Provide Funding for Trauma Care
Aug 23 2005 // The American Insurance Association urged Colorado legislators to consider several viable non-auto insurance options for providing additional funding for trauma care, as needed, to address the shortfalls that arise for...
Homeowners Insurance Agent Directory
Aug 22 2005 // InsureMyHouse.com, an informational Web site about homeowners insurance, recently started an online directory of homeowners insurance agents. The directory started in Pennsylvania and is now open to all 50 states....
Hub International Acquires Blanchard Insurance Group
Aug 4 2005 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited is expanding its Southwest presence by acquiring the assets of Blanchard Insurance Group by Hub’s subsidiary, Talbot Agency Inc. Terms of the cash transaction were not...
Colorado Lawmakers Say They Have No Plans to Return to No-fault Auto
Jul 29 2005 // State lawmakers said July 27 they have no plans to return Colorado to no-fault auto insurance, but they questioned the savings claimed by state regulators in switching to a system that puts the financial burden for...
Hospitals Decry Switch in Colorado Auto Insurance Law
Jul 15 2005 // A coalition of Colorado health care providers says state hospitals are losing more than $80 million a year in revenue as a result of changes to the state’s auto insurance system. “The actual losses are probably...
Colo. Court Turns Down NHL Player’s Bid to Collect Disability Insurance
Jul 6 2005 // A Colorado court ruled that former NHL player Warren Rychel isn’t entitled to disability insurance for a hand injury he suffered in a 1998 brawl. Rychel, a former left wing for the Colorado Avalanche, sued...
PINNACOL ASSURANCE PRESIDENT PON TO RETIRE:
Jun 20 2005 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance, announced that President and CEO Gary Pon will retire this summer. Pon has served as the company’s CEO since 1986....
COLO. GOVERNOR VETOES NAMIC-OPPOSED BILL:
Jun 20 2005 // Colorado Gov. Bill Owens took a strong stand in support of tort reform and constitutional rights by vetoing a bill that would have allowed substitute service of process upon the Colorado Secretary of State, according to...
Ethics Panel Expands Probe Into Ohio Comp Bureau Investments
Jun 20 2005 // Ohio taxpayers may own 3,500 bottles of expensive wine and 265 illegal Cuban cigars found in the cellar of the suburban Denver home of a former employee of coin dealer Tom Noe. Authorities on Friday seized the wine,...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // WASH. CLIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR $14M FROM MARSH: More than 15,000 Washington businesses, associations, individuals and other organizations reportedly qualify for nearly $14 million in restitution offered by the nation’s...
News Briefs
Jun 20 2005 // WASH. CLIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR $14M FROM MARSH: More than 15,000 Washington businesses, associations, individuals and other organizations reportedly qualify for nearly $14 million in restitution offered by the nation’s...
Acordia Names Eldredge Managing Director, Colo. Operations
Jun 10 2005 // Acordia Inc., a Wells Fargo Company, has announced that Chris Eldredge has accepted the position of managing director, where he will oversee operations in Colorado. Eldredge brings more than 14 years of experience in...
Ethics Panel Expands Probe Into Ohio Comp Bureau Investments
Jun 8 2005 // Ohio taxpayers may own 3,500 bottles of expensive wine and 265 illegal Cuban cigars found in the cellar of the suburban Denver home of a former employee of coin dealer Tom Noe. Authorities on Friday seized the wine,...
Colo. Governor Vetoes NAMIC-Opposed Legislation
Jun 3 2005 // Colorado Gov. Bill Owens took a strong stand in support of tort reform and constitutional rights on Wednesday by vetoing a bill that would have allowed substitute service of process upon the Colorado Secretary of...
