Latest Colorado Headlines
All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AssuredPartners Acquires AirSure in Colorado, Texas
Feb 5 2014 // AssuredPartners Inc. has completed the acquisition of Golden, Colo.-based AirSure Limited LLC. AirSure specializes in insurance coverage, employee benefits and risk management services for businesses in the aviation...
Pot Workplace Law Will Get Review From Colorado Supreme Court
Jan 30 2014 // Pot may be legal in Colorado, but you can still be fired for using it. Now Colorado’s Supreme Court has agreed to review a marijuana-related firing in a case that could have big implications for the state’s pot...
Colorado Gets Stoned Driving Prevention Grant
Jan 27 2014 // Colorado plans to advertise the dangers of stoned driving and train more police officers in spotting drivers impaired by marijuana with a new $400,000 federal grant. “It’s ironic we’re using federal...
People – South Central
Jan 27 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Cos. added John Brooks as a senior field representative for Arkansas, Louisiana and eastern Texas. A graduate of Louisiana State University, Brooks has been part of the insurance industry...
Federal Flood Aid to Colorado Reaches $246M
Jan 16 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says nearly $246 million in federal aid has flowed into Colorado since the deadly September floods. FEMA said the aid includes $96 million in loans, $59.3 million in flood insurance...
Colorado Gets Stoned Driving Prevention Grant
Jan 14 2014 // Colorado plans to advertise the dangers of stoned driving and train more police officers in spotting drivers impaired by marijuana with a new $400,000 federal grant. “It’s ironic we’re using federal...
People – West
Jan 13 2014 // Equity Risk Partners named four insurance industry executives to its team in California, while also establishing the firm’s physical presence in Southern California. Equity’s new executive hires are Doug...
IMA Names Dingman ERM Director in Colorado
Jan 9 2014 // IMA Inc. named Rick Dingman director of enterprise risk management. Dingman will work with the operations teams and sales teams in developing and marketing alternative risk strategies designed to maximize risk efficiencies...
State Auto, Western Region, Makes Executive Changes
Jan 2 2014 // State Auto’s Western Region unit, based in Austin, Texas, has made new assignments and promotions effective Jan. 1, 2014, the company announced. Lyndell Haigood, previously regional vice president – personal...
Colorado Mine Where 2 Died Cited by Feds
Dec 24 2013 // Federal mine inspectors have found 97 violations at a Colorado mine where two miners died of carbon-monoxide poisoning last month. The Durango Herald reported that Mine Safety and Health Administration officials found the...
Tougher Drunk Driving Laws on Way in Colorado
Dec 19 2013 // Colorado drunk driving laws are about to get tougher in 2014. Starting on Jan. 1, any Colorado driver who refuses a sobriety test will be branded a persistent drunk driver. If they want their driver’s license back...
Hoag-Winkler Joins USI Colorado as Senior Vice President
Dec 16 2013 // Laurie Hoag-Winkler has been named senior vice president, employee benefits practice leader, for USI Colorado. USI Colorado is the firm formerly known as Van Gilder Insurance Corp. USI Insurance Services officially closed...
Lockton Moves Freeman to San Francisco, Taps Levy in Colorado
Dec 11 2013 // Lockton is expanding its global technology and privacy practice with staffing moves in several cities. Emily Freeman, founder and original leader of Lockton’s global technology and privacy practice, is now based in...
USI Completes Acquisition of Van Gilder in Colorado
Dec 10 2013 // USI Insurance Services officially closed its previously announced acquisition of Van Gilder Insurance Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Van Gilder’s name will be changing to USI Colorado. Commenting on the...
USI Insurance Acquires Van Gilder in Colorado
Dec 3 2013 // Valhalla, N.Y.-based USI Insurance Services has entered into an agreement to acquire Van Gilder Insurance Corp. in Denver, Colo. This deal is expected to close on Dec. 10. Terms were not disclosed. Van Gilder is a...
ECC Insurance Brokers Names Elliot Senior VP in Colorado
Dec 3 2013 // ECC Insurance Brokers Inc. named Debbie Elliott senior vice president of financial services. Elliott will be in charge of opening and developing the ECC office in Denver, Colo. Before ECC Elliot was the assistant vice...
Report Shows Nearly 5 Million Homes Endangered by Wildfires
Dec 2 2013 // More than 4.5 million U.S. households are at high or extreme risk from wildfire, according to new analysis by Verisk Insurance Solutions – Underwriting, a unit of Verisk Analytics. The analysis identified the number...
Suncor in Colorado to Pay $1.9 Million to Settle Oil Lawsuit
Dec 2 2013 // Suncor oil refinery operators have agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit by federal and state authorities over a toxic spill that contaminated Sand Creek and the South Platte River. A consent decree filed in U.S....
Colorado State Running Out of Money for Hurricane Forecasting
Nov 21 2013 // Colorado State University, which pioneered seasonal hurricane forecasting 30 years ago, may have issued its last prediction. The school’s Tropical Meteorological Project needs $150,000 or it will end in February,...
Suncor in Colorado To Pay $1.9 Million To Settle Oil Lawsuit
Nov 20 2013 // Suncor oil refinery operators have agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit by federal and state authorities over a toxic spill that contaminated Sand Creek and the South Platte River. A consent decree filed in U.S....
