Latest Colorado Headlines
All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Family of Colorado Man Killed by Deputy Files Lawsuit
Feb 27 2023 // The family of a man who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy outside a Colorado middle school while students were being picked up alleges in a wrongful death lawsuit that deputies unnecessarily escalated a...
Colorado Among States Looking To Remove Legal Protections for Gun Industry
Feb 24 2023 // Mass shootings in America invariably raise questions of fault. The police’s delayed response outside an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. A district attorney’s failure to prosecute the alleged Club Q shooter...
Death of Handcuffed Man in Colorado Ruled Homicide, Lawsuit Expected
Feb 17 2023 // The death of a man who was handcuffed after a mental health team responded to a call of him walking out into traffic last year has been ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday by lawyers for his...
Colorado Nursing Home Worker Acquitted in Death of Alzheimer’s Victim Left in Heat
Feb 7 2023 // One of three assisted living facility workers prosecuted in the death of an 86-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease left outside in 100-degree heat has been acquitted. Jurors found Jenny Logan, 52, not guilty of...
Woman Who Survived Train Crash into Patrol Car Files Lawsuit in Colorado
Jan 31 2023 // A woman who was seriously injured when the parked patrol car she was detained in was hit by a freight train filed a lawsuit against police, accusing three officers of acting recklessly and failing in their duty to take...
Insurers Agree to Extend ALE Coverage for Colorado Wildfire Survivors
Jan 19 2023 // Insurers agreed to a request from the Colorado Division of Insurance to extend additional living expenses coverage for Marshall Fire survivors. Homeowners’ insurance companies have agreed to extend coverage for up to...
Alera Group Acquires Insurance Benefits by Design in Colorado
Jan 11 2023 // Alera Group acquired Insurance Benefits by Design in Colorado. Insurance Benefits by Design offers insurance benefits for employers, individuals and families. IBBD is an affiliate of Sage Benefit Advisors, an Alera Group...
Women Sexually Abused by ICU Nurse Sue Colorado Hospital
Dec 22 2022 // Two women who say a nurse sexually assaulted them while they were unconscious in intensive care filed a lawsuit against the Colorado hospital where they were being treated, alleging the hospital’s management...
People Moves: Powers Adds Goode in Colorado
Dec 22 2022 // Powers Insurance & Risk Management, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, has hired Keith Goode as a Colorado-based, remote commercial risk manager. Goode is responsible for generating leads, developing new business,...
Ewing-Leavitt Acquires Stolte Insurance Agency in Colorado
Dec 16 2022 // Loveland, Colorado-based Ewing-Leavitt Insurance acquired Stolte Insurance Agency in Arvada, Colorado. Owner Rodger Bailey and his staff will join Ewing-Leavitt Insurance and Leavitt Group. For the time being, Stolte...
NFP Acquires Olson & Olson in Colorado
Nov 29 2022 // NFP acquired Olson & Olson Insurance Services Inc. in Denver, Colorado. Firm leaders Darrell Olson II and Lance Olson will join NFP and report to John Hohman, president, West region, NFP. Olson & Olson is an...
Regulatory Roundup: HCSMs, Delaware P&C Market Regulations, and Colorado Changes After Marshall Fire
Nov 9 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. State by state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory cultures can lend one the impression that keeping up with...
Commissioner Says 2021 Colorado Wildfire Losses Surpass $2B
Nov 7 2022 // A wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and businesses in suburban Denver last winter caused more than $2 billion in losses, making it by far the costliest in Colorado history, the state insurance commissioner...
Colorado Man Gets $7M Settlement in Stun Gun Case
Nov 4 2022 // The Colorado city of Idaho Springs said it has agreed to pay $7 million to a 75-year-old man who said an officer used a stun gun on him without warning and dragged him from his apartment after a dispute with a neighbor,...
Commissioner Says 2021 Colorado Wildfire Losses Surpass $2B
Oct 31 2022 // A wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and businesses in suburban Denver last winter caused more than $2 billion in losses, making it by far the costliest in Colorado history, the state insurance commissioner...
Colorado-Based Emergency Transport Companies Sued for Religious, Disability Discrimination
Oct 27 2022 // Emergency transport companies Global Medical Response, Inc. (“GMR”), American Medical Response, Inc. (“AMR”), and AMR’s subsidiaries located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, violated federal...
Inszone Insurance Completes Acquisition of Precision in Colorado
Oct 17 2022 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Precision Insurance in Colorado. Precision Insurance was opened in November of 2017 by Heather McBroom. Inszone was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Sacramento, California....
Regulatory Roundup: Louisiana Offers Extension for Homeowners with Canceled Coverage, Illinois Asks for Honesty, Colorado Looks for Marshall Fire Claims Relief
Oct 17 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. State by state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory cultures can lend one the impression that keeping up with...
People Moves: PEMCO Adds Sipes in Washington; Fernandez Named to Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado Board
Oct 13 2022 // PEMCO Mutual Insurance has welcomed Heather Sipes to the Seattle, Washington-based insurer’s marketing communications as a communications manager. Sipes has more than11 years of experience in marketing...
Confie Acquires CoWest Insurance Group in Colorado
Oct 3 2022 // Confie acquired Colorado-based CoWest Insurance Group and the firm’s 30 insurance agency network. The acquisition underscores Confie’s plans to create an insurance agency network for independent agents within...
