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Risk Of Lawsuits Preventing Abandoned Mine Cleanup In Colorado
Sep 11 2012 // Colorado mining authorities have dug through a mountainside and reopened the dark granite shaft of an abandoned mine that turned deadly, trying to find options for dealing with one of the West’s worst environmental...
Report: Wildfires Pose Risk to Three-Quarter-Million Western U.S. Homes
Sep 10 2012 // More than three-quarters of a million homes in the Western U.S. have a high risk of wildfire damage, according to a report released by Santa Ana, Calif.-based CoreLogic. CoreLogic’s Wildfire Hazard Risk Report...
Insurance Laws Hurting Colorado Wildfire Victims
Aug 31 2012 // Victims of wildfires that destroyed more than 600 homes this year say Colorado’s insurance laws need to be changed. State officials told victims attending a hearing in Fort Collins on Wednesday that they have heard...
Fat Tire Maker Says River Water Tainted By Colo. Wildfire
Aug 31 2012 // The maker of Fat Tire beer says it’s using a reserve water supply because the water in northern Colorado’s Poudre (POO’-der) River is tainted by a wildfire that destroyed hundreds of homes in June. New...
Weak Earthquake Shakes Colorado Mountains
Aug 23 2012 // A weak earthquake has hit the Colorado mountains. The National Earthquake Information Center says the quake Tuesday afternoon registered a preliminary magnitude of 3.3. It was centered north of Basalt and south of...
Up Next: California’s Wildfire Season
Aug 6 2012 // With Colorado’s and New Mexico’s record wildfire seasons freshly in mind, some experts are starting to take note that California’s wildfire season is nearing, and with that there are two main points to be...
Report: Insured Losses in Colorado Wildfires Nearly $450 Million
Aug 6 2012 // The two most destructive wildfires in Colorado’s history will cost insurers roughly $450 million, according to a regional insurance association. The massive figure for insured losses comes from the total 600 homes...
People – West
Aug 6 2012 // Cary W. White joined San Jose, Calif.-based Thoits Insurance as vice president. White is responsible for new business production, client retention and relationship management. White has more than 25 years of experience in...
Colo. Gov. Hickenlooper Seeks More Federal Wildfire Aid
Aug 3 2012 // Gov. John Hickenlooper is seeking more federal disaster aid for Colorado communities hurt by wildfires, saying they won’t be able to fully recover without it. In late June, President Barack Obama declared a disaster...
2 Dead, 3 Injured In Colo. Construction Zone Crash
Aug 2 2012 // The Colorado State Patrol says a six-vehicle crash in a construction zone in southern Colorado has left two people dead and seriously injured two others. Troopers say five vehicles were stopped on Colorado Highway 69 near...
Movie Studio Liability in Colorado Shooting Likely Limited
Jul 23 2012 // Families of victims and survivors of the deadly shooting at the Batman movie who seek to sue Warner Bros. and other companies behind “The Dark Knight Rises” are unlikely to get very far. The main reason, legal...
Aon: June’s Severe Weather Losses Near $2B in U.S.
Jul 23 2012 // Severe weather insurance losses in the United States were close to $2 billion in June, according to Aon Benfield’s Global Catastrophe Report. The report, published by Aon’s Impact Forecasting, noted that the...
Up Next: California’s Wildfire Season
Jul 19 2012 // With Colorado’s and New Mexico’s record wildfire seasons freshly in mind, some experts are starting to take note that California’s wildfire season is nearing, and with that there are two main points to be...
Colorado DUI Arrests Drop
Jul 17 2012 // Authorities say increased penalties and enforcement have driven down the number of drunken driving arrests over the past three years. According to records reviewed by the Denver Post, court filings for driving under the...
Report: Insured Losses in Colorado Wildfires Nearly $450 Million
Jul 17 2012 // The two most destructive wildfires in Colorado’s history will cost insurers roughly $450 million, a regional insurance association said on Tuesday. The massive figure for insured losses comes from the total 600 homes...
Colo. Fire Victims May Qualify for Immediate Flood Policies
Jul 10 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday announced that residents in Colorado affected by flooding as a result of the wildfire in Waldo Canyon and the wildfire in High Park could be eligible for an exception from...
June’s Severe Weather Losses Near $2 Billion in U.S.: Aon Benfield
Jul 10 2012 // U.S. severe weather insurance losses were close to $2 billion in June, according to Aon Benfield’s Global Catastrophe Report. Published by Aon’s Impact Forecasting, the report analyzes the natural disaster...
Taking Account of Colorado’s Wildfires
Jul 6 2012 // As adjusters and homeowners have increasing access to fire damaged areas at the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado just how large a figure will result from what are likely to go down as the state’s two most destructive...
Paper: $110M Worth Of Homes Lost In Colorado Wildfire
Jul 5 2012 // A newspaper’s analysis indicates that Colorado’s most destructive wildfire burned homes worth a total of more than $110 million in one of the neighborhoods affected by the blaze. The Denver Post reports the...
Most Colo. Counties Qualify For Drought Assistance
Jul 5 2012 // Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says 62 of Colorado’s 64 counties qualify for federal disaster relief due to drought conditions. Gov. John Hickenlooper says Vilsack notified him Tuesday that he was designating all...
