Latest Colorado Headlines
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New Blood Recommended for Pinnacol Assurance Board
Mar 7 2011 // Colorado’s Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee unanimously recommended the confirmation of John Cevette, Blair Richardson and John Plotkin to Pinnacol Assurance’s board of directors. On Feb. 22,...
Calif., Colorado Consider ‘Crash Tax’ Bans
Mar 7 2011 // Legislators in California and Colorado have proposed new laws that would prohibit communities from charging a fee when police and fire personnel respond to motor vehicle accidents. The city of Sacramento recently adopted...
Colorado’s Pinnacol Assurance CEO Stripped of 2010 Bonus
Mar 4 2011 // The board of insurance company Pinnacol Assurance has voted to strip CEO Kenneth Ross of his bonus for 2010. The Denver Post reports the board of the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer made its decision...
Colorado Casualty Expands Small Commercial Appetite
Mar 3 2011 // Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, has expanded its small commercial appetite with the addition of more than 60 business classes to its Commercial Protector (BOP) product. The majority of...
Colorado Aims to Rein In Pinnacol’s Spending
Mar 2 2011 // A Colorado legislator has proposed a bill to limit spending at state-chartered entities, like Pinnacol Assurance. Last year, the the quasi-governmental workers’ compensation insurer was criticized for lavish spending...
Colo. Governor Recommends Three to Pinnacol’s Board
Feb 24 2011 // Colorado’s Senate Business, Labor and Technology Committee has unanimously recommended the confirmation of John Cevette, Blair Richardson and John Plotkin to Pinnacol Assurance’s board of directors. On Tuesday,...
Calif., Colorado Consider Banning ‘Crash Taxes’
Feb 23 2011 // Legislators in both California and Colorado have proposed new laws that would prohibit communities from charging a fee when police and fire personnel respond to motor vehicle accidents. The city of Sacramento recently...
Colorado House Tables Credit Disclosure Bill
Feb 17 2011 // Legislators in Colorado are considering a bill that would require additional disclosures of information that insurers use for underwriting personal lines property/casualty insurance policies. House Bill 11-1127, concerning...
Allstate To Appoint 54 Agency Owners in Colorado
Feb 10 2011 // To increase presence in the Colorado marketplace, Allstate Insurance Co. announced it plans to appoint 54 Colorado agency owners by the end of 2011. Allstate’s new and existing agencies in the state will also hire...
Colorado Casualty Names Hickert Underwriting VP
Feb 4 2011 // Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, announced that Brenda K. Hickert has been named vice president, Underwriting. With more than 20 years of industry experience in positions of increasing...
Lischer Joins IMA of Colorado’s Surety Team
Jan 25 2011 // IMA of Colorado, Inc., a retail insurance brokerage based in Denver, has appointed Michael Lischer a surety account executive. IMA of Colorado is part of the IMA Financial Group Inc., a financial services company...
Business Moves
Jan 24 2011 // Hub International Chicago-based Hub International Ltd. (Hub), an insurance brokerage firm, has announced several acquisitions. It has acquired the shares of Hall-Conway-Jackson Inc. and the assets of Cascade Insurance...
People
Jan 10 2011 // Golden Eagle Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, appointed Spencer J. Donkin president and CEO. Donkin joins Golden Eagle Insurance from Liberty Mutual Agency Corp.’s Regional Companies Group,...
Hub International Acquires Four Western Companies
Jan 4 2011 // Chicago-based Hub International Ltd. (Hub), an insurance brokerage firm, has announced several acquisitions. It has acquired the shares of Hall-Conway-Jackson Inc. and the assets of Cascade Insurance Group Inc., Bothell,...
2010’s Top Insurance Stories in the West
Dec 23 2010 // In 2009, independent insurance agents and brokers faced a “perfect storm” with the economic downturn, premiums at a fraction of what they used to be, and unemployment and home foreclosure rates up, said Kevin...
Willis of Colorado Appoints Anderson Senior VP for Construction
Dec 10 2010 // Willis of Colorado Inc.’s Construction Unit in Denver has appointed Stephanie Anderson has been appointed senior vice president. Anderson will be responsible for developing growth strategies, heightening client...
Colorado Court: Expert Can’t Be Excluded From Malpractice Case
Dec 7 2010 // The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that a defense expert can testify in a medical malpractice case even though a defendant failed to produce the raw data that the expert had “considered” in rendering his...
People
Dec 5 2010 // Oakland, Calif.-based catastrophe risk modeling firm EQECAT Inc. named Bill Keogh president. He will be based in the Hackensack, N.J., office. Keogh previously served as senior vice president of strategic initiatives. He...
Colorado Insurance Commissioner Morrison Steps Down
Nov 30 2010 // Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies Executive Director Barbara Kelley announced the departure of Marcy Morrison as Colorado Insurance Commissioner. As of December 1, John J. Postolowski, a veteran state employee and...
$12 Million Recovered for Colorado Insurance Consumers, State Claims
Nov 12 2010 // Colorado insurance regulators fielded more than 25,500 inquiries from consumers in the past year, resulting in a total of nearly 5,000 formal grievances. During this period, the investigation of these grievances amounted...
