Latest Colorado Headlines
All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Handsfree Cell Phone Bill Headed to Colorado Senate
Apr 29 2009 // A bill requiring Colorado drivers to use handsfree devices while talking on cell phones is headed to the Senate for a vote. The Senate Appropriations Committee backed House Bill 1094 on a 6-4 vote after exempting some...
Colorado’s April Snow Storm Piles onto Spring Flood Threat
Apr 28 2009 // The big melt is on across Colorado, increasing the threat of spring flooding, according to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association. It’s also a wake-up call to homeowners and renters that they may not...
19 Plant Workers Sickened at Colorado Power Plant
Apr 22 2009 // An official with the Tri-State Generation and Transmission plant in Craig, Colo., says the company is trying to figure out how 19 workers suffered burning eyes and nausea while working on a generating unit. Company...
Colorado Senate Panel Looks at Workers’ Comp to Fund Higher Ed
Apr 20 2009 // Colorado lawmakers are looking at a plan to take $500 million from the state-created workers’ compensation insurance company to reverse deep cuts in higher education. The Senate Appropriations Committee reviewed the...
Colorado Defeats Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Bill
Apr 20 2009 // Colorado lawmakers voted down SB 103, the Unfair Claims Practices Act. The legislation was killed in the House Health and Human Services Committee in a 6-5 vote. The bill would have “defined as an unfair claim...
Colo. Democrats Offer Alternate Budget Cuts
Apr 17 2009 // Democratic legislators in Colorado are offering an alternate package of budget cuts to avoid eliminating $300 million in funding to state colleges and universities, according to plans obtained by The Associated Press. The...
Colorado Senate Votes to Take $500 Million from Workers’ Comp Insurer
Apr 15 2009 // The Colorado Senate has backed two measures aimed at taking $500 million from a state-created workers compensation insurance company to balance next year’s budget over the objections of Pinnacol Assurance and the...
Colorado Attorney General: Workers’ Comp Assets Off Limits
Apr 13 2009 // The Colorado solicitor general says tapping a state-created workers’ compensation insurance company for money to balance the state budget would be unconstitutional. The analysis from Solicitor General Dan Domenico...
Colorado Defeats Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Bill
Apr 10 2009 // Colorado lawmakers voted down SB 103, the unfair claims practices act. The legislation was killed in the House Health and Human Services Committee in a 6-5 vote. The bill, if it had passed, would have “defined as an...
Pueblo, Colorado’s Flood Maps Could Change
Apr 10 2009 // Federal authorities may update flood plain maps in Pueblo, Colo., a revision that could require more areas to obtain flood insurance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is reconsidering decades-old maps of flood...
Pinnacol Exploring Ways to Help Colorado Budget
Apr 10 2009 // Pinnacol Assurance is exploring ways it could use its $2 billion in assets to voluntarily help the state balance its budget even as the state-created insurance company fights legislation that would hand over control of its...
Colorado Senate Panel Looks at Workers’ Comp to Fund Higher Ed
Apr 9 2009 // Colorado lawmakers are looking at a plan to take $500 million from the state-created workers’ compensation insurance company to reverse deep cuts in higher education. The Senate Appropriations Committee reviewed the...
U.S. Forecaster Lowers Atlantic Hurricane Prediction
Apr 7 2009 // Citing cooler seas and the prospect of a weak El Nino, Colorado State University’s hurricane team lowered its 2009 Atlantic forecast Tuesday to 12 tropical storms, of which six could become hurricanes. The research...
Colorado Insurance Division Launches Online Insurance Guide
Mar 25 2009 // Colorado Gov. Ritter announced that the Department of Regulatory Agencies’ Division of Insurance has launched a new online insurance guide. The Web site guides consumers through the many choices to consider when...
Colorado Casualty Introduces Workers’ Comp in Nevada
Feb 22 2009 // Englewood, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, has added workers’ compensation coverage to its commercial insurance product line in Nevada. “Bringing workers’...
Allstate Lowering Rates on Colorado Auto Policies
Feb 18 2009 // Colorado’s Division of Insurance announced that Allstate Insurance Group has decreased its rates for private passenger automobile policies in the state, providing a savings of $6.8 million to consumers through...
Colorado Casualty Introduces Workers’ Comp in Nevada
Feb 5 2009 // Englewood, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, announced it has added workers’ compensation coverage to its commercial insurance product line in Nevada. “Bringing...
Colorado Family Seeks $250,000 After Officer Kills Dog
Feb 2 2009 // The owners of a dog that was shot and killed by a Denver police officer are seeking $250,000 in punitive damages from the city. A claim filed by Joseph and Katy Drayer alleges Officer Brian Brown fatally shot their...
Pole-to-pole Flight Finds CO2 ‘Piling Up’ over the Arctic
Jan 30 2009 // Scientists who flew a modified corporate jet from pole to pole to study how greenhouse gases move found carbon dioxide piling up over the Arctic, but also higher than expected levels of oxygen over the Antarctic. The...
Region’s Best Practices Agencies
Jan 26 2009 // Each year since 1993, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America and Regan Consulting study leading agencies and brokers in the country. After the 2008 study, a total of 189 agencies from around the country...
