Latest Colorado Headlines
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Colorado Complaint Index Compares Insurance Companies
Aug 8 2008 // Colorado’s Division of Insurance has published an online index of insurance company complaints, allowing consumers to see whether a company has an above, below, or average number of complaints compared to other...
Colorado Climatologist Raises Hurricane Forecast
Aug 8 2008 // Noted hurricane researcher William Gray, a former Colorado State University climatologist, has revised his Atlantic forecast upward and now calls for a total of nine hurricanes this season — an increase of one. Gray...
Study Suggests 1.35M in Colorado Could be Underinsured
Jul 30 2008 // More than a third of the patients who went to 37 primary-care health clinics across Colorado on a single day were uninsured, researchers said, suggesting that at least 1.35 million people statewide could be in the same...
Report: Toyota Tacoma Safest of Small Pickups
Jul 24 2008 // Small pickups aren’t providing as much protection in side crashes as many new cars and sport utility vehicles. The Toyota Tacoma was the only one of five small pickup trucks, all 2008 models, to earn the highest...
Colorado Counties Want ATV Laws Expanded
Jul 22 2008 // Four counties in southwestern Colorado that passed a law requiring driver’s licenses and liability insurance for ATV riders want the state to enact similar requirements. Officials in San Juan, Hinsdale, Ouray and San...
When is a Collapse a Collapse?
Jul 7 2008 // Navigating the Field of Conflicting Views Consider the following scenario: An earthquake, tornado, flood or similar natural catastrophe causes significant structural damage to an insured’s home. Although the building...
Auto Thefts in Colorado Dip 40 Percent in 2 Years
Jun 30 2008 // Auto thefts reported to police in Colorado dipped 40 percent between 2005 and 2007, partly because of a stronger focus on preventing and solving those crimes and tougher penalties in at least one community. Auto thefts,...
Colorado Division of Insurance To Assist with Compliants in Windsor
Jun 19 2008 // The Colorado Division of Insurance announced it is sending staff to the Windsor Disaster Recovery Center to assist residents with insurance questions and problems following the tornado and hailstorms that struck the town...
Insurers: Don’t Have to Cover Colorado Organic Dairy in Suit
Jun 16 2008 // Four insurers have asked a judge to declare they do not have to pay to defend or indemnify Aurora Organic Dairy against a lawsuit challenging claims about the dairy’s milk. The lawsuit in question alleges the...
Business Moves
Jun 16 2008 // Lockton, Schwander Insurance Services The Denver office of Lockton Companies LLC, a privately held insurance broker, acquired Schwander Insurance Services of Centennial, Colo. Schwander CEO and President Michael Schwander...
Colorado Approves Auto Insurance Med Pay Bill, ‘Bad Faith’ Bill
Jun 12 2008 // Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has signed Senate Bill 11, which creates rules concerning funding for the provision of uncompensated trauma care to persons injured in motor vehicle accidents, and House Bill 1407, allowing the...
Van Gilder Sells Colorado Springs Office To CB Insurance
Jun 9 2008 // Michael Van Gilder, CEO of Van Gilder Insurance Corp., and Steve Schneider, president of CB Insurance LLC, an affiliate of Central Bancorp, announced their firms have signed a letter of intent for the sale and purchase of...
Colorado Researchers Predict 8 Atlantic Hurricanes, 4 Major
Jun 4 2008 // Weather researcher William Gray’s team is calling for eight hurricanes in the Atlantic this year, four of them major. The forecast calls for a very active season, with 15 named storms. The revised outlook from the...
Colorado Authorities Say 1 Arsonist May Be Responsible for 17 Fires
Jun 3 2008 // Grand Junction, Colorado police are investigating 17 downtown fires they say may be the work of a single arsonist. The fires began Jan. 8 and the most recent was last week. Fires have been set in carports, garages and at...
Colorado Residents Cleaning Up After Tornadoes, Hail
Jun 2 2008 // Colorado residents affected by powerful storms that struck the northern part of the state about 80 miles north of Denver on May 22, 2008, are beginning to sort through the wreckage and pick up the pieces. According to the...
Colorado’s Cherry Creek Insurance and Gaspar Jones Merge
May 29 2008 // Colorado-based Cherry Creek Insurance and Gaspar Jones have merged operations. Beginning immediately, the companies will execute the integration of the two agencies. The combined staff of 55 insurance professionals will...
Colorado Tornado, Hail Damage Adds Up To Estimated $147M in Damage
May 28 2008 // Colorado residents in Windsor and surrounding communities are starting the process of repairing and rebuilding their homes, following May 22’s tornadoes and hail and wind storm. Meanwhile insurance companies have...
Colorado Residents Cleaning Up After Tornadoes, Hail
May 23 2008 // Colorado residents affected by powerful storms are beginning to sort through the wreckage and pick up the pieces. According to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association, it is too early to estimate the total...
Tornado Strikes Northern Colorado
May 22 2008 // A large tornado struck Northern Colorado on May 22, 2008, striking several areas in the town of Windsor, which is about 80 miles north of Denver. Initial reports indicate one person was killed, but there were no official...
Colorado Casualty Offers Commercial Lines Products
May 21 2008 // Englewood, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, is introducing its new commercial lines product portfolio and Web-based underwriting application to agents in Colorado, Nevada,...
