Latest Colorado Headlines
All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
May 19 2008 // Barney & Barney, Saylor & Hill Barney & Barney LLC, a San Diego-based insurance brokerage, closed its merger with Saylor & Hill Co., an Oakland, Calif.-based brokerage. The combined companies will work...
Colorado Bill Gives Regulator Authority to Demand Insurance Compensation
May 19 2008 // Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has signed a bill that will allow the state Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), and its Division of Insurance the legal authority to demand that insurance companies or agents compensate...
Colorado Bill Would Boost Penalties for Poor Insurance Carrier Conduct
May 19 2008 // The Colorado House is considering a bill that is designed to protect consumers by strengthening penalties when insurance carriers act unreasonably. However, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is...
Colorado Supreme Court: Employer Must Pay Suspended Workers’ Comp
May 16 2008 // The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that an employer must pay temporary disability benefits to an employee although the employee had been suspended. According to Sigala vs. Atencio’s Market, Eva Sigala was injured...
Colorado Bill Gives Regulator Authority to Demand Insurance Compensation
May 9 2008 // Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has signed a bill that will allow the state Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), and its Division of Insurance the legal authority to demand that insurance companies or agents compensate...
Pinnacol Distributing $55 Million to Colorado Businesses
May 8 2008 // For the fourth year in a row, Denver-based Pinnacol Assurance, a workers’ compensation insurance carrier, will issue a general dividend to its policyholders. In mid-May, eligible Colorado businesses will receive...
Auto Exempted From Colorado Fair Accountable Insurance Rates Act
May 5 2008 // After much testimony and deliberation on Colorado House Bill 1389, the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee has amended a controversial bill that insurance associations said would have imposed a prior approval...
Colorado Motorcycle Fatalities Reach Record High
May 5 2008 // Motorcycle fatalities are on the rise in Colorado, doubling from 45 in 1995 to an all-time high of 90 deaths in 2007, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). In the past five years (2003-2007) in...
Colorado Senate OKs Requiring Car Insurers to Offer Medical Coverage
May 2 2008 // Colorado drivers would be nudged into buying medical coverage on their car insurance policies under a proposal backed by the state Senate on April 29. Under the bill, insurance companies would have to include $5,000 in...
Colorado Bill Would Boost Penalties for Poor Insurance Carrier Conduct
Apr 28 2008 // The Colorado House is considering a bill that is designed to protect consumers by strengthen penalities when insurance carriers act unreasonably. However, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is...
Colorado Motorcycle Fatalities Reach Record High
Apr 22 2008 // Motorcycle fatalities are on the rise in Colorado, doubling from 45 in 1995 to an all-time high of 90 deaths in 2007, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). In the past five years (2003-2007) in...
Investigators Probing Cause of Colorado Blast
Apr 22 2008 // Insurance and fire investigators were examining the remains of a building in Breckenridge, Colo., to determine the cause of an explosion that leveled the two-story structure and injured a man. The man was in a second-story...
Insurers: Colorado Bill Threatens Auto Insurance Savings
Apr 21 2008 // The Colorado Legislature is considering a bill that the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America claims would add bureaucratic red tape and costs to the state’s automobile insurance system. House Bill 1389,...
New Markets
Apr 21 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability Coverage Nuts &...
Auto Exempted from Colorado Fair Accountable Insurance Rates Act
Apr 18 2008 // After more than five hours of testimony and deliberation on Colorado House Bill 1389, the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee has amended a controversial bill that insurance associations said would have imposed a...
Another Insurance Association Joins Fight to Defeat Colorado Auto Rate Bill
Apr 17 2008 // Another insurance association is joining in the fight to defeat Colorado House Bill 1389. The Fair Accountable Insurance Rates Act is expected to be heard in the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on Thursday,...
Colorado Legislation Threatens Auto Insurance Savings, Insurers Say
Apr 8 2008 // The Colorado Legislature is considering a bill that would add bureaucratic red tape and costs to the state’s automobile insurance system, claims the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), which is...
New Markets
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability with Assault and...
Colorado Bills Call for Cracking Down on Insurance Industry
Apr 1 2008 // Colorado Democrats plan to introduce a package of bills to require health insurance firms to get prior approval for rate hikes, punish them for improper denial of claims and encourage efficiencies. The reform package could...
Colorado Seeks Federal Help with Salmonella Outbreak
Mar 27 2008 // Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is asking the federal government for help with the salmonella outbreak in Alamosa that has sickened more than 200 people. Ritter has asked the Department of Health and Human Services for help from...
