Latest Colorado Headlines
All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Colorado Prepares for Hail, Expects Three to Four Catastrophic Storms
May 30 2006 // Colorado can expect three to four catastrophic hailstorms every year, according to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association. According to the group, the damaging hail season is considered to be from mid-April...
News Currents
May 22 2006 // Insurers pleased as Colorado General Assembly keeps auto system intact The Colorado General Assembly adjourned its concluding session, which the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) said was marked by...
Colorado General Assembly Preserves Insurance Marketplace
May 10 2006 // The Colorado General Assembly adjourned its concluding a session, which the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) said was marked by the defeat of a wide variety of legislation that would have forced...
Mayfield: ‘2006 hurricane season CAN be worse than 2005’
May 8 2006 // With more than 55 million people living in coastal communities, the nation must learn its lesson from the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons and prepare now for what will happen after June 1, according to Max Mayfield,...
FOUNDER OF CALIF.-BASED BOLTON & CO. PASSES AWAY
May 8 2006 // Dorance Dean Bolton, founder of Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton & Company Insurance Brokers, passed away on April 21, 2006, at the age of 96. Bolton was a pioneer Southern California insurance broker and was a founding...
Mayfield: ‘2006 hurricane season CAN be worse than 2005’
May 8 2006 // With more than 55 million people living in coastal communities, the nation must learn its lesson from the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons and prepare now for what will happen after June 1, according to Max Mayfield,...
IMA of Colorado Names Gaston Senior Account Executive
May 2 2006 // IMA of Colorado Inc., Denver, has named Gary Gaston senior account executive focusing on the energy industry with expertise in Gulf of Mexico exposures. He was previously vicee president at Hibernia Insurance Agency....
Pinnacol Distributing $57 Million in General Dividends to Colorado Businesses
Apr 20 2006 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, will deliver a general dividend to its policyholders for the second year in a row. In mid-May, eligible Colorado businesses should receive...
Colorado Senator Kills $10 Per Vehicle Fee for Trauma Care
Apr 19 2006 // Facing a difficult election year and a “buzz saw” of opposition from a range of powerful groups, a state senator on Monday pulled his plan to charge drivers a $10-per-vehicle fee to shore up the state’s...
Colorado targets 180 ‘sham’ affiliated businesses
Apr 17 2006 // Erin Toll, deputy commissioner of the Colorado Insurance Department, pledged to close 180 affiliated businesses operating illegally in her state this year. Toll said there is nothing wrong with affiliated businesses that...
Colorado Officials Make Arrest after 7-Month Fire Investigation
Apr 10 2006 // Authorities arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly starting four fires in Rifle, Colo., on Labor Day last year that destroyed two businesses and damaged two other structures. Robin Jay Clifton, of Collbran, faces 13...
WHO TO CALL?
Apr 3 2006 // Multi-State Agencies IBA West (Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington). Web site: www.iba west.com PIA West (Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington). Phone: (888)...
Colorado Cites Lawsuit for Big Jump in Insurance Costs
Mar 31 2006 // Liability insurance costs for Colorado’s athletic department will double next year to nearly $1.7 million, and officials say the reason is a lawsuit by two women who allege they were sexually assaulted by...
Colorado medical payments coverage bill killed
Mar 20 2006 // Legislation forcing Colorado drivers to purchase additional emergency medical insurance coverage as part of their auto insurance policies was defeated in the state’s Senate Appropriations Committee by a vote of...
With eye on federal monies, more states adopting primary seat belt laws
Mar 20 2006 // Seventeen-year-old Brittney Hudson wasn’t wearing her seat belt when it mattered most, the moment her 2004 Toyota Celica rolled over along a rural stretch in western Colorado and ejected her from the vehicle. The...
With eye on federal monies, more states adopting primary seat belt laws
Mar 19 2006 // Seventeen-year-old Brittney Hudson wasn’t wearing her seat belt when it mattered most, the moment her 2004 Toyota Celica rolled over along a rural stretch in western Colorado and ejected her from the vehicle. The...
Colorado Emergency Medical Payments Coverage Bill Killed in Committee
Mar 13 2006 // Legislation forcing Colorado drivers to purchase additional emergency medical insurance coverage as part of their auto insurance policies was defeated in the state’s Senate Appropriations Committee by a vote of...
With Eye on Federal Monies, More States Adopting Primary Seat Belt Laws
Mar 9 2006 // Seventeen-year-old Brittney Hudson wasn’t wearing her seat belt when it mattered most, the moment her 2004 Toyota Celica rolled over along a rural stretch in western Colorado and ejected her from the vehicle. The...
Colo. wants industry to account for rising rates
Mar 6 2006 // The insurance industry came out strongly against a Colorado measure that would require it to disclose claims, payouts and rates, telling lawmakers a plan to increase regulation of their industry would drive up costs and...
COLO. MEDICAL PAYMENT COVERAGE BILL DEFEATED
Mar 6 2006 // Legislation to force Colorado consumers to buy medical payment coverage was narrowly defeated in the Colorado House. House Bill 1036, killed by a one-vote margin, would have required insurers to provide $5,000 medical...
