Colorado News

For Emergency Planners, Hurricane Forecasts Have Limited Value

Each April, weather wizard William Gray emerges from his burrow deep in the Rocky Mountains to offer his forecast for the six-month hurricane season that starts June 1. And the news media are there, breathlessly awaiting his every word. It’s …

Colorado Tornado, Hail Damage Adds Up To Estimated $147M in Damage

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 sent staff to the affected areas to assist customers with …

Expect Above Average Atlantic Hurricane Season, Say Forecasters

The nation’s annual forecast about how many hurricanes the Atlantic Ocean will churn up is now more like the daily weather report. Forecasters added probabilities to their 2008 report. It’s the same sort of caveat that television meteorologists use in …

Lockton Denver Office Acquires Schwander Insurance Services

The Denver office of Lockton Companies LLC, aprivately held insurance broker, acquired Schwander Insurance Services of Centennial, Colo. Schwander CEO and President Michael Schwander will become executive vice president at Lockton Denver. He and his team specialize in executive risk …

Colorado Residents Cleaning Up After Tornadoes, Hail

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 damage and cost of damage caused …

Chubb To Offer Wildfire Property Protection in 13 Western States

Thermo Technologies, LLC, has teamed with The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and a Montana-based fire-fighting company to provide wildfire property protection to Chubb policyholders in 13 western states, creating a large, private wildfire protection network. Announced on the eve …

Tornado Strikes Northern Colorado

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 figures on …

International Insurance Firm Opens in Denver

Ronald J. Leston, broker, financial planner and benefits/retirement consultant, announced the launch of Areté Partners LLC, a Denver-based management and human capital consultancy that will offer insurance brokerage, benefits consulting, financial services to clients in North, Central and South America. …

Colorado Casualty Offers Commercial Lines Products

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, Utah, and Wyoming. Commercial IQ, the company’s Web-based application for commercial lines …

Insurance Industry Celebrates Women’s Achievements

May 18-24, 2008, marks National Insurance Women’s Week, a celebration recognizing the contributions women are making in all areas of the insurance industry. The National Association of Insurance Women began NAIW Week as National Insurance Women’s Day on May 10, …