All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 9 2021 // A tornado that touched down in a largely rural area of northern Colorado on Monday damaged at least one home and brought down power poles and lines, authorities said. No injuries were reported. One home was damaged in a...
Jun 7 2021 // As the Missionary Ridge Fire raged in 2002, the Valley Fire, a second fire, broke out and destroyed six homes within hours near the Falls Creek Ranch subdivision north of Durango.When residents returned after the Valley...
May 20 2021 // CAC Specialty in Colorado has named Erin Lynch president of its natural resources division and co-leader of its power, utility and renewables vertical.Lynch most recently led the global energy practice at Beecher Carlson...
May 18 2021 // Midwestern Insurance Alliance has named Robert Young to its wholesale division as vice president of business development.Young will be based out of San Diego, Calif. Young’s focus will be to help the team grow...
May 11 2021 // A former Amazon warehouse worker has filed a complaint with the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment against Amazon over its COVID-19 policies and allegations that her firing was retaliatory.Linda Rodriguez alleged...
May 5 2021 // Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would prohibit insurance companies from using consumer information collected from outside sources such as social media and court and home ownership records to determine...
Apr 29 2021 // Columbus, Ohio-based Branch Insurance is now offering its home and auto insurance coverage in Colorado and Oklahoma. The company, which specializes in bundled home and auto coverage using technology and automation, said...
Apr 19 2021 // A 73-year-old woman with dementia is suing a Colorado city and members of its police department after she suffered a dislocated shoulder and bruises last year while being arrested after leaving a store without paying for...
Mar 23 2021 // A scarcity of directors and officers coverage for cannabis companies may be take an even bigger spotlight following a Colorado lawsuit in which two large cannabis operators and several executives are accused of illegally...
Mar 22 2021 // Pinnacol Assurance in Colorado is distributing general dividend checks to its customers totaling $50 millionThis is the sixth straight year the workers’ compensation carrier has distributed dividends. Nearly 53,000...
Mar 8 2021 // Insurance Office of America has added Chris Hardin to its Mountain West team. Hardin joins the Denver, Colo., branch location as a commercial lines producer. He previously worked with ISU Insurance Services of Colorado...
Mar 3 2021 // Colorado’s Senate tentatively endorsed a bill this week to eliminate a six-year statute of limitations for victims of child sexual assault to pursue civil action against perpetrators, an effort lawmakers have...
Feb 22 2021 // David Delucia was settling back into his airplane seat and starting to relax on his way to a long-awaited vacation when a huge explosion and flash of light interrupted an in-flight announcement and put him in survival...
Feb 17 2021 // The University of Colorado has reported a cyberattack on its software that likely exposed employee, student, health and research records, officials said.University President Mark Kennedy informed the campus communities...
Feb 1 2021 // A new Colorado law allowing individual police officers to be sued will soon get a big test.Four Black girls who were mistakenly detained by Colorado police at gunpoint over a suspected stolen car filed a civil lawsuit...
Jan 19 2021 // USI Insurance Services has acquired Colorado Springs, Colo.-based CB Insurance LLC. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. CB Insurance and its predecessors have served the needs of the Colorado community for more 100...
Jan 11 2021 // The Boulder City Council in Colorado has approved an $875,000 settlement with a man who was injured after a police officer shot him with a stun gun in March 2019.Christopher Mahan got into the wrong Lyft vehicle while...
Jan 6 2021 // Insurance Office of America has acquired Enterprise Risk Strategies LLC in Denver, Colo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Enterprise Risk Strategies is a benefits consulting firm. IOA is an insurance agency...
Dec 21 2020 // A small earthquake hit a rural area Saturday near the Colorado-Utah border, the University of Utah Seismograph Stations confirmed. The magnitude 4.3 earthquake took place at 7:11 p.m on Saturday. The epicenter was 3 1/2...
Dec 16 2020 // Colorado dispensaries have sold more marijuana in the first 10 months this year compared to a record-setting sales year in 2019, officials said. The Department of Revenue said dispensaries made about $200 million in...