All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 10 2018 // The massive hail storm that pummeled Colorado’s northern Front Range a year ago generated nearly $900 million more in damage than first estimated, as claims from homeowners doubled in the months that followed.The...
May 4 2018 // Cochrane & Co. has acquired the assets of Heritage General Agency, a wholesale managing general agent, based out of Englewood, Colo. HGA will become part of Cochrane and will establish Cochrane’s presence in...
Apr 24 2018 // JLT Specialty USA has added Bill Creedon and Jeff Burns as partners who will be based in Denver, Colo.The additions support JLT’s partnership with Construction Risk Partners. As part of CRP’s national...
Apr 20 2018 // Denver, Colo.-based Valen Analytics has named Kirstin Marr president of the firm.Dax Craig, who was Valen’s president and CEO since co-founding the company in 2004, will remain with Valen in an advisory role. Marr...
Apr 18 2018 // Most cities suing oil companies over the impact of climate change want help paying for walls to protect against rising sea levels. And then there’s Boulder, Colo.The politically liberal town known as the gateway to...
Apr 16 2018 // The members of the Surplus Line Association of California have elected Robert Gilbert of Markel West Insurance Services as the new chair of the SLA Board of Directors.Gilbert’s election was finalized after the SLA...
Apr 16 2018 // This past January, adults in California could line up for the first time to legally buy marijuana for personal, nonmedical use. That is when the nation’s largest state joined seven other states and Washington, D.C.,...
Apr 4 2018 // Alera Group has acquired Rich & Cartmill Insurance of Colorado. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Rich & Cartmill offers services including property insurance, general liability, commercial auto and...
Apr 2 2018 // Pinnacol Assurance is distributing $50 million in workers’ compensation dividend checks to its policyholders.Nearly 53,000 employers throughout Colorado were to receive a dividend starting in late March. Check...
Mar 26 2018 // The IMA Financial Group Inc. has named Anna Ewing chief operations officer.Ewing will oversee operational integration, business process optimization and human capital management to better align business initiatives within...
Mar 26 2018 // Colorado Springs, Colo.-based CIA-Leavitt Insurance Agency has named Kate Sipla as an insurance agent. She specializes in commercial insurance and employee benefits. Sipla previously sold software for SocialChorus, HVAC...
Mar 26 2018 // Lockton has acquired Jeff Connick and E3 Solutions to grow its employee benefits service offerings in the Mountain West region. Denver, Colo.-based E3 Solutions is an enrollment and benefits administration firm founded in...
Mar 26 2018 // Pinnacol Assurance is distributing $50 million in workers’ compensation dividend checks this month to its policyholders. Nearly 53,000 employers throughout the state will receive a dividend. Check amounts are...
Mar 13 2018 // A federal jury in Denver, Colo. has awarded $6 million to a convicted murderer who was beaten by a guard so severely that he must now use a wheelchair.The Denver Post reports jurors determined Wednesday that Mitchell...
Mar 5 2018 // Pinnacol Assurance in Colorado has named Fiona Arnold, Brad Busse and Bill Lindsay to its board of directors for the term that began Jan. 1, 2018.All three were confirmed unanimously by the Colorado Senate after...
Mar 5 2018 // Integro Insurance Brokers has named Jacquelyn Neal as a principal in the marine practice. Neal is based in the San Francisco, Calif., office.She will manage a book of existing marine clients and develop new cargo and...
Mar 2 2018 // A Colorado firefighter has filed a lawsuit accusing her employer of gender discrimination and sexual harassment.The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Jennifer Taylor, who works for Colorado River Fire Rescue, which...
Feb 20 2018 // A former Colorado police officer has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and five years of probation for felony insurance fraud. The Post Independent reported that ex-Silt police Col. Michael Taylor was also ordered to pay...
Feb 19 2018 // Federal regulators have cited four employers, including the largest oil and gas producer in Colorado, for exposing employees to health and safety hazards in connection with a May 2017 explosion that killed one employee and...
Feb 13 2018 // The Buckner Co. has named Lance Butler president of Colorado operations. Butler will be responsible for managing the top line growth and operations in the state. Butler has more than 25 years of experience in large...