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Louisiana Regulators Take Over Health Insurance CO-OP

Sep 2 2015 // The 19th Judicial District Court granted an Order of Rehabilitation and Injunctive Relief giving Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon possession and control of the Louisiana Health Cooperative Inc. (LAHC, aka CO-OP), the...

IMA Names Heller Chief Technology and Operating Officer in Colorado

Aug 25 2015 // The IMA Financial Group Inc. has named Robin Heller its chief technology and operating officer in Denver, Colo. In the newly created role, Heller will oversee strategic technology development. Prior to IMA Heller was...

Lightning Sparks Roughly 30 Fires in Colorado

Aug 18 2015 // Lightning across northwestern Colorado is suspected of sparking about 30 fires over the weekend, keeping firefighters running from one fire to another. The largest of the wildfires is the Four Mile Fire, which is burning...

Hub International Acquires Colorado Nonprofit Insurance Agency

Aug 6 2015 // Hub International Limited has acquired Colorado Nonprofit Insurance Agency.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. CNIA is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Colorado Nonprofit Association that offers property/casualty and...

The Buckner Co. Acquires Keller-Lowry Insurance in Colorado

Aug 3 2015 // The Buckner Co. has acquired the assets of Denver, Colo.-based Keller-Lowry Insurance Inc.The deal is effective Aug. 1. Financial terms were not disclosed. Keller-Lowry specializes in manufacturing, transportation,...

Freberg Environmental Names Miller Senior Vice President in Colorado

Jul 31 2015 // Freberg Environmental Insurance has named Renee Miller to lead its environmental consultants and contracting program. Miller will be based in Denver, Colo. and lead Freberg’s environmental program providing general...

Colorado School District Settles With Teacher Who Claimed Discrimination

Jul 31 2015 // A southern Colorado school district accused of promoting evangelical Christian ideals has reached a settlement with a teacher who filed a lawsuit claiming religious discrimination. Robert Basevitz, who is Jewish, filed a...

Tornado in Colorado Forest Area Damages Campground

Jul 24 2015 // Tornado damage at a Pike National Forest campground has crews clearing felled trees in a six-acre area. KMGH-TV reported the Devil’s Head campground was hit by a tornado that the National Weather Service confirms...

Wells Fargo Insurance Names Calvert Head of Client Experience in Colorado

Jul 24 2015 // Wells Fargo Insurance has named Chris Calvert head of its newly established client experience team. Calvert will lead a team focused on strengthening customer service. She is based in Highlands Ranch, Co., and she reports...

Disaster Area Declared for Colorado Following Flooding

Jul 20 2015 // President Barack Obama has declared that a major disaster exists in Colorado and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in areas affected by storms, tornadoes, flooding, landslides and...

Colorado Asks for Major Disaster Declaration in Wake of Spring Floods

Jul 20 2015 // Colorado asked federal disaster managers for a major disaster declaration in the wake of severe weather and flooding this spring and early summer that impacted 11 counties. The Colorado Division of Homeland Security and...

Coming Soon: Marijuana ‘Breathalyzers’ for Police Testing of Drivers

Jul 14 2015 // As cannabis bans are relaxed in more U.S. states, the race is on to develop an instant roadside breathalyzer for police to test drivers who may be taking the “high” road.Vancouver-based Cannabix Technologies...

Colorado Asks for Major Disaster Declaration in Wake of Spring Floods

Jul 13 2015 // Colorado is asking federal disaster managers for a major disaster declaration in the wake of severe weather and flooding this spring and early summer that impacted 11 counties. The Denver Post reported the Colorado...

Colorado Commissioners Move Injection Well Proposal Forward

Jun 26 2015 // A company is closer to putting an injection well online with approval from commissioners in a northwest Colorado county.The Rifle Citizen Telegram reported Garfield County commissioners gave the go-ahead this week to a...

Appeals Court Backs Claim under State Law in Colorado’s Rocky Flats Case

Jun 26 2015 // A U.S. appeals court has ruled a decades-old pollution case over nuclear weapons production in Colorado should be sent back to the district court that in 2006 ordered companies that ran the facility to pay damages of $353...

Colorado Law Targets Frivolous Patent Lawsuits

Jun 19 2015 // Colorado will start prosecuting so-called patent trolls, businesses and individuals who falsely claim to have the rights to an idea or product so they can intimidate inventors and companies into doling out money to settle...

Workers Can Be Fired For Off-Duty Marijuana Use, Colorado Court Says

Jun 16 2015 // Pot may be legal in Colorado, but you can still be fired for using it.The state Supreme Court ruled Monday that a medical marijuana patient who was fired after failing a drug test cannot get his job back. The case has big...

Report: 4.5 Million Homes in 13 States at Extreme Wildfire Risk

Jun 10 2015 // A report issued today shows 4.5 million U.S. homes at high or extreme risk of wildfire as the multi-year drought continues.The report’s author said the worsening drought means 2015 has the potential to be one of the...

U.S. Regulators Scrutinizing Coal Mines’ Clean-Up Insurance Program

Jun 8 2015 // Coal giant Peabody Energy has been among the harshest critics of federal energy policies, joining a court challenge to the Obama administration’s new clean air regulations and denouncing its promotion of renewable...

Colorado Schools Liable For Violence Under New Law

Jun 5 2015 // Legislation to allow lawsuits against Colorado schools when there are shootings or other violence was signed into law this week by Gov. John Hickenlooper.With the law, Colorado will be among a few states that allow school...