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Internet Research Shows Californians May Add to Risk of Fire Hazards

Nov 30 2023 // By most measures, California usually tops the list of the states most at risk of fires, but a new report shows the state’s residents and their desires to stay warm in chillier months may be making the state even...

Colorado Woman Shocked with Taser Suing Police Officer And Chief for Not Reporting It

Nov 30 2023 // A woman who was shocked in the back with a Taser while lying on the ground in Pueblo, Colorado, last year is suing the police officer who stunned her and the city`s police chief, accusing the police department of failing...

INSTANDA Adds Keast as VP of Sales in Colorado

Nov 30 2023 // INSTANDA, headquartered in London, England, hired Geoff Keast as its new vice president of sales. Before joining INSTANDA, Keast held senior roles with Fiserv and ABnote North America. He spent nearly eight years with...

Funeral Home Owners Where Decomposing Bodies Found Returned to Colorado

Nov 28 2023 // The owners of a defunct Colorado funeral home where 190 sets of decomposing human remains were found have been returned to the state to face hundreds of felony charges.Carie Hallford appeared in District Court in Colorado...

US Political Violence Driven by New Breed of ‘Grab-Bag’ Extremists

Nov 16 2023 // Before he committed mass murder in Colorado late last year, Anderson Lee Aldrich was a lively presence among a group of friends who regularly assembled online for hours to chat, play video games and trade internet...

Colorado Legislature Convening to Address Skyrocketing Property Costs

Nov 14 2023 // Colorado Gov. Jared Polis hoisted a red baseball bat and smashed emergency glass in a silly demonstration for a very real crisis, Colorado homeowners are looking down the barrel of a potential 40% jump in property tax...

Colorado Funeral Home Stored Bodies for 4 Years, Deceived Families, Prosecutors Say

Nov 14 2023 // The owners of a Colorado funeral home were arrested Wednesday in Oklahoma on charges linked to the discovery of 190 sets of decaying remains at one of their facilities, including some that apparently had been languishing...

Colorado Judge Chides Company That Tried to Pay $23,500 Settlement in 3 Tons of Coins

Oct 27 2023 // A Colorado judge chided a welding company that tried to pay off a $23,500 settlement with a subcontractor by sending the money in loose coins that weighed 3 tons.Judge Joseph Findley ruled Monday that JMF Enterprises...

After 189 Bodies Were Found in Colorado Funeral Home, Evidence Suggests Families Received Fake Ashes

Oct 23 2023 // A Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were discovered this month appears to have fabricated cremation records and may have given families fake ashes, according to information gathered by The Associated Press...

Colorado Train Derails, Spilling Train Cars and Coal onto Highway and Killing Truck Driver

Oct 17 2023 // A semi-trailer truck driver was killed when a train derailed and a bridge collapsed, spewing coal and mangled train cars across a highway near Pueblo, Colorado, on Sunday, authorities said.The driver has died, but no...

People Moves: Pie in Colorado Names Four VPs to Leadership Team

Aug 24 2023 // Pie Insurance, headquartered in Denver, Colo., appointed four new vice presidents to its leadership team.Pie promoted Carla Woodard to vice president of claims. Woodard has more tahn 25 years of claims management...

Police Who Fatally Shot Pregnant Woman Sued by Her Family in Colorado

Aug 22 2023 // Destinee Thompson was supposed to be on her way to lunch with her stepmother in August 2021 when Colorado police, mistaking her for a robbery suspect, fatally shot the pregnant mother as she fled in her minivan.Frustrated...

Business Moves

Aug 21 2023 // Marsh McLennan Agency, Graham Co.Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, acquired Graham Company, a risk management consultancy and independent insurance and employee benefits broker. Founded in 1960, Graham Company...

What You Need to Know About States’ Insurers of Last Resort

Jul 26 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. As Florida’s state-backed insurer of last resort takes on more than a million policies, Colorado considers devising its own insurance scheme to provide coverage...

Rutgers, Stony Brook Among Colleges Warning of Data Exposure From MOVEit Hack

Jul 21 2023 // The ongoing cyberattack exploiting MOVEit file-transfer software has taken a toll on US colleges and universities.At least 30 institutions have been notified that personal information of students and employees may have...

Evertree Closes 3 Colorado Deals and Establishes Mountain Region

Jul 18 2023 // Evertree Insurance Services LLC has acquired 1st American Insurance in Longmont, Colorado, Alliance Insurance Services in Arvada, Colorado, and The Banks Agency in Golden, Colorado. The transactions were closed on July 7,...

Push to Lower Wildfire Risk Across West Stumbles in Places

Jul 17 2023 // Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the U.S. West through a multi-billion dollar cleanup of forests choked with dead trees...

Insurers Sue Energy Corporation Blamed for Helping Start Colorado Wildfire

Jul 12 2023 // Dozens of insurance companies are suing Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy to recoup money paid out to homes and businesses lost in Colorado`s most destructive wildfire in 2021.The lawsuit was filed Thursday, a few weeks after...

Colorado’s Most Destructive Wildfire Caused by Embers From Old Fire, Sparks From Power Line

Jul 3 2023 // Embers from a smoldering scrap wood fire outside a home days earlier and a sparking power line caused a Colorado wildfire fanned by high winds that destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and left two people dead, authorities...

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Anti-Gay Marriage Web Designer

Jun 30 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the constitutional right to free speech allows certain businesses to refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings, ruling in favor of a web designer who cited her Christian...