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Colorado Legislators Weigh Harsher Punishment For Repeat DUIs

Feb 6 2015 // Repeat DUI offenders in Colorado will face tougher penalties under a bill lawmakers are considering this year.Colorado is among five states where DUI offenders face only misdemeanor charges even after repeated convictions....

NTSB Says Deadly Plane Crash in Colorado Linked to Selfies

Feb 4 2015 // Federal investigators say selfies were a likely factor in a small plane crash near Denver, Colo. last year that killed two people. The National Transportation Safety Board says recordings from a GoPro camera found near the...

Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission Develops Earthquake Plan

Feb 2 2015 // The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission now has a plan for future earthquakes after two small quakes rattled an area in Weld County that officials later determined were likely caused by a nearby injection well.The...

MetLife to Provide ‘Complete’ Rideshare Insurance for Lyft Drivers in Colorado

Jan 29 2015 // MetLife Auto & Home and Lyft, a nationwide transportation network company (TNC), have launched an auto insurance policy in Colorado tailored specifically for Lyft drivers that covers every stage of the trip.The growing...

CIA-Leavitt Acquires Colorado Springs Accounts From Brown and Brown

Jan 27 2015 // CIA-Leavitt Insurance Agency has acquired the Colorado Springs, Colo. clients from Brown & Brown Insurance, which closed its local office. This change will not affect current policies, and to help ease the transition...

USAA to Offer Pilot Ridesharing Coverage in Colorado

Jan 26 2015 // USAA announced it will offer auto insurance coverage in Colorado that will protect ridesharing drivers from the moment their ridesharing mobile apps are turned on until they are matched with a passenger.The pilot program,...

Pinnacol in Colorado Names Brannen Vice President of Human Resources

Jan 23 2015 // Pinnacol Assurance in Colorado has named Barbara Brannen vice president of human resources. Brannen will oversee the company’s human resources and learning and organizational development areas. Brannen has 35 years...

Farmers Introduces Rideshare Coverage in Colorado

Jan 15 2015 // Farmers Insurance is introducing the company’s first rideshare coverage endorsement in Colorado.The product is designed to provide drivers with the insurance coverage specified in Colorado’s new ridesharing...

IMA Names Burke Director Of Cyber Risk in Colorado

Jan 12 2015 // IMA Inc. has named Tim Burke as the new director of cyber risk in its Denver, Colo. office. Burke expands IMA’s capabilities to address some of the most pressing issues facing companies regarding the ever changing...

No Plans To Sue Colorado Over Marijuana, Utah Governor Says

Jan 8 2015 // Gov. Gary Herbert says Utah has no plans to join two other states in suing Colorado over that state’s legalization of marijuana.The Deseret News reported Herbert said that despite no current plans to sue, Utah is...

IICF Targets $250K to California and Colorado Charities

Jan 8 2015 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation is awarding $254,000 in grants to 29 local nonprofits in California and Colorado for the kickoff of 2015.The causes supported include child abuse prevention, disaster...

USAA to Offer Pilot Ridesharing Coverage in Colorado

Jan 7 2015 // USAA announced it will offer auto insurance coverage in Colorado that will protect ridesharing drivers from the moment their ridesharing mobile apps are turned on until they are matched with a passenger.The pilot program,...

Getting Local with the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation

Dec 15 2014 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), established in 1994, helps communities by uniting the collective strengths of the industry to provide grants, volunteer service and leadership. Since its inception, IICF...

Colorado Woman Invents Cardboard Shelters For Disaster Areas

Dec 5 2014 // Darla Skolnekovich’s business ambitions are made of cardboard.Reinforced, waterproof, fire-resistant cardboard – the type that, Skolnekovich says, could make a difference in disaster-ridden areas around the world....

Colorado Woman Sues Hair Salon Over Breastfeeding

Dec 4 2014 // A Grand Junction, Colo. woman is suing a hair salon where she worked because she says they wouldn’t give her breaks to pump breast milk.The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado says it filed a lawsuit on behalf...

Experts: Eastern Colorado Wildfires Likely to Start on Private Lands

Dec 1 2014 // Fires ignited on private lands pose the most significant wildfire threats to populated areas on the eastern-facing range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, according to risk analysts who used extensive evidence regarding a...

Utah Settles Colorado Trademark Suit by Changing Ski Slogan

Nov 19 2014 // Salt Lake City tourism officials and a Colorado ski resort have settled a legal fight over a marketing slogan targeted to tourists in the lucrative winter sports industry.Utah marketers dropped “USA” from their...

Lockton Adds Berg as a Producer in Colorado

Nov 17 2014 // Joe Berg has joined Lockton’s Denver, Colo. office as a property/casualty insurance producer. Prior to Lockton Berg was with Enhanced Capital Partners, and worked closely with several portfolio companies on financial...

Experts: Eastern Colorado Wildfires Likely to Start on Private Lands

Nov 13 2014 // Fires ignited on private lands pose the most significant wildfire threats to populated areas on the eastern-facing range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, according to risk analysts who used extensive evidence regarding a...

‘Selfie Stalker’ Sues Nancy Grace in Colorado

Nov 12 2014 // A man who was quickly branded a “selfie stalker” after his picture turned up on a crime victim’s cellphone is suing television commentator Nancy Grace for defamation.In a lawsuit filed Monday in Denver,...