All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...