All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 9 2014 // IMA Inc. named Rick Dingman director of enterprise risk management. Dingman will work with the operations teams and sales teams in developing and marketing alternative risk strategies designed to maximize risk efficiencies...
Jan 2 2014 // State Auto’s Western Region unit, based in Austin, Texas, has made new assignments and promotions effective Jan. 1, 2014, the company announced.Lyndell Haigood, previously regional vice president – personal...
Dec 24 2013 // Federal mine inspectors have found 97 violations at a Colorado mine where two miners died of carbon-monoxide poisoning last month.The Durango Herald reported that Mine Safety and Health Administration officials found the...
Dec 19 2013 // Colorado drunk driving laws are about to get tougher in 2014. Starting on Jan. 1, any Colorado driver who refuses a sobriety test will be branded a persistent drunk driver. If they want their driver’s license back...
Dec 16 2013 // Laurie Hoag-Winkler has been named senior vice president, employee benefits practice leader, for USI Colorado.USI Colorado is the firm formerly known as Van Gilder Insurance Corp. USI Insurance Services officially closed...
Dec 11 2013 // Lockton is expanding its global technology and privacy practice with staffing moves in several cities. Emily Freeman, founder and original leader of Lockton’s global technology and privacy practice, is now based in...
Dec 10 2013 // USI Insurance Services officially closed its previously announced acquisition of Van Gilder Insurance Corp.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Van Gilder’s name will be changing to USI Colorado. Commenting on the...
Dec 3 2013 // Valhalla, N.Y.-based USI Insurance Services has entered into an agreement to acquire Van Gilder Insurance Corp. in Denver, Colo.This deal is expected to close on Dec. 10. Terms were not disclosed. Van Gilder is a...
Dec 3 2013 // ECC Insurance Brokers Inc. named Debbie Elliott senior vice president of financial services. Elliott will be in charge of opening and developing the ECC office in Denver, Colo. Before ECC Elliot was the assistant vice...
Dec 2 2013 // More than 4.5 million U.S. households are at high or extreme risk from wildfire, according to new analysis by Verisk Insurance Solutions – Underwriting, a unit of Verisk Analytics.The analysis identified the number...
Dec 2 2013 // Suncor oil refinery operators have agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit by federal and state authorities over a toxic spill that contaminated Sand Creek and the South Platte River. A consent decree filed in U.S....
Nov 21 2013 // Colorado State University, which pioneered seasonal hurricane forecasting 30 years ago, may have issued its last prediction.The school’s Tropical Meteorological Project needs $150,000 or it will end in February, said...
Nov 20 2013 // Suncor oil refinery operators have agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit by federal and state authorities over a toxic spill that contaminated Sand Creek and the South Platte River. A consent decree filed in U.S....
Nov 18 2013 // Two miners were killed and 20 injured on Sunday in an accident at a silver mine in southwestern Colorado, authorities said.The cause of the accident at the historic Revenue-Virginius Mine in Ouray County, about 330 miles...
Nov 18 2013 // Colorado lawmakers are studying responses to September’s catastrophic floods. A legislative panel held its first meeting in November to look at whether there’s a need for legislation to better react to such a...
Nov 14 2013 // It may still be considered the leanest state and among the nation’s healthiest, but Colorado employers are seeing a large increase in the cost of medical benefits in the coming year, a survey released on Thursday...
Nov 13 2013 // Lockton’s Denver, Colo. operation named Shellie Weber vice president of human resources. Weber will focus on organizational and people strategies and solutions. She has led the development of scalable human resource...
Nov 11 2013 // Denver, Colo.-based The Wright Group Services announced it has purchased substantially all the annuity sales assets from Affiliated Financial Services in Colorado. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. AFS services the...
Nov 11 2013 // September flooding in caused nearly $17 million in damage to roads, trails, campgrounds and other facilities in the Arapaho and Roosevelt national forests in northern Colorado.The Forest Service released a preliminary...
Nov 7 2013 // Pinnacol Assurance’s board of directors named Philip B. Kalin president and CEO of Pinnacol.Kalin was selected as a finalist for the position on Oct. 23. Kalin will begin his service at Pinnacol on November 27....