All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 23 2013 // Surging waters in Colorado swept away barns, silos and fences and left houses covered in mud in this northern agricultural town. The flood waters were so powerful they uprooted irrigation pipes and spread them around the...
Sep 20 2013 // The floods in Colorado caused an estimated $2 billion in economic losses, according to a report from catastrophe modeling firm EQECAT.The flooding has been blamed for multiple fatalities, it’s estimated 1,500 homes...
Sep 20 2013 // Jessica Klauzer-Zimmerman and her children have been sleeping on friends’ couches since floodwaters sloshed into her Boulder townhouse – which wasn’t covered by flood insurance.”We were told we...
Sep 20 2013 // As the sun peaked out of the normally bright blue Colorado sky, homeowners and businesses began to assess the damage done by the 100-year flood, as weather experts have labeled the devastating rain that pummeled the...
Sep 19 2013 // Contaminated water spilling from flooded oil and gas drilling sites in Colorado is refocusing attention on the environmental risks surrounding America’s fracking boom.Floods that have devastated north-central...
Sep 18 2013 // Drawing off the massive flooding in Colorado and Naval shipyard shootings in Washington, D.C., the second in a series of webinars being put on for National Preparedness Month focused on unforeseen crises as examples of the...
Sep 16 2013 // Another disaster plaguing the state, widespread flooding in Colorado is being viewed as an “unprecedented” event in which losses will take quite some time to calculate – although there are more immediate...
Sep 13 2013 // Three days of intense rainfall in many areas of Colorado has resulted in severe, widespread flooding and collapsed homes, according to Boston-based catastrophe modeler Air Worldwide.The greatest threat is to cities along...
Sep 9 2013 // The massive wildfire in Yosemite is seen by some as a harbinger of what could be a “worst case scenario” when California enters its typical wildfire season in October — continued drought, lots of unburned...
Sep 6 2013 // A state task force is mulling a plan that would assign more than 550,000 Colorado homes in wildfire-prone areas a risk rating that would be provided to insurance companies.The task force also discussed plans for a fee on...
Aug 27 2013 // The week-and-a-half-old wildfire in Yosemite is seen by some as a harbinger of what could be a “worst case scenario” when California enters its typical wildfire season in October – continued drought, lots of...
Aug 26 2013 // The National Park Service is reconsidering increased insurance requirements for whitewater boating outfitters in Dinosaur National Monument after companies said a big jump in the liability insurance could sharply drive up...
Aug 22 2013 // Pinnacol Assurance, a large workers’ compensation insurance provider in Colorado, named Jon Scott associate vice president of agency and product development. Prior to Pinnacol, Scott was regional vice president of...
Aug 22 2013 // More than 40 uncontained, active and large wildfires dot the western U.S. from Arizona to Washington state and Alaska, taxing national firefighting resources and helping to push spending past $1 billion for the year.The...
Aug 16 2013 // The College of Business at Colorado State University is a step closer to launching a program to train students in the insurance and risk management fields thanks to a $150,000 gift from the IMA Foundation.The Enterprise...
Aug 15 2013 // More than 20 businesses hit by flooding in Manitou Springs, Colo. are struggling because of a lack of insurance. City officials say some of the businesses that suffered losses in Friday’s devastating flood did not...
Aug 6 2013 // The IMA Financial Group Inc. named Stacie Martinez its human resources manager. Martinez will be a part of the IMA Financial Group human resources team that leads human resource functions for IMA and its subsidiaries,...
Aug 2 2013 // A Denver-area spine clinic says it has fired an employee in its billing department who improperly emailed some patients’ protected information to her personal account, but it doesn’t appear anyone’s...
Aug 1 2013 // Lockton Denver named Brock Squire senior vice president and chief operating officer of its benefits practice. Brock is responsible for oversight of the operations of the benefits practice in Lockton’s Phoenix, Denver...
Aug 1 2013 // Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. named Casey Tynan vice president of business development in its Denver, Colo. office. Tynan will focus on commercial lines and employee benefits, consulting with middle-market...