All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 6 2012 // Cary W. White joined San Jose, Calif.-based Thoits Insurance as vice president.White is responsible for new business production, client retention and relationship management. White has more than 25 years of experience in...
Aug 3 2012 // Gov. John Hickenlooper is seeking more federal disaster aid for Colorado communities hurt by wildfires, saying they won’t be able to fully recover without it.In late June, President Barack Obama declared a disaster...
Aug 2 2012 // The Colorado State Patrol says a six-vehicle crash in a construction zone in southern Colorado has left two people dead and seriously injured two others.Troopers say five vehicles were stopped on Colorado Highway 69 near...
Jul 23 2012 // Families of victims and survivors of the deadly shooting at the Batman movie who seek to sue Warner Bros. and other companies behind “The Dark Knight Rises” are unlikely to get very far.The main reason, legal...
Jul 23 2012 // Severe weather insurance losses in the United States were close to $2 billion in June, according to Aon Benfield’s Global Catastrophe Report.The report, published by Aon’s Impact Forecasting, noted that the...
Jul 19 2012 // With Colorado’s and New Mexico’s record wildfire seasons freshly in mind, some experts are starting to take note that California’s wildfire season is nearing, and with that there are two main points to be...
Jul 17 2012 // Authorities say increased penalties and enforcement have driven down the number of drunken driving arrests over the past three years. According to records reviewed by the Denver Post, court filings for driving under the...
Jul 17 2012 // The two most destructive wildfires in Colorado’s history will cost insurers roughly $450 million, a regional insurance association said on Tuesday.The massive figure for insured losses comes from the total 600 homes...
Jul 10 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday announced that residents in Colorado affected by flooding as a result of the wildfire in Waldo Canyon and the wildfire in High Park could be eligible for an exception from...
Jul 10 2012 // U.S. severe weather insurance losses were close to $2 billion in June, according to Aon Benfield’s Global Catastrophe Report.Published by Aon’s Impact Forecasting, the report analyzes the natural disaster...
Jul 6 2012 // As adjusters and homeowners have increasing access to fire damaged areas at the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado just how large a figure will result from what are likely to go down as the state’s two most destructive...
Jul 5 2012 // A newspaper’s analysis indicates that Colorado’s most destructive wildfire burned homes worth a total of more than $110 million in one of the neighborhoods affected by the blaze. The Denver Post reports the...
Jul 5 2012 // Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says 62 of Colorado’s 64 counties qualify for federal disaster relief due to drought conditions. Gov. John Hickenlooper says Vilsack notified him Tuesday that he was designating all...
Jul 2 2012 // Insured losses from two wildfires in what’s shaping up to be a historic wildfire season for Colorado may be into the “hundreds of millions of dollars,” an insurance industry association executive said on...
Jul 2 2012 // Ranchers in western Colorado are selling off cattle to avoid losing them to a severe drought. Livestock auctioneer Bill Martin of Loma says his auction barn usually sees between 200 and 400 cows a week, but this year the...
Jul 2 2012 // Five inmates who say their mental health illnesses are deteriorating in solitary confinement inside the so-called Supermax prison in Colorado have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. In the complaint filed...
Jun 29 2012 // President Barack Obama declared a major disaster in Colorado late Thursday, making funds available for two large fires in the state which have reportedly destroyed nearly 600 structures combined. Obama was to tour...
Jun 28 2012 // The Waldo Canyon Wildfire in Colorado in the state’s second most populous city has reportedly destroyed hundreds of homes – and that number may get much higher.The fire, which forced the evacuation of more than...
Jun 27 2012 // Following a fire that forced the evacuation of more than 32,000 people, Colorado continues to be plagued with an “unprecedented” wildfire season that’s shaping up to yield high-dollar values in terms of...
Jun 27 2012 // New insurance claim estimates from the hail, wind and flooding that wreaked havoc on June 6 from South Denver down to Colorado Springs and again on June 7 in Northern Colorado and the Eastern Plains made it the...