All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 9 2012 // In the second time in about a month, a court has ruled that social workers can be held responsible for failing to protect children under their watch from abuse.The Colorado Court of Appeals last week ruled that Adams...
Jan 3 2012 // A 29-year-old woman who was walking in the bus lane on the outskirts of Aspen, Colo. was hit and killed by a bus early Sunday. The Aspen Times reports that the unidentified pedestrian was hit from behind by a Roaring Fork...
Dec 21 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Kahl Insurance Services LLC in Englewood, Colo.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Kahl Insurance is a retail property/casualty and risk management insurance brokerage focused...
Dec 20 2011 // The pilot of a single-engine plane managed to safely land on a major street in the northern Colorado city of Longmont after having engine problems. John Pritchard of Lafayette landed the Piper Cherokee Archer II on Hover...
Dec 14 2011 // Minnesota is in the process of liquidating an Austin, Minn.-based insurance and trust company that regulators say has a long history of financial problems, administrative incompetence, coercive and dishonest business...
Nov 21 2011 // Colorado wants top executives at the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurance fund to waive big severance payments if the quasi-state agency is privatized. Gov. John Hickenlooper and Pinnacol Assurance are...
Nov 21 2011 // A proposal to privatize the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer, Pinnacol Assurance, would give Colorado a $340 million ownership stake while restructuring it as a subsidiary of a mutual insurance holding...
Nov 10 2011 // Colorado wants top executives at the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurance fund to waive big severance payments if the quasi-state agency is privatized. Gov. John Hickenlooper and Pinnacol Assurance are...
Nov 7 2011 // A proposal to privatize the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer, Pinnacol Assurance, would give Colorado a $340 million ownership stake while restructuring it as a subsidiary of a mutual insurance holding...
Nov 4 2011 // In the wake of lackluster unemployment figures released on Friday a large insurance company is trying to draw attention to opportunities within Colorado in the industry and its firm.Friday’s report from the U.S....
Nov 2 2011 // Colorado employers will see an increase in workers’ compensation insurance premiums in 2012.The Colorado Division of Insurance announced that the “loss costs” component of workers’ compensation...
Oct 26 2011 // Rick Ninneman has joined Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc.’s Colorado office as regional director. Prior to Poms, Ninneman was executive vice president of M3 Insurance Solutions Inc., where he was...
Oct 26 2011 // The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says federal regulators will continue to push for the cleanup of coal power plants in southwestern Colorado despite the rough economy. EPA administrator Lisa Jackson praised...
Oct 19 2011 // Unsanitary conditions at a packing plant that processed fresh cantaloupes from a Colorado farm likely contributed to one of the deadliest listeria outbreaks in U.S. history, health regulators said on Wednesday.The Food and...
Oct 14 2011 // A preliminary report on the 2010 Fourmile Canyon wildfire in Boulder County shows insured losses exceeded $200 million, fire management costs will have exceeded $14 million following rehabilitation efforts, and that while...
Oct 14 2011 // A preliminary report on the Fourmile wildfire in September, 2010, considered one of the most destructive in Colorado history, is due out today. A spokeswoman for Colorado Sen. Mark Udall said he plans to release a report...
Oct 5 2011 // A pair of Colorado insurance firms have joined forces for an expansion in the area, as well as nationally. The Wright Group Services and Pells Insurance Associates have combined resources to be better poised for continued...
Oct 3 2011 // Metropolitan areas in Colorado and Oklahoma have the distinction of making up more than half the list of top 10 hail-prone areas in the United States, according to a recently released study.The list, which was compiled by...
Sep 27 2011 // Federal officials say safety is still a concern at the Pueblo Chemical Depot because of leaking weapons. Quality assurance specialist Lisabeth Watchutka says more than 100 of the 780,000 chemical weapons stored at the...
Sep 16 2011 // Metropolitan areas in Colorado and Oklahoma have the distinction of making up more than half the list of top 10 hail-prone areas in the U.S., according to a recently released study.The list, which was compiled by CDS...