Latest Colorado Headlines

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

Colorado Court Says Children Can Sue County Over Abuse

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...

Colorado Bus Kills Pedestrian Walking In Bus Lane

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...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Kahl Insurance of Colorado

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...

Small Plane Lands on Busy Colorado Street Near Mall

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...

Liquidation of Minnesota-Based Insurance and Trust Company Underway

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...

Colorado Wants Insurance Company to Cut Severance

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...

Colorado Panel to Examine Pinnacol Privatization Proposal

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...

Colorado Wants Insurance Company to Cut Severance

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...

Colorado Panel to Examine Pinnacol Privatization Proposal

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...

Colorado Allstate Agents Hiring Announcement Follows Lackluster Jobs Report

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....

Colorado Workers’ Compensation Rates to Rise in 2012

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...

Poms & Associates’ Colorado Office Names Regional Director

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...

EPA to Push Cleanup of Colorado Coal Plants

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...

Colorado Processing Plant Faulted in Listeria Outbreak

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...

Report on Colorado’s Fourmile Fire: Insurance Losses Exceed $200 Million

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...

Report on Destructive Colorado Fourmile Fire Due Out Today

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...

Colorado Firms Wright Group and Pells Combine

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...

Colorado, Oklahoma Metro Areas Dominate List of Hail-prone Cities

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...

Colorado Chemical Depot Says Safety Still a Concern

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...

Report: Colorado and Oklahoma Cities Dominate Top 10 Hail Prone Metro Areas

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...