All the headlines from our Colorado Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 5 2009 // Colorado lawmakers have filed bills to require better oversight for the state’s workers’ compensation insurer, saying they can’t ignore problems uncovered during weeks of hearings this summer.The...
Oct 1 2009 // State Farm Insurance says the number of collisions between vehicles and deer in Colorado has increased by 19 percent since 2004. The study released this week by the insurance company says most of the car accidents on...
Oct 1 2009 // Cleveland, Ohio-based employee benefits and accounting services firm CBIZ, Inc. has acquired MeyersDining, LLC, an insurance agency located in Boulder, Colorado, the company announced.Founded in 2005 with the merger of...
Sep 25 2009 // Documents show a state-chartered workers compensation insurer in Colorado once planned to seek permission to buy other insurance companies but later backed off.The Denver Post reported Wednesday that Pinnacol Assurance...
Sep 21 2009 // Executives from Colorado’s state-chartered workers’ compensation insurance company defended themselves against accusations of lavish spending and excess profits during a legislative hearing and they told...
Sep 18 2009 // The head of Colorado’s state-chartered workers’ compensation insurance company is telling state lawmakers to leave his company alone.Pinnacol Assurance President Ken Ross issued a statement Wednesday saying the...
Sep 11 2009 // Willis HRH, the North American retail business of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, has named Jason M. Richardson as managing partner of its Colorado operations. In his new role, Richardson will be responsible...
Sep 8 2009 // Executives from Colorado’s state-chartered workers’ compensation insurance company defended themselves against accusations of lavish spending and excess profits on Friday and they told lawmakers it would be...
Sep 7 2009 // Colorado’s dominant workers compensation insurer is defending its spending on travel and entertainment for its agents, telling Colorado lawmakers it’s good for morale and helps lower costs in the long...
Sep 7 2009 // Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company headquartered in Centennial, Colo., has appointed Brent Irving to regional vice president for the company’s Arizona territory, which includes Nevada...
Sep 1 2009 // Colorado lawmakers heard from injured workers about their experiences with workers’ compensation on Monday.They gave testimony that the Denver Daily News called “horror” stories and “heart-wrenching...
Aug 31 2009 // Xcel Energy, Inc., Public Service Company of Colorado, RPI Coating, Inc., and two men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver late Friday on charges that the defendants violated workplace safety and health rules...
Aug 17 2009 // Colorado’s dominant workers compensation insurer last week defended its spending on travel and entertainment for its agents, telling Colorado lawmakers it’s good for morale and helps lower costs in the long...
Aug 11 2009 // Adding up savings, penalties and fines assessed, and surcharges on fines, the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies’ Division of Insurance tallied more than $188 million in savings and benefits to consumers for...
Aug 7 2009 // Colorado’s Division of Insurance announced it will be holding a public hearing on Sept. 17, 2009, to discuss the workers compensation loss cost filing submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. NCCI...
Aug 5 2009 // A special committee of Colorado lawmakers is evaluating Pinnacol Assurance, to examine what role the state should have in managing the quasi-governmental workers’ compensation insurer’s business.Ken Ross,...
Aug 5 2009 // The Colorado State University storm research team cut its 2009 Atlantic hurricane season forecast Tuesday, predicting that El Nino would trim the tally to 10 tropical storms, with four becoming hurricanes.The noted...
Jul 31 2009 // The head of Colorado’s state-chartered workers’ compensation insurance fund says the company wants to go private.Ken Ross, president and chief executive of Pinnacol Assurance, told The Denver Post editorial...
Jul 29 2009 // Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company headquartered in Centennial, Colo., announced the appointment of Brent Irving to regional vice president for the company’s Arizona territory, which...
Jul 23 2009 // The Professional Independent Insurance Agents of Colorado (PIIAC) is sseeking nominations recognizing outstanding service to the association or to the insurance industry. The awards recognize individuals in several...