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Top Regional Stories of 2008

Dec 21 2008 // WestCalifornia Passed Agent-Broker Law The most notable bill affecting California agents was AB 2956, which clarifies the duties of an insurance agent versus a broker. Prior to the new law, confusion existed within the...

The Buckner Co. Names Rons Underwriter of the Year

Dec 18 2008 // The Buckner Company, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, named Kimberly Rons, commercial lines senior underwriter for Colorado Casualty, as Underwriter of the Year.The Buckner Company nominated a dozen underwriter finalists...

Colo. Forecasters Expect Busy 2009 Hurricane Season

Dec 16 2008 // Hurricane forecasters at Colorado State University on Wednesday predicted above-average activity in the Atlantic next year: 14 named storms, including seven hurricanes — three major.The 50-year average is 9.6 named...

Safeco and Colorado Casualty Announce New Mountain Region Operations

Nov 19 2008 // Safeco Insurance and Colorado Casualty, both Liberty Mutual Agency Markets companies, announced key management appointments to lead their respective personal and commercial lines operations in their Mountain...

New Colorado Car Insurance Law Drives Consumer Education

Nov 11 2008 // Starting this month, the mail and inboxes of Colorado drivers will begin filling up with notices from their car insurance companies informing customers of a new “opt-out” requirement due to a new Colorado Law...

IMA of Colorado Appoints Harvath Commercial Lines Division Manager

Oct 31 2008 // IMA of Colorado Inc. has announced that Sandy Harvath has been promoted to Commercial Lines Division manager. Harvath has been with IMA since 2003, most recently serving as an account executive for IMA’s Construction...

Colorado Orders 16% Decrease in Workers’ Comp Loss Costs

Oct 20 2008 // Colorado employers may be paying lower premiums for workers’ compensation insurance in 2009, because a significant component of workers’ compensation premiums, known as loss costs, will drop 16 percent, the...

Colorado Orders 16% Decrease in Workers Comp Loss Costs

Oct 13 2008 // Colorado employers may be paying lower premiums for workers compensation insurance in 2009, due to the announcement that a significant component of workers’ compensation premiums, known as loss costs, will drop 16...

Coloradans Spent $26 Billion in Insurance Premiums in 2007

Sep 22 2008 // During 2007, Colorado citizens paid more than 26 billion dollars in insurance premium to approximately 1,306 companies, with 27 companies accounting for more than 50 percent of that total, according to the Colorado...

Colorado Forecasters Call for Four Hurricanes in September

Sep 5 2008 // Colorado hurricane researchers are forecasting five tropical storms in the Atlantic in September, including four hurricanes, two of them major.Former Colorado State University climatologist William Gray said that would be...

Coloradans Spent $26 Billion in Insurance Premiums in 2007

Aug 29 2008 // Where do Coloradans spend their insurance dollars? During 2007, Colorado citizens paid over 26 billion dollars in premium to approximately 1,306 companies, with 27 companies accounting for more than 50 percent of that...

Colorado Division of Insurance Recovers $7 Million for Insurance

Aug 26 2008 // The Department of Regulatory Agencies, Colorado Division of Insurance reported that it has recovered $7 million for consumers in the first half of 2008. The total represents premium savings and recovered benefits to...

Colorado Ranks High on Tornado Charts

Aug 21 2008 // Tornadoes are usually classified using the Fujita Tornado Scale, or FScale developed by Dr. T. Theodore Fujita at the University of Chicago in 1971, CDS said. Using FScale classifications, the study looked at whether there...

Colorado Complaint Index Compares Insurance Companies

Aug 8 2008 // Colorado’s Division of Insurance has published an online index of insurance company complaints, allowing consumers to see whether a company has an above, below, or average number of complaints compared to other...

Colorado Climatologist Raises Hurricane Forecast

Aug 8 2008 // Noted hurricane researcher William Gray, a former Colorado State University climatologist, has revised his Atlantic forecast upward and now calls for a total of nine hurricanes this season — an increase of one.Gray...

Study Suggests 1.35M in Colorado Could be Underinsured

Jul 30 2008 // More than a third of the patients who went to 37 primary-care health clinics across Colorado on a single day were uninsured, researchers said, suggesting that at least 1.35 million people statewide could be in the same...

Report: Toyota Tacoma Safest of Small Pickups

Jul 24 2008 // Small pickups aren’t providing as much protection in side crashes as many new cars and sport utility vehicles. The Toyota Tacoma was the only one of five small pickup trucks, all 2008 models, to earn the highest...

Colorado Counties Want ATV Laws Expanded

Jul 22 2008 // Four counties in southwestern Colorado that passed a law requiring driver’s licenses and liability insurance for ATV riders want the state to enact similar requirements. Officials in San Juan, Hinsdale, Ouray and San...

When is a Collapse a Collapse?

Jul 7 2008 // Consider the following scenario: An earthquake, tornado, flood or similar natural catastrophe causes significant structural damage to an insured’s home. Although the building is still standing, the structural...

Auto Thefts in Colorado Dip 40 Percent in 2 Years

Jun 30 2008 // Auto thefts reported to police in Colorado dipped 40 percent between 2005 and 2007, partly because of a stronger focus on preventing and solving those crimes and tougher penalties in at least one community.Auto thefts,...