Latest Colorado Headlines

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Colorado Division of Insurance To Assist with Compliants in Windsor

Jun 19 2008 // The Colorado Division of Insurance announced it is sending staff to the Windsor Disaster Recovery Center to assist residents with insurance questions and problems following the tornado and hailstorms that struck the town...

Insurers: Don’t Have to Cover Colorado Organic Dairy in Suit

Jun 16 2008 // Four insurers have asked a judge to declare they do not have to pay to defend or indemnify Aurora Organic Dairy against a lawsuit challenging claims about the dairy’s milk.The lawsuit in question alleges the...

Business Moves

Jun 16 2008 // Lockton, Schwander Insurance ServicesThe Denver office of Lockton Companies LLC, a privately held insurance broker, acquired Schwander Insurance Services of Centennial, Colo. Schwander CEO and President Michael Schwander...

Colorado Approves Auto Insurance Med Pay Bill, ‘Bad Faith’ Bill

Jun 12 2008 // Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has signed Senate Bill 11, which creates rules concerning funding for the provision of uncompensated trauma care to persons injured in motor vehicle accidents, and House Bill 1407, allowing the...

Van Gilder Sells Colorado Springs Office To CB Insurance

Jun 9 2008 // Michael Van Gilder, CEO of Van Gilder Insurance Corp., and Steve Schneider, president of CB Insurance LLC, an affiliate of Central Bancorp, announced their firms have signed a letter of intent for the sale and purchase of...

Colorado Researchers Predict 8 Atlantic Hurricanes, 4 Major

Jun 4 2008 // Weather researcher William Gray’s team is calling for eight hurricanes in the Atlantic this year, four of them major. The forecast calls for a very active season, with 15 named storms. The revised outlook from the...

Colorado Authorities Say 1 Arsonist May Be Responsible for 17 Fires

Jun 3 2008 // Grand Junction, Colorado police are investigating 17 downtown fires they say may be the work of a single arsonist.The fires began Jan. 8 and the most recent was last week. Fires have been set in carports, garages and at...

Colorado Residents Cleaning Up After Tornadoes, Hail

Jun 2 2008 // Colorado residents affected by powerful storms that struck the northern part of the state about 80 miles north of Denver on May 22, 2008, are beginning to sort through the wreckage and pick up the pieces. According to the...

Colorado’s Cherry Creek Insurance and Gaspar Jones Merge

May 29 2008 // Colorado-based Cherry Creek Insurance and Gaspar Jones have merged operations. Beginning immediately, the companies will execute the integration of the two agencies. The combined staff of 55 insurance professionals will...

Colorado Tornado, Hail Damage Adds Up To Estimated $147M in Damage

May 28 2008 // Colorado residents in Windsor and surrounding communities are starting the process of repairing and rebuilding their homes, following May 22’s tornadoes and hail and wind storm. Meanwhile insurance companies have...

Colorado Residents Cleaning Up After Tornadoes, Hail

May 23 2008 // Colorado residents affected by powerful storms are beginning to sort through the wreckage and pick up the pieces. According to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association, it is too early to estimate the total...

Tornado Strikes Northern Colorado

May 22 2008 // A large tornado struck Northern Colorado on May 22, 2008, striking several areas in the town of Windsor, which is about 80 miles north of Denver. Initial reports indicate one person was killed, but there were no official...

Colorado Casualty Offers Commercial Lines Products

May 21 2008 // Englewood, Colo.-based Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, is introducing its new commercial lines product portfolio and Web-based underwriting application to agents in Colorado, Nevada,...

Business Moves

May 19 2008 // Barney & Barney, Saylor & HillBarney & Barney LLC, a San Diego-based insurance brokerage, closed its merger with Saylor & Hill Co., an Oakland, Calif.-based brokerage. The combined companies will work...

Colorado Bill Gives Regulator Authority to Demand Insurance Compensation

May 19 2008 // Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has signed a bill that will allow the state Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), and its Division of Insurance the legal authority to demand that insurance companies or agents compensate...

Colorado Bill Would Boost Penalties for Poor Insurance Carrier Conduct

May 19 2008 // The Colorado House is considering a bill that is designed to protect consumers by strengthening penalties when insurance carriers act unreasonably. However, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is...

Colorado Supreme Court: Employer Must Pay Suspended Workers’ Comp

May 16 2008 // The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that an employer must pay temporary disability benefits to an employee although the employee had been suspended.According to Sigala vs. Atencio’s Market, Eva Sigala was injured on...

Colorado Bill Gives Regulator Authority to Demand Insurance Compensation

May 9 2008 // Colorado Governor Bill Ritter has signed a bill that will allow the state Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), and its Division of Insurance the legal authority to demand that insurance companies or agents compensate...

Pinnacol Distributing $55 Million to Colorado Businesses

May 8 2008 // For the fourth year in a row, Denver-based Pinnacol Assurance, a workers’ compensation insurance carrier, will issue a general dividend to its policyholders. In mid-May, eligible Colorado businesses will receive...

Auto Exempted From Colorado Fair Accountable Insurance Rates Act

May 5 2008 // After much testimony and deliberation on Colorado House Bill 1389, the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee has amended a controversial bill that insurance associations said would have imposed a prior approval...