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