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People Moves: IMA Select in Colorado Names Harvath President; IOA Adds Armstrong

Jul 8 2022 // IMA Select in Colorado named Sandy Harvath president.Harvath has been with IMA Financial Group since 2003, most recently serving as the president of its Colorado market. She began her career at IMA as construction account...

Colorado Lawsuit: Hero Who Stopped Gunman Shot Without Warning

Jun 24 2022 // The mother of a man hailed as a hero for killing a gunman who ambushed and fatally shot a police officer only to be killed himself by another officer in suburban Denver filed a lawsuit alleging the officer who shot him...

Colorado Ski Resort Settles Suit Involving Fatal Lift Accident

Jun 21 2022 // The family of a woman who died after falling from a chairlift at a small Colorado ski resort as she was riding up with her two young daughters has settled a wrongful death lawsuit.William Huber, the girls’ father,...

People Moves: IMA Names Karagozian Colorado Market President; IIABCal Names Epstein CEO

Jun 20 2022 // IMA Financial Group Inc. named Lauren Karagozian Colorado market president.Karagozian replaces Sandy Harvath, who will remain in a leadership role with the company. During her 14-year tenure at IMA, Karagozian has served...

Colorado Crash Involving SUV and Tractor-Trailer Kills 5

Jun 16 2022 // Five people from Wyoming, including an infant girl, are dead after the SUV they were in was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer in northern Colorado.Investigators with the Colorado State Patrol say the SUV was in the left lane...

Investigators Say Colorado’s 2nd-Largest Fire Was Human-Caused

Jun 6 2022 // Investigators say Colorado’s second-largest wildfire on record was human-caused.The U.S Forest Service announced that the determination was made based on evidence gathered at the origin of the East Troublesome Fire,...

Colorado St. Hurricane Team Now Forecasts ‘Well Above-Average’ Hurricane Season

Jun 3 2022 // A day after hurricane season began on June 1, the hurricane research team at Colorado State University upped its forecast of the Atlantic hurricane season to “well above average” and predicted five major...

Spring Colorado Snowstorm Knocks out Power for 210K

May 23 2022 // A late spring Colorado snowstorm dumped several inches in the Denver metro area Saturday and knocked out electricity for about 210,000 customers, officials said. The wet snow weighed down tree branches and sent them...

Workers’ Comp Claims from 10 Years of Legal Cannabis in Colorado Reveal a Boring Trend

May 16 2022 // Data on injured workers from the nation’s most mature adult-use cannabis market is pretty boring. No excessive claims resulting from injuries suffered by stoned forklift drivers, high cultivators, or even dispensary...

Colorado Jury Awards Nearly $9M in Fertility Fraud Case

May 2 2022 // A jury has awarded nearly $9 million to three families who accused a Colorado fertility doctor of using his own sperm to inseminate three mothers who requested anonymous donors.The jury found that Dr. Paul B. Jones and his...

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Ryan Insurance Strategy Consultants in Colorado

Apr 25 2022 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Greenwood Village, Colorado-based Ryan Insurance Strategy Consultants. John Ryan and his associates will continue operating from their current location under the direction of Kevin...

Online Marketplace Letgo Sued Following Colorado Slayings

Apr 18 2022 // The online marketplace Letgo is facing a wrongful death lawsuit after the parents of five children were fatally shot and robbed while using the app to try to buy a used SUV in suburban Denver in 2020.The lawsuit filed in...

Flight Attendants Settle Discrimination Suit with Colorado-based Frontier

Apr 18 2022 // Frontier Airlines has settled a discrimination lawsuit brought by a group of flight attendants who claimed the carrier discriminated against them during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.Denver-based Frontier agreed to...

Lawsuit Alleges Power Line Sparked Colorado Wildfire

Apr 18 2022 // The first lawsuit filed in connection with a wildfire that destroyed over 1,000 homes and other buildings in suburban Denver claims that sparks from a power line started December’s blaze.The lawsuit filed against...

Colorado City Allows Fire Victims to Rebuild Under Older Codes

Apr 18 2022 // The Louisville City Council in suburban Denver voted in favor of allowing residents whose homes were significantly damaged or destroyed in Colorado’s most destructive wildfire to rebuild under less-stringent...

Southwest Colorado Farmers Plagued by Drought

Apr 11 2022 // With his hands stuffed deep into his pockets, Landan Wilson looks down at the ground and scuffs his boot back and forth against the loose blades of alfalfa hay scattered on the dirt.It’s early March, and Wilson is...

Colorado City Allows Fire Victims to Rebuild Under Older Codes

Apr 8 2022 // The Louisville City Council in suburban Denver voted in favor of allowing residents whose homes were significantly damaged or destroyed in Colorado’s most destructive wildfire to rebuild under less-stringent...

Charges Dropped Against in 2018 Colorado Wildfire Case

Apr 6 2022 // A judge dismissed criminal charges against a Danish man accused of starting a Colorado wildfire that destroyed about 140 homes in 2018 after he was repeatedly found unable to stand trial.It was not clear what would happen...

People Moves: Lockton Names Brown President of P/C for Mountain West; McGriff Adds Anderson in Colorado

Apr 6 2022 // Lockton promoted Ted Brown to president of property/casualty for the Mountain West region.Brown will focus on client experience and growing Mountain West’s P/C business. He joined Lockton in 2007.Lockton is an...

Lawsuit Alleges Power Line Sparked Colorado Wildfire

Apr 5 2022 // The first lawsuit filed in connection with a wildfire that destroyed over 1,000 homes and other buildings in suburban Denver claims that sparks from a power line started December’s blaze.The lawsuit filed against...