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Storm Buries Colorado Mountains under 18 Inches of Snow, Blizzard

Oct 27 2006 // A powerful snowstorm dumped 18 inches (46 centimeters) of snow in parts of the Colorado mountains and spread eastward Thursday, snarling traffic and shutting down dozens of school districts.A 125-mile (201-kilometer)...

State Farm Credits Change to Tort System in Colo. for Lower Rates

Oct 26 2006 // Colorado’s largest automobile insurance provider plans to cut rates an average of 7.5 percent this month, saying the state’s switch from a no-fault to a tort insurance system is reducing costs.The expected cut...

Colorado State University predicts fewer hurricanes in 2006

Sep 25 2006 // Forecasters at Colorado State University have lowered their hurricane predictions for the year, based on below-average activity in August, as well as the ocean-weather patterns they track.“We expect slightly...

Colorado State University predicts fewer hurricanes in 2006

Sep 25 2006 // Forecasters at Colorado State University have lowered their hurricane predictions for the year, based on below-average activity in August, as well as the ocean-weather patterns they track.“We expect slightly...

Pinnacol Assurance Honored as “Top Company”

Sep 22 2006 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s oldest and largest workers’ compensation insurer, has been named the state’s “Top Company” in Financial Services by ColoradoBiz Magazine. Pinnacol was selected...

Salazar Seeks Federal Disaster Loans for Farmers Who Lost Wells

Sep 19 2006 // Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar said he has asked federal agriculture officials to reconsider their decision to deny drought disaster loans to farmers on the Eastern Plains whose wells were shut off in a water rights...

Millions of Young Adult Risk-Takers Uncovered

Sep 8 2006 // As Colorado’s snowboarding season approaches, so does the time of year when Katie Neal’s mom really freaks out.What bothers her mom, Neal said, is not the speed at which the 26-year-old slashes through powder....

Colorado State Predicts Fewer Hurricanes

Sep 7 2006 // Forecasters at Colorado State University have lowered their hurricane predictions for the year, based on below-average activity in August, as well as the ocean-weather patterns they track.“We expect slightly...

Insurer’s Policies for Churchgoers Attract Christians

Sep 5 2006 // Diana Drees was taking her children to a home-school group at the family’s church when she swerved on an icy road and crashed her Nissan Altima into a fence.Because she was on her way to a church function — and...

Fraud Roundup

Sep 4 2006 // Ind. man convicted of wife’s hot tub deathIt took jurors only three hours before returning the guilty verdict against Michael B. Smith, 61, after hearing 10 days of testimony. Prosecutors maintained that Smith killed...

Colorado Issues Emergency Cease and Desist Order

Aug 29 2006 // The Colorado Division of Insurance has issued an Emergency Cease and Desist Order against The Global Healings Society for selling fake auto insurance to Colorado drivers. The Global Healings Society is also known as The...

Answers Still Elusive in 127-year-old Kansas Mystery

Aug 16 2006 // Researchers trying to solve a 127-year-old mystery still don’t have a usable DNA sample to help them.Two University of Colorado professors excavated a grave in Lawrence, Kan. in May supposed to belong to John...

Colorado Court: Drivers Not Liable for Hitting Animals in Road

Aug 15 2006 // Motorists who take reasonable action to avoid hitting large animals on the road cannot be held liable for negligence, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.It was the first time a Colorado court has set guidelines...

ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO., S.P. TARANTINO INSURANCE BROKERAGE

Aug 7 2006 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired S.P. Tarantino Insurance Brokerage Inc. of San Francisco. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1979, S.P. Tarantino Insurance Brokerage is a full-service retail...

Fraud Roundup

Aug 7 2006 // Utah agent charged with pocketing premiums Ryan Webb, a Salt Lake County, Utah, insurance agent, was charged with insurance fraud, a second degree felony, unlawful dealing by a fiduciary, a second degree felony, theft by...

Colorado workers’ comp premium holds steady

Aug 7 2006 // Colorado employees are likely to see their workers’ compensation costs remain unchanged for 2007. State Insurance Commissioner David Rivera said the National Council on Compensation Insurance will not be filing for...

Colorado workers’ comp premium holds steady

Aug 7 2006 // Colorado employees are likely to see their workers’ compensation costs remain unchanged for 2007. State Insurance Commissioner David Rivera said the National Council on Compensation Insurance will not be filing for...

Fraud Roundup

Aug 7 2006 // Utah agent charged with pocketing premiumsRyan Webb, a Salt Lake County, Utah, insurance agent, was charged with insurance fraud, a second degree felony, unlawful dealing by a fiduciary, a second degree felony, theft by...

The Drive Group Opens Colorado Data Center

Aug 3 2006 // The Drive Group of Insurance Companies, the largest auto insurer through independent agents and brokers in the country, announced the completion of a new data center and document production facility in Colorado Springs,...

Unitrin Direct Lowering Auto Rates in Colorado

Jul 27 2006 // Unitrin Direct is lowering auto rates 6 percent in Colorado. The reduction is largely due to recent legislative insurance reform, House Bill 1188, that shifted Colorado from no- fault insurance to a tort system on July 1,...