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Pinnacol Distributing $57 Million in General Dividends to Colorado Businesses

Apr 20 2006 // Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, will deliver a general dividend to its policyholders for the second year in a row. In mid-May, eligible Colorado businesses should receive...

Colorado Senator Kills $10 Per Vehicle Fee for Trauma Care

Apr 19 2006 // Facing a difficult election year and a “buzz saw” of opposition from a range of powerful groups, a state senator on Monday pulled his plan to charge drivers a $10-per-vehicle fee to shore up the state’s...

Colorado targets 180 ‘sham’ affiliated businesses

Apr 17 2006 // Erin Toll, deputy commissioner of the Colorado Insurance Department, pledged to close 180 affiliated businesses operating illegally in her state this year.Toll said there is nothing wrong with affiliated businesses that...

Colorado Officials Make Arrest after 7-Month Fire Investigation

Apr 10 2006 // Authorities arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly starting four fires in Rifle, Colo., on Labor Day last year that destroyed two businesses and damaged two other structures.Robin Jay Clifton, of Collbran, faces 13...

WHO TO CALL?

Apr 3 2006 // Multi-State Agencies IBA West (Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington). Web site: www.iba west.com PIA West (Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington). Phone: (888)...

Colorado Cites Lawsuit for Big Jump in Insurance Costs

Mar 31 2006 // Liability insurance costs for Colorado’s athletic department will double next year to nearly $1.7 million, and officials say the reason is a lawsuit by two women who allege they were sexually assaulted by...

Colorado medical payments coverage bill killed

Mar 20 2006 // Legislation forcing Colorado drivers to purchase additional emergency medical insurance coverage as part of their auto insurance policies was defeated in the state’s Senate Appropriations Committee by a vote of...

With eye on federal monies, more states adopting primary seat belt laws

Mar 20 2006 // Seventeen-year-old Brittney Hudson wasn’t wearing her seat belt when it mattered most, the moment her 2004 Toyota Celica rolled over along a rural stretch in western Colorado and ejected her from the vehicle.The...

With eye on federal monies, more states adopting primary seat belt laws

Mar 19 2006 // Seventeen-year-old Brittney Hudson wasn’t wearing her seat belt when it mattered most, the moment her 2004 Toyota Celica rolled over along a rural stretch in western Colorado and ejected her from the vehicle.The...

Colorado Emergency Medical Payments Coverage Bill Killed in Committee

Mar 13 2006 // Legislation forcing Colorado drivers to purchase additional emergency medical insurance coverage as part of their auto insurance policies was defeated in the state’s Senate Appropriations Committee by a vote of...

With Eye on Federal Monies, More States Adopting Primary Seat Belt Laws

Mar 9 2006 // Seventeen-year-old Brittney Hudson wasn’t wearing her seat belt when it mattered most, the moment her 2004 Toyota Celica rolled over along a rural stretch in western Colorado and ejected her from the vehicle.The...

Colo. wants industry to account for rising rates

Mar 6 2006 // The insurance industry came out strongly against a Colorado measure that would require it to disclose claims, payouts and rates, telling lawmakers a plan to increase regulation of their industry would drive up costs and...

COLO. MEDICAL PAYMENT COVERAGE BILL DEFEATED

Mar 6 2006 // Legislation to force Colorado consumers to buy medical payment coverage was narrowly defeated in the Colorado House.House Bill 1036, killed by a one-vote margin, would have required insurers to provide $5,000 medical...

PCI urging Colo. lawmakers to reject insurance data reporting bill

Mar 6 2006 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) testified before the Colorado House Business Affairs and Labor Committee that legislation HB 1330, which would impose extensive new data reporting requirement on...

Colo. Supreme Court Decides Negligent Hiring Case

Mar 3 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has joined other industry members in an amicus brief to Colorado’s Supreme Court arguing that an employer is not liable under the tort of negligent...

Colo. Man Injured in Natual Gas Pumping Station Explosion

Feb 28 2006 // A fire and possible explosion at an EnCana natural gas pumping station injured one employee near Dacono and southwest of Fort Lupton, Colo., sheriff’s officials said.Weld County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Margie...

Denver court denies class action certification in Morris v. Travelers

Feb 20 2006 // U.S. District Court Judge Edward Nottingham has denied a class certification in Morris v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of America, according to Morrison & Foerster LLP. The law firm represented Travelers in court in...

Colo. senate wants insurers to pay medical bills

Feb 20 2006 // Auto insurers would have to pay ambulance and emergency room bills in car accidents, under a measure backed by a Colorado Senate panel.Officials for hospitals and ambulance services said someone needs to help them pay for...

Colorado wants to form consumer insurance board to advise commissioner

Feb 20 2006 // The Colorado House has introduced a bill that would create a Consumer Insurance Board to provide policy guidance to the Commissioner of Insurance, gather and prepare information for hearings regarding proposed insurance...

News Currents

Feb 19 2006 // Denver court denies class action certification in Morris v. Travelers U.S. District Court Judge Edward Nottingham has denied a class certification in Morris v. Travelers Indemnity Co. of America, according to Morrison...