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