Latest Colorado Headlines

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Safe Auto Adds Colorado Call Center

Nov 8 2005 // Safe Auto Insurance Co. has announced it is adding a call center in Sterling, Colo., northeast of Denver. The Whitehall, Ohio.-based insurer, which specializes in minimum auto insurance coverage, said it plans to employ...

Moody Offers Colorado Roofing Workers’ Comp Program Dividend

Nov 8 2005 // Moody Insurance Agency, which specializes in insurance, risk management and bonding services for contractors, has announced a $313,800 dividend — an increase of $99,399 over last year’s dividend — for 19...

MEDICAL ASSURANCE CO. DROPS RATES

Nov 7 2005 // Medical Assurance Co. of Mississippi, a physician owned provider which covers about 70 percent of the state’s physicians, has announced a 5 percent decrease in its 2006 malpractice rates and a 10 percent refund on...

Business Moves

Nov 6 2005 // Hull and Co. Opens Scottsdale, Ariz., Office, Adds StaffHull & Co. Inc. has announced it has opened a new location and added a new staff to serve the state of Arizona. The office is replacing the E&S Brokerage...

ACE USA Opens Seattle, Colorado, Arizona Offices

Oct 25 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, has opened Seattle, Colorado and Arizona branch offices.Maureen Amant has joined ACE USA as Seattle branch manager. Anne Nadler, who has...

Colorado’s Auto Rates Drop Up to 39% Under New System

Oct 17 2005 // Colorado automobile insurance rates have dropped between 16 and 39 percent, depending on the location of the driver and coverages purchased, according to a new Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, (PCI) and...

OSHA, HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION SIGN HOME SAFE PARTNERSHIP

Oct 17 2005 // A partnership between the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Home Builders Association (HBA) of Metro Denver will reportedly identify and abate home construction site hazards and prevent hazards...

News Briefs

Oct 17 2005 // CaliforniaJudge throws out $700 million jury award in Executive Life Suit A federal judge has thrown out a $700 million (euro586 million) award for punitive damages won by the state of California in a lawsuit stemming from...

Colorado’s Auto Rates Drop Up to 39% Under New System

Oct 17 2005 // Colorado automobile insurance rates have dropped between 16 and 39 percent, depending on the location of the driver and coverages purchased, according to a new Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, (PCI) and...

Commissioner Reminds Coloradans To Consider Flood Insurance

Oct 13 2005 // Insurance Commissioner David Rivera is reminding Coloradans to consider purchasing flood insurance. “While it is very unlikely that a hurricane will hit Colorado, the extensive flooding caused by Hurricanes Katrina...

Digital Photography Service Expands To Florida, Colorado

Oct 7 2005 // RESEDA, CA – FastSnap announced today that its digital photography service is now available in Florida and Colorado.Agents in California, Arizona, Oregon, and Nevada rely on the service when they can’t make a...

News Briefs

Oct 3 2005 // CALIFORNIA ACIC OPPOSES PROPOSED CDI REGULATIONS: The Association of California Insurance Companies recently testified on proposed Department of Insurance regulations. According to Jeff Fuller, executive vice president and...

Colo. Democrats Question Claims That Auto Insurance Rates Have Declined

Sep 25 2005 // Democrats questioned claims by the auto insurance industry and Colorado state insurance commissioner that rates declined after the state switched from a no-fault system to a tort system, saying 48 of 200 companies have not...

States Take on Hurricane Relief

Sep 19 2005 // The wheels of state governments across the continent are spinning into action to cope with the far-reaching devastation of Hurricane Katrina.Nearly all states are pitching in somehow. At least 40 states are providing...

Insurance Companies Pushing Colorado Mountain Residents to Firescape

Sep 19 2005 // Colorado’s average fire season has been a double-edged sword for Brett Gibson, a volunteer fire department chief in the tree-covered hills west of Boulder.He appreciates the lower threat of fires. But he is having...

Colo. Residents Settle Wildfire Lawsuit with Energy Provider

Sep 12 2005 // Jamestown, Colo. residents who sued Xcel Energy after losing homes or property in a wildfire in 2003 have settled their lawsuit against the company.The 49 plaintiffs agreed not to disclose financial terms of the settlement...

Insurance Cos. Pushing Colo. Mountain Residents to Firescape

Sep 6 2005 // Colorado’s average fire season has been a double-edged sword for Brett Gibson, a volunteer fire department chief in the tree-covered hills west of Boulder.He appreciates the lower threat of fires. But he is having...

Brown & Brown Acquires Sleeping Giant Agency in Colo.

Sep 2 2005 // Brown & Brown Inc. of Tampa and Daytona Beach, Fla. has acquired the assets of The Fossi Group Inc. doing business as Sleeping Giant Agency Inc. of Steamboat Springs, Colo. The acquisition was announced jointly by...

Diederich Acquires Doctors’ Financial

Aug 25 2005 // Diederich Insurance Agency of Carbondale, Ill. today announced the holdings acquisition of Doctors’ Financial Group, Inc. of Denver, Colo. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Doctors’ Financial Group,...

AIA Urges Colo. Legislators to Consider Non-Auto Insurance Options to Provide Funding for Trauma Care

Aug 23 2005 // The American Insurance Association urged Colorado legislators to consider several viable non-auto insurance options for providing additional funding for trauma care, as needed, to address the shortfalls that arise for...