June 17, 2011
CNA has opened its new Western Service Center in Colorado, located in Littleton’s Lone Tree community. The service center expands CNA’s Worldwide Operation, Claim and Underwriting support operations, with approximately 300 new positions and career path options expected in the …
June 15, 2011
Investigators say the fatal crash of a small plane in northern Colorado left a 2-foot-deep crater. The National Transportation Safety Board says the single-engine airplane was found upside down about eight feet from the crater after the May 22 crash. …
June 13, 2011
Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has announced that his office obtained an indictment against two Aurora, Colo., residents suspected of stealing $140,000 worth of workers’ compensation funds from Pinnacol Assurance. According to the 18-count indictment, Martin Lobatos first collected workers’ …
June 10, 2011
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the Denver Broncos and nine of its former players, saying its policies only covered claims in New Mexico for a “class of employee that did not include football players.” …
June 6, 2011
An audit committee has found no evidence of impropriety in Pinnacol Assurance’s incentive, expense and pay policies, but nevertheless recommended the Colorado-based workers’ compensation insurer “maintain a heightened sensitivity that reflects Pinnacol’s unique public nature while operating in the private …
May 27, 2011
A group of high school students who came forward to claim responsibility for bringing hay into the school will face discipline ranging from apologies to volunteer service. However, the Durango High School students will graduate on time and will not …
May 26, 2011
The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld an award of $18 million in exemplary damages to an Xcel Energy lineman who was injured when a Qwest Communications International Inc. telephone pole that he was working on collapsed. Andrew Blood was injured …
April 28, 2011
Tow-truck drivers and the widow of a Colorado Springs tow-truck driver dragged to his death earlier this year are headed to the Colorado Capitol to call for safety changes. The drivers want to see lawmakers pass a Senate bill that …
April 26, 2011
Four families in Yoder are building a sand bunker and stockpiling ammunition and weapons. A Black Forest resident has erected a geodesic dome on her 5-acre spread to grow vegetables, keeps horses for emergency transportation, in case she can’t get …
April 11, 2011
A northern Colorado wildfire burned fewer structures and is slightly smaller than initially thought, authorities said. The fire west of Fort Collins destroyed 13 structures and burned about 4.6 square miles, fire managers said. Earlier, 15 structures were listed as …