2009 News Releases
DORA’s Division of Insurance Offers Medicare Phone Information Line for Spanish-Speaking Consumers Who Qualify for Medicare Coverage
Release date: December 14, 2009
DORA’s Division of Insurance Orders 9.7% Decrease in Workers Compensation Loss Costs
Release date: November 2, 2009
Order of Approval of the National Council on Compensation Insurance
Request for an Average Change in Workers Compensation Loss Costs and Rating Values
Proposed Effective Date Jan. 1, 2010
Colorado Insurance Consumers Use Complaint Process to Voice Concerns and Get Help
-- Division of Insurance Releases Annual Complaint Report
Release date: October 14, 2009
United Healthcare Companies Fined $457,000 for Market Conduct Violations Affecting Consumers
Release date: October 5, 2009
Editorial Opinion: Health Insurance Plans Should Be Pro-Active with Flu Vaccine Information
Release date: Sept. 15, 2009
Commissioner of Insurance Urges Health Carriers to Plan for H1N1 Vaccinations
Release date: Sept. 3, 2009
Small Business Insurance IQ Survey Reveals Health Care Knowledge Gaps
Release date: August 25, 2009
Complaint Index at DORA’s Division of Insurance Lets Consumers Compare Insurance
Companies to Make Informed Insurance Purchases
Release date: August 14, 2009
Insurance Division Signs Multi-State Settlement Agreement with Chubb Corporation: More Than $350,000 Paid to Colorado Policyholders
Release date: August 13, 2009
DORA’s Division of Insurance Tallies $188 Million in Consumer Savings and Restored
Benefits for Past Year
Release date: August 10, 2009
Severe Storms Prompt Insurance and Home Repair Questions
Release date: July 22, 2009
Time Insurance Company (Assurant Health) Fined $90,000 for Market Conduct Violations Affecting Consumers
Release date: July 21, 2009
Division of Insurance Penalizes Pre-Need Funeral Provider;
Neptune Society to Change Business Model
Release date: July 15, 2009
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado Fined $201,000
for Market Conduct Violations
Affecting Consumers;
Kaiser Permanente Insurance Company Fined $166,000
Release date: July 14, 2009
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ID Theft Scam Uses Health Insurance Worry to Target Seniors
Release date: June 8, 2009
Insurance Producers Warned Not to Give Personal Information
to Scam Artists Posing as State Employees
Release date: June 4, 2009
Bill Extending Health Care Coverage for Eligible Unemployed
Signed by Governor Ritter
Release date: June 2, 2009
Consumer Protection Rounds Out DORA Legislative Agenda
Release date: May 22, 2009
DORA’s Division of Insurance Assists Consumer
in Recovery of Life Insurance Benefits
Release date: May 15, 2009
2008 Small Group Activity Report Released
Release date: May 1, 2009
Sale of Fake Travel Insurance Prompts DORA’s Insurance Division to order
Cease and Desist against Prime Travel Protection of Arvada
Release date: April 15, 2009
Colorado Springs Insurance Producer Fined more than $30,000;
License Revoked
Release date: April 14, 2009
Colorado Health Insurance Assistance Program Awarded
2009 Grant Funding by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Release date: April 3, 2009
Released by: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Insurance Commissioner Orders Refunds to 3500 Customers of Chicago Title Insurance
and Fidelity National Title Insurance
Release date: April 2, 2009
Gov. Ritter Applauds New Consumer Insurance
Protection and Education Tool
Release date: March 23, 2009
Medicare and Medicare Advantage Questions
Release date: March 4, 2009
Division of Insurance Announces Rate Decrease
on Private Passenger Auto Polices by Allstate;
Consumers to Save Nearly $7 Million
Release date: February 10, 2009
How the new Med-Pay law will affect consumers:
Editorial by Commissioner Marcy Morrison
Release date: January 20, 2009
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