Insurance Rates /tags/insurance-rates Insurance Rates en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:08:55 GMT In wake of L.A. fires, former California insurance commissioner recommends policy steps to avoid ‘uninsurable future’ /2025-01-29/fires-homeowners-insurance-wildfires-los-angeles While California has a uniquely unstable insurance market, many of the issues there are increasingly being seen across the West. The state’s previous insurance commissioner says there are things other states can do to stave off more serious problems. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 00:08:55 GMT /2025-01-29/fires-homeowners-insurance-wildfires-los-angeles Murphy Woodhouse ‘Governors are going to have to create a new system’: Leaders in the West lambast insurance industry over rising costs for homeowners /news/2024-12-13/governors-are-going-to-have-to-create-a-new-system-leaders-in-the-west-lambast-insurance-industry-over-rising-costs-for-homeowners Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said he supports measures to make the industry more transparent about how it assesses homeowners’ risk amid increasingly extreme weather events. Fri, 13 Dec 2024 17:29:24 GMT /news/2024-12-13/governors-are-going-to-have-to-create-a-new-system-leaders-in-the-west-lambast-insurance-industry-over-rising-costs-for-homeowners Robert Tann, Summit Daily News Colorado homeowners insurance increased nearly 60% in five years /news/2024-09-14/colorado-homeowners-insurance-increased-nearly-60-in-five-years Hail damage, wildfires, and weather are only partly to blame, says an industry trade group. There’s also “social inflation.†Sat, 14 Sep 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-09-14/colorado-homeowners-insurance-increased-nearly-60-in-five-years Tamara Chuang, Colorado Sun Think wildfires and hailstorms are raising the cost of home insurance? Technology may be the bigger culprit /podcast/inthenoco/2024-09-11/think-wildfires-and-hailstorms-are-raising-the-cost-of-home-insurance-technology-may-be-the-bigger-culprit Homeowners in Colorado have been watching their insurance costs climb in recent years. You might chalk that up to damaging wildfires and hailstorms that are so common here. But new technology may be the bigger culprit. On today's In The NoCo, we explore the real reason your homeowner’s insurance may be going up soon. Wed, 11 Sep 2024 11:35:00 GMT /podcast/inthenoco/2024-09-11/think-wildfires-and-hailstorms-are-raising-the-cost-of-home-insurance-technology-may-be-the-bigger-culprit In The NoCo, Ariel Lavery, Erin O'Toole, Brad Turner Most Mountain West states see big increases in private health insurance costs /regional-news/2023-01-20/most-mountain-west-states-see-big-increases-in-private-health-insurance-costs-report-finds From 2022 to 2023, Colorado is seeing the second-highest increases in monthly private health insurance costs – nearly 20% – compared to the national average of less than 4%, according to an analysis by the finance website ValuePenguin. Wyoming and New Mexico also ranked in the top 5 with increases around 15%. Fri, 20 Jan 2023 19:39:17 GMT /regional-news/2023-01-20/most-mountain-west-states-see-big-increases-in-private-health-insurance-costs-report-finds Emma VandenEinde Skyrocketing Insurance Rates In Rural Colorado First Target For New Capitol Committee /politics/2018-12-14/skyrocketing-insurance-rates-in-rural-colorado-first-target-for-new-capitol-committee Out of the dozens of lawmakers who hold leadership positions at the State Capitol, only five live on the Western Slope. State Rep. Dylan Roberts is one of… Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:33:58 GMT /politics/2018-12-14/skyrocketing-insurance-rates-in-rural-colorado-first-target-for-new-capitol-committee Scott Franz