A group of lawmakers that heard six days of testimony about the practices of Pinnacol Assurance before this legislative session began oppose privatization of the workers’ compensation insurer.
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Privatization of Pinnacol Stalls
Posted on 24 February 2010.
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Post Raps Senate President Shaffer For His Anti-Deal Pinnacol Stance
Posted on 24 February 2010.
It would seem the regrettable Pinnacol Follies have returned, the newspaper editorializes today.
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Colorado Senate President Shaffer Pans Pinnacol Separation Bid
Posted on 23 February 2010.
The head of the Colorado Senate said Monday he does not want to privatize Pinnacol Assurance, a pronouncement that could dim prospects for the cash-strapped state to reap hundreds of millions of dollars by spinning off the workers’ compensation insurance fund.
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Pinnacol Offers $200M to Colo. in Return for Greater Autonomy
Posted on 16 February 2010.
The proceeds from “separating” the quasi-governmental workers’ compensation insurance fund from the state could be used to help offset cuts to a variety of programs.
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State Takes First Step To Spin Off Workers Comp Insurer Pinnacol
Posted on 08 February 2010.
Gov. Bill Ritter’s office is moving forward with a deal that would cut Pinnacol Assurance, the state-chartered worker’s compensation fund, free from almost all state control in exchange for a payment of hundreds of millions of dollars. READ THE AGREEMENT.
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HB10-1009: Pinnacol Resists Lawmaker Efforts to Increase Public Input
Posted on 06 February 2010.
A controversial bill that aims to diversify and open up decision-making at Pinnacol Assurance, the impressively profitable quasi-governmental workers compensation insurance provider, passed out of the House Judicial Committee Friday on a mostly partisan vote.
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HB10-1009: Pinnacol Board Pushes Back Against Miklosi Transparency Bill
Posted on 03 February 2010.
Denver Democratic state Rep. Joe Miklosi has introduced legislation that seeks to change the make-up of the governing board of tax-exempt Pinnacol Assurance, the state’s largest workers compensation insurer, The Colorado Independent reports.
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Lawmakers: Limit Spying on Workers
Posted on 26 January 2010.
Lawmakers are pushing legislation that would limit the ability of workers’ compensation providers from spying on employees who have made a claim.
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Pinnacol Assurance Takes Stands on Legislation
Posted on 12 November 2009.
Pinnacol Assurance’s board of directors Thursday voted to oppose five proposed legislative bills intended to change the way Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation insurer operates.
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Pinnacol’s General Counsel: Regulations Threaten Us
Posted on 07 November 2009.
An attorney for Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation provider, said Friday that seven bills proposed by an interim committee of the Colorado Assembly are a threat to the company’s ability to effectively provide workers’ compensation services to businesses in the state.
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