Pinnacol Committee Takes Aim at Comp Industry as a Whole

By Jim Sams, Senior Editorjim@workcompcentralWhat began as a legislative review of Pinnacol Assurance's operations has ended as the potential foundation of a wider effort to place greater restrictions and new penalties on all Colorado worker's compensation insurers.Members of the Colorado Legislature's interim committee on Pinnacol put together a package of eight legislative concepts — which could be introduced as bills next year — that would restrict the use of surveillance on injured workers, create an injured worker advocacy office in state government, bring new $1,0...