Working at Pinnacol

Our Company

For more than 90 years, Pinnacol Assurance has protected employers from unnecessary lawsuits and workers from financial difficulty. Today we are Colorado’s choice for workers' compensation, serving approximately 55,000 businesses statewide.

By running an efficient and entrepreneurial business, Pinnacol has built a company that is financially stable. This financial strength is assuring to our employees as well as to the customers and injured workers who rely on us.

Never content to rest on our laurels, we’ve set our sights on being best in the nation. While our commitment to Colorado is unwavering, our goal is to be the peak performer in workers’ compensation nationwide — in other words, the company that others emulate.

Our Values

Underlying everything Pinnacol does every day is a common set of employee values that drive everything from our decision-making processes to our interactions with each other:

Integrity

We will firmly adhere to ethical standards of conduct.

Excellence

We strive for the highest standards of service, quality, and results in everything we do.

Accountability

We are responsible as individuals for our decisions and actions.

Teamwork

All Pinnacol employees are committed to work together cooperatively and in unity to achieve outstanding results.

Innovation

We will enable and support creativity and the continuous pursuit of new ways to do things better.

Commitment to Community

Pinnacol Assurance believes in giving back to the Colorado communities that support us. That’s why we approach community involvement with the same focus and integrity we bring to our regular business activities.

Our community programs include:

Scholarships

The Pinnacol Foundation provides college scholarships to the children of Colorado workers killed or seriously injured on the job-regardless of which insurance carrier handled the parent’s claim. Since its inception in 2000:

  • The Pinnacol Foundation has awarded nearly $2 million in scholarships since 2000.
Volunteerism

Pinnacol provides every employee with 16 hours of company-paid volunteer time each year.

Pinnacol in Action

Our employee-run volunteer program coordinates convenient activities with six well-established non-profit organizations. In 2010:

  • 98 percent of our employees volunteered at least once.
  • Pinnacol sponsored approximately 5,852 employee hours in the community.
Employee-Giving Program

Pinnacol provides a 100-percent match on all employee donations during our annual fund-raising drive. In 2010:

  • We raised more than $86,000 for the Mile High United Way through employee donations and a corporate match.

Work/Life Balance

We understand the pressures employees face in trying to balance work with personal responsibilities and interests. We also know that our employees are better able to meet the demands of business when their own personal needs are being met. Pinnacol offers the following types of work/life benefits:

  • Generous paid-time-off bank
  • Flexible work options
  • On-site wellness center and fitness classes
  • On-site seminars on stress, nutrition and safety
  • On-site delivery of pre-packaged meals
  • Access to free counseling on a variety of personal and work/life issues
  • Lactation room for new mothers
  • Emergency childcare room, equipped with games for children and a computer for the parent whose daycare arrangements have fallen through
  • Free flu shots
  • On-site dry cleaning delivery

Pleasant Work Environment

Employees appreciate our values-based culture, which guides everything from our decision-making to our interactions with each other. And sometimes it’s the little things that make a difference, like our business-casual dress code or artwork that lines the hallways of our light and airy headquarters.

We’re also big on celebrating our successes (that’s code for "eating.") Our employee activities committee organizes ice cream breaks, burrito breakfasts, and parking-lot barbeques at least once per quarter.

Working for a company where people are friendly and team-oriented is the reason you’ll find many Pinnacol employees celebrating their 10-, 20-, and 30-year anniversaries with us.