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2015 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Some Midwest Cities Limiting Sledding Due to Liability Concerns
Jan 5 2015 // As anyone who has grown up around snow knows, part of the fun of sledding is the risk of soaring off a jump or careening around a tree. But faced with the potential bill from sledding injuries, some Iowa cities have opted...
Iowa DPS Report: Wait On Drone Regulation
Dec 24 2014 // Iowa should take a wait-and-see approach to regulating unmanned aerial vehicles because of their huge potential for positive uses in business and government, the Iowa Department of Public Safety advises in a new...
Hub International Acquires Iowa-Based Brokerage, Ruhl & Ruhl
Dec 23 2014 // Global insurance broker, Hub International Limited (Hub), announced that its Chicago-area region Hub International Midwest (Hub Midwest) has acquired the assets of Ruhl & Ruhl Insurance, based in Davenport, Iowa. Terms...
A.M. Best: Iowa’s Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Under Review
Dec 23 2014 // A.M. Bestplaced under review with negative implications the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a” of Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa (FMH) of West Des...
Iowa’s Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance to Acquire John Deere Crop Insurance
Dec 18 2014 // Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Co. of Iowa (FMH) announced it is acquiring Moline, Ill.-based John Deere Insurance Co. and John Deere Risk Protection Inc. The action is a result of Deere’s previously announced review...
Iowa Court: Construction Defect Remedy Doesn’t Extend to Banks, Developers
Dec 15 2014 // The Iowa Supreme Court has declined to give banks and real estate developers the same legal remedy that protects homebuyers from defective construction. In a pair of decisions, the court refused to expand Iowa’s...
Sheriff: Woman Critically Injured in Iowa Warehouse
Dec 9 2014 // Iowa authorities say a worker at a beef jerky distribution facility has been critically injured after a pallet fell on her head. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office tells KETV-TV the woman was hospitalized in...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Iowa-Based Miller-Harrison Insurance Services
Nov 20 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired Miller-Harrison Insurance Services in Muscatine, Iowa. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1919, Miller-Harrison is a retail insurance broker...
North Atlantic Hurricanes Can Have Big Impact in the Midwest
Nov 13 2014 // Located hundreds of miles inland from the nearest ocean, the Midwest is unaffected by North Atlantic hurricanes. Or is it? With the Nov. 30 end of the 2014 hurricane season just weeks away, a University of Iowa researcher...
Iowa State Building Contaminated with Lead
Nov 11 2014 // Testing has identified lead dust contamination on the first two levels of the Wallace State Office Building in Des Moines, Iowa, which houses 495 state employees. The Des Moines Register reported that it learned of the...
IA&B in Pennsylvania Hires Foster as CFO/COO
Nov 3 2014 // Keith E. Foster Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B), a tri-state trade organization based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, has hired Keith E. Foster, CPA, as chief financial officer/chief operating officer. Foster...
Iowa Launches New Emergency Alert System
Nov 3 2014 // Iowa has launched a new emergency alert system to warn residents of tornadoes, chemical spills or other dangers. The Legislature approved the Alert Iowa System earlier this year. The annual cost of running it is expected...
Feds Charge Iowa Man in $2.7M Illinois Insurance Fraud Case
Oct 30 2014 // Federal authorities say an Iowa man has been charged with defrauding his former employer in Illinois of at least $2.7 million. U.S. Attorney Jim Lewis said 47-year-old Dominic Scodeller of Davenport, Iowa, was arrested on...
Arson Suspected in Dubuque, Iowa, Vehicle Fires
Oct 27 2014 // Dubuque, Iowa, police and fire department officials say they are investigating two vehicle fires as arson. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reportsthat the fires were reported before dawn on Oct. 23 in a parking lot. Dubuque...
Judge Recuses Himself from Discrimination Suit Against Iowa Governor
Oct 13 2014 // The judge overseeing a gay former state official’s discrimination lawsuit against Gov. Terry Branstad and several aides is recusing himself. Chief Judge Arthur Gamble says in a court order that he feels a conflict of...
Iowa Gov. Says He Didn’t Know Work Comp Commissioner’s Sexual Orientation
Oct 8 2014 // Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and top aides have denied discriminating against a gay former state official, saying they weren’t aware of his sexual orientation when the governor asked him to resign and cut his...
Cellphone Recordings Lead to Arrest of Iowa Teens for Burning Vehicles
Oct 7 2014 // Ankeny, Iowa, police have charged two teenagers with felony arson counts who they say set cars on fire and recorded the crimes on a cellphone. Police said that the 15- and 16-year-old boys were each charged with two counts...
Nebraska Agents Give Iowa Mutual Five Stars
Oct 2 2014 // Independent Insurance Agents of Nebraska (IIAN) has selected Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. as the 2014 Five-Star Company of the Year for its dedication and service to independent agents. The award recipient is selected by IIAN...
Two Plead Guilty in Iowa to Defrauding AIG, Face Decades in Prison
Sep 4 2014 // Former Iowa resident Christina M. Pender and California resident Robert K. Taylor have pled guilty to defrauding insurance company AIG out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the...
