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Flood Report for Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Calls for Better Protection System
Sep 7 2010 // The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft report that calls for a better, if limited, flood-protection system in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Cedar River swamped the city in 2008, covering 10 square miles. The...
Iowa to Assess for Second Injury Fund; Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Proposed
Sep 6 2010 // Sufficient funds are not available to meet the liabilities of Iowa’s Second Injury Fund, so the state is imposing a $4 million assessment on insurers and self-insured employers in Iowa. Notices were mailed from the...
Iowa Supreme Court Affirms Ruling in Firefighter Workers’ Comp Case
Sep 6 2010 // The Iowa Supreme Court in mid-August affirmed a district court ruling that found a volunteer firefighter must be summoned to duty only through official channels and not by circumstances. The ruling came in a workers’...
IA&B Groups Elects New Officers and Directors
Aug 27 2010 // The Insurance Agents & Brokers, a partnership of agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania has elected new directors. Chairman David Rosenkilde, of ABCO/ICS Insurance Services Inc., in...
23 States Involved in Recalled Eggs
Aug 25 2010 // Eggs contaminated with salmonella that originated from Wright County Egg in Iowa have shown up in 23 states, CNN reported this morning. Already, the outbreak has sickened hundreds of people across the country, the Food and...
Iowa to Assess for Second Injury Fund; Work Comp Rate Hike Proposed
Aug 25 2010 // Sufficient funds are not available to meet the liabilities of Iowa’s Second Injury Fund, so the state is imposing a $4 million assessment on insurers and self-insured employers in Iowa. Notices were mailed from the...
Waterloo, Iowa, to Receive $7M Grant for Flood Control
Aug 6 2010 // The U.S. Department of Commerce is providing Waterloo, Iowa, with a $7 million grant for flood control efforts. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, D-Iowa, announced the Economic Development Administration grant on Aug. 3....
Iowa Offering Loans to Small Businesses
Aug 4 2010 // A new state loan program in Iowa designed to help entrepreneurs and small businesses is now accepting applications. Iowa businesses with less than 35 employees can get a loan up to $50,000 from the Iowa Small Business Loan...
Midwest Economy: North Dakota Tops Region in Job Growth
Aug 3 2010 // The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same...
Severe Weather Pummels Iowa
Jul 26 2010 // The Lake Delhi dam in eastern Iowa failed July 24 as rising floodwater from the Maquoketa River ate a 30-foot-wide hole in the earthen dam, causing water to drop 45 feet to the river below and threatening the small town of...
Midwest Threatened with More Flooding
Jul 22 2010 // The Mississippi River is back above flood stage from the southern tip of Iowa through Missouri, leaving some communities on edge as more storms threaten to bring more water. Parts of southern Iowa, northern Missouri and...
Iowa: Certificate of Insurance Forms Must Be Approved Beginning Sept. 1
Jul 19 2010 // The Iowa Insurance Division (IID) recently issued a reminder insurance companies and insurance producers that effective Sept. 1, 2010, certificate of insurance forms must be approved before such forms may be used. Iowa...
Few Iowa Communities Join Flood Insurance Program
Jul 8 2010 // Officials say just 18 cities and counties in Iowa have enrolled in the National Flood Insurance Program since the floods of 2008. Those that participate must agree to adopt and enforce flood plain management ordinances to...
Accidents Bring New Calls for Helmet Law in Iowa
Jul 5 2010 // A recent spate of motorcycle accidents have prompted renewed calls for an Iowa helmet law. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported Iowa, Illinois and New Hampshire are the only states without helmet laws, even...
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Jul 5 2010 // Donald D. Larson has been named president and chief operating officer of the Great American Property and Casualty Group and Great American Insurance Co. Larson is the 16th president in Great American’s history. He...
Western National Insurance Enters Iowa’s Personal Lines Market
Jul 1 2010 // Western National Insurance Group, headquartered in Edina, Minn., announced that it has expanded its personal lines program to begin serving customers in the Iowa. Effective immediately, the carrier’s personal...
Iowa Texting While Driving Ban Takes Effect July 1
Jun 28 2010 // Iowa motorists will face new restrictions aimed at cutting down on distractions beginning July 1. A new law that bans adults from reading, writing and sending text messages goes into effect Thursday. The law also bans...
Golf Carts a Popular Way to Get Around in Iowa’s Small Towns
Jun 28 2010 // Golf carts are making their way from the fairways to public roadways in Iowa, with a little push from government and a lot from the motoring public’s nascent attraction to battery-powered vehicles. Local governments...
Iowa Insurance Consultant Gets 15-Month Sentence
Jun 24 2010 // A 15-month prison sentence has been handed an insurance consultant who used employee IRA contributions to operate his Pella, Iowa-based life insurance consulting company, Van Elsen Consulting. According to U.S. Attorney...
Accidents Bring New Calls for Helmet Law in Iowa
Jun 23 2010 // A recent spate of motorcycle accidents have prompted renewed calls for an Iowa helmet law. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports Iowa, Illinois and New Hampshire are the only states without helmet laws, even...
