Latest Iowa Headlines
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Cleanup Starts After Tornadoes, Storms Slam Midwest States
Aug 21 2009 // Residents began cleaning up Aug. 20 after tornadoes and severe storms slammed a large part of the Midwest, tearing the roofs from buildings and overturning vehicles. The National Weather Service in Davenport, Iowa,...
Iowa Residents to Get Guidance on Flood Insurance, Assistance
Aug 17 2009 // The Rebuild Iowa Office plans to help residents wade through information about recovery programs available for those affected by last year’s devastating floods. Officials from the Iowa Finance Authority, Department...
Iowa, Minnesota Get ‘A’, 9 States ‘F’ in Best, Worst States for Workers’ Comp
Aug 13 2009 // Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Utah and Virginia do the best job handling workers’ compensation injuries, while Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas and Wyoming perform the worst. That’s...
Survey: Midwest Economy Improving
Aug 4 2009 // 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...
FEMA, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Disagree on Flood Damage Costs
Jul 21 2009 // Damage from last year’s record flooding in Iowa is estimated to be between $8 billion and $10 billion, and the total amount of federal disaster money allocated to the state is now more than $3 billion. Half of that...
Iowa’s Grinnell Mutual Awards $50K in Scholarships
Jul 10 2009 // Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company, through its independent agency force, has recently awarded 50 Road to Success scholarships to high school seniors throughout its 10-state writing area including Iowa, Illinois, Indiana,...
Storms Pummel Midwest with Hail, Heavy Rain, Strong Winds
Jun 19 2009 // With only a few days left before the official beginning of summer, strong spring storms have been pummeling the Midwest this week with tornadoes, strong winds, rain and hail, and leaving behind widespread damage. Golf-ball...
People
Jun 15 2009 // Kansas City-based insurance broker Lockton has added Michael Todorovich II as vice president and producer in its St. Louis office. With more than 11 years of experience in the insurance industry, Todorovich’s...
My New Markets
Jun 1 2009 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Staffing Firms Market Detail: World Wide...
United Fire & Casualty Reports Appointments, Rife’s Retirement
May 21 2009 // Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based United Fire & Casualty Company announced that four directors have been elected for full terms on the company’s 13-member board, Brad M. Sayre was appointed an assistant vice president,...
Missouri Insurance Agents Honored With Trusted Choice Award
May 20 2009 // Trusted Choice has awarded the inaugural Dan Fulwider Award for Community Involvement to Kevin and Kathy Flynn of K. Flynn Insurance Agency in Troy, Mo., the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America...
Iowa Governor Signs Bill Expanding Benefits for First Responders
May 11 2009 // Iowa Gov. Chet Culver signed into law a measure expanding benefits for police and firefighters who get cancer and some other infectious diseases. Under the measure, the diseases are presumed to be job-related, an...
Agnew to Be Inducted Into Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame
Apr 21 2009 // Dan F. Agnew, president and CEO of Iowa-based Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company, will be inducted into the Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame on May 21, 2009. The induction ceremony will take place at the Olmsted Center on the...
Measure in Iowa House Requires Registration for Disabled Housing
Apr 16 2009 // Responding to as situation in Atalissa, Iowa, where 21 mentally disabled Texas men lived in a dilapidated house while they worked at a nearby turkey processing plant operated by Texas-based Henry’s Turkey Service, an...
It Figures
Apr 6 2009 // 225 The weight of a 61-year-old Bloomfield Hills, Mich., man who is suing his former employer, claiming he was fired from a $75,000-a-year salesman’s job because of his waistline. The employer says Patrick J. Ronayne...
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Buy $25M in Flood Insurance for 2009
Apr 3 2009 // The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, City Council has voted to buy $25 million of flood insurance. The coverage, through the National Flood Insurance Program, would pay to clean up any buildings damaged by last summer’s flood if...
Insurer Group Takes Issue with Wrongful Death and Other Iowa Bills
Mar 27 2009 // The Iowa General Assembly is considering several insurance-related bills that could pose threats to consumers, including one that would expand wrongful death claims to allow recovery of highly speculative damages, which...
2 Iowa Insurers Cancel Merger
Mar 24 2009 // Two Des Moines area insurance companies have called off plans for a merger. American Enterprise Group Inc. of Des Moines and Homesteaders Life Co. of West Des Moines said in a joint statement that they’ve nixed the...
It Figures
Mar 23 2009 // $743 Million The latest damage estimate from last summer’s flooding at the University of Iowa – nearly triple the earlier estimate. University officials said it includes all building and content damage and the...
More Iowa Flood-Damaged Homes Face Demolition with FEMA OK
Mar 19 2009 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency has given Cedar Rapids approval to proceed with the demolition of about 300 flood-damaged homes. City utilities director Pat Ball says the agreement with FEMA specifies that homes...
