Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Iowa Governor Lobbies for Increased Health Coverage for Kids
Aug 17 2007 // Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said President Bush will put millions of children at risk if he doesn’t pay heed to Congress and provide more funding to a federal health insurance program. The State Children’s Health...
Iowa Diocese Asks Court for Time to Negotiate with Insurers
Aug 16 2007 // The Davenport, Iowa Diocese has asked for more time to file its reorganization plan while it negotiates with insurance companies to compensate victims of clergy abuse. The diocese, which filed for bankruptcy last October...
Iowa Court Case Debates Definition of Corn Stover Versus Corn Stubble?
Aug 10 2007 // When is cornfield residue stover and when is it stubble? That’s the question the Iowa Court of Appeals decided in ruling in favor of a farmer who sued his insurance company after it failed to cover fire damage to a...
Hawkeye-Security Insurance Named 2007 Top Partner by Mo. Agent Group
Jul 26 2007 // Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has been named 2007 Top Partner insurer by the Missouri Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA). The award was presented to President and Chief Executive Officer...
University of Iowa Considers Naming Health College after Wellmark
Jul 18 2007 // The University of Iowa will reconsider a proposal to rename its health college after Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield, school officials said Monday. The announcement follows an initial vote earlier this month in which...
Iowa Report: Kids Have More Access to Health Care
Jul 13 2007 // A new statewide survey shows that more Iowa children have health insurance than they did in 2000. The 2005 Iowa Child and Family Household Health Survey, which was released this week, was an attempt by the state to...
Iowa Receives $7 Million in Disaster Aid from Federal Government
Jul 12 2007 // The federal government has approved more than $7 million in disaster assistance for Iowans who suffered damages from severe May storms. The money includes grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and loans from...
Wellmark Withdraws Offer of $15 Million Donation to University of Iowa
Jul 11 2007 // Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield has withdrawn its offer of a $15 million donation to the University of Iowa after school faculty rejected a proposal to rename its health college after Wellmark. Wellmark, the...
Iowa Hawkeye-Security Offers Violent Event Response Coverage for Schools
Jul 9 2007 // Hawkeye-Security Insurance recently announced that it will offer Violent Event Response Coverage beginning this month to its public and private school policyholders throughout the Midwest. Recognizing that most general...
Iowa Diocese to Review Insurance Policies Dating Back to 1950
Jul 2 2007 // The Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport is seeking to review its insurance policies dating back more than a half century. The diocese filed a joint motion with a creditor’s committee asking a bankruptcy court to...
Iowa Hawkeye Honors Agencies with 2006 Chairman’s Award
Jun 28 2007 // Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group’s Agency Markets business unit, recently recognized its highest performing agencies with the 2006 Chairman’s Award at meetings held in...
Iowa Woman Charged with Arson, Attempted Murder
Jun 11 2007 // A southwest Iowa woman faces charges of arson, attempted murder and child endangerment in connection with a May 26 fire at her home. Iowa Department of Public Safety officials said Audrey Nicole Gilleland, 24, turned...
Iowa Governor Seeks Federal Aid for Tornado Damage
Jun 7 2007 // Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said he will request federal funds to help eastern Iowa recover from tornadoes that struck last week. Culver said he will seek Presidential Disaster Declarations for Louisa and Muscatine counties,...
Preliminary Iowa Flood Damage Reaches $26 Million
May 25 2007 // Flooding that soaked southwest Iowa earlier this month caused $26 million in damage, according to preliminary assessments released by state officials. The total estimates were included in a request for federal disaster...
Iowa United Fire & Casualty Names Ramlo President, CEO
May 21 2007 // United Fire & Casualty Co. has named Randy Ramlo as its new president and chief executive officer. Ramlo, 45, most recently served as the Cedar Rapids-based insurance company’s executive vice president and chief...
Iowa Hawkeye-Security Expands Automated Inland Marine Offerings
May 16 2007 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced it is now offering Inland Marine coverage through new upgrades to Commercial IQ, the company’s Web-based application...
Iowa EMC Insurance Reports Midwest Tornado Losses at $21 Million
May 15 2007 // EMC Insurance Cos. said it expects to see losses of up to $21 million from storms last weekend, including devastating tornadoes that killed at least 11 people in Kansas. Des Moines-based EMC insures several businesses and...
N.D., Iowa, Minn. Support Model Annuity Suitability Regulation
May 10 2007 // NASD and state regulators from North Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota announced today that they have signed a joint statement supporting a new rule to require that insurance companies and agencies recommend only suitable annuity...
Iowa DOT Releases Plan to Reduce Highway Deaths by 10%
May 3 2007 // Iowa transportation officials have released a plan aimed at reducing highway deaths by 10 percent by 2015. The plan released this week calls for greater restrictions on young drivers, a motorcycle helmet law and expanding...
Iowa Bill Would Lift Insurance Caps on Prosthetics
Apr 25 2007 // Brent Soderstrum, who lost his leg in a car accident about seven years ago, is backing a bill that would bar insurance caps on prosthetics. The Des Moines attorney found out about 1 1/2 years ago that his insurance company...
