Latest Iowa Headlines
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Insurers Seek Review of Iowa Diminished Value Rule
Aug 14 2003 // The Iowa Administrative Rules Review Committee is being urged by insurer lobbyists to issue a session delay on rule changes to Iowa Code 191-15 that pertain to diminished value in third party claims so that the legislature...
Iowa Pols Sue Guv For Veto of WC & Tort Reforms
Aug 7 2003 // Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack’s line item veto of legislation that supporters say would have improved the state’s business climate is being challenged in court. Republican legislators filed a lawsuit late last week...
Best Places Iowa Mutual Under Positive Review
Aug 4 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has placed the financial strength rating of “B” (Fair) of Dewitt-based Iowa Mutual Group under review with positive implications. This rating action acknowledges the agreement between Iowa Mutual...
N.H., Iowa Doctors to Promote Med-Mal Reform in Early Primary States
Aug 4 2003 // New Hampshire and Iowa traditionally hold the earliest primary elections of the presidential campaign, and doctors associations in the two states are planning to take advantage of the fact to promote medical malpractice...
N.H. Doctors to Promote Med-Mal Reform in Early Primary States
Jul 10 2003 // New Hampshire and Iowa traditionally hold the earliest primary elections of the presidential campaign, and doctors associations in the two states are planning to take advantage of the fact to promote medical malpractice...
Best Places Iowa Mutual Under Positive Review
Jul 7 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has placed the financial strength rating of “B” (Fair) of Dewitt-based Iowa Mutual Group under review with positive implications. This rating action acknowledges the agreement between Iowa Mutual...
Alliance Argues Against Iowa Diminished Value Bill
Apr 25 2003 // A pending Iowa regulation that would regulate the way insurers settle automobile claims is flawed and should be changed, according to the Alliance of American Insurers. “In its current version, IAC 191-15 would force...
Kansas City Life and GuideOne Group of Companies sign Stock purchase agreement for GuideOne Life Insurance Co.
Mar 31 2003 // Kansas City Life Insurance Company and The GuideOne Group of Companies, based in West Des Moines, Iowa, have signed a definitive agreement under which Kansas City Life will buy all of GuideOne Life Insurance...
Kansas City Life and GuideOne Group of Companies Sign Stock Purchase Agreement for GuideOne Life Insurance Co.
Mar 31 2003 // Kansas City Life Insurance Company and The GuideOne Group of Companies, based in West Des Moines, Iowa, have signed a definitive agreement under which Kansas City Life will buy all of GuideOne Life Insurance...
Alleged Thief Surrenders Iowa Producer’s License
Mar 14 2003 // The Iowa Insurance Division (IID) has entered a consent order against Sandra Daugherty of Madrid after she was charged in Story County District Court with three counts of criminal misconduct. Daugherty, who served as...
Workers’ Comp Second Injury Fund Sunset Extension Moves to Iowa Senate
Mar 7 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) said today that it strongly supports a five-year extension of the law that allows insurer assessments for Iowa’s workers’ compensation second injury fund to be based on...
Iowa Commissioner to Deliver Keynote Address for AAIS Conf.
Jan 21 2003 // Iowa Commissioner Therese Vaughan, outgoing president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), will deliver the keynote address at the 2003 American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) Annual...
NAII Asks Iowa to Alter Proposed Regs for Aftermarket Parts
Dec 10 2002 // National Association of Independent Insurers Counsel Ann Weber has asked Iowa’s Insurance Department to delete a sentence that the NAII feels, “could open the door for some auto repair shops to charge a fee for...
Gallagher Acquires Iowa’s Grandy Pratt Co.
Nov 19 2002 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has acquired the Grandy Pratt Company, headquartered in Sioux City, Iowa, and their affiliate Grandy Pratt McCoy, Rosenberg and Associates of Des Moines, Iowa. Terms of the...
Iowa, Utah Adopt Consumer Privacy Regulations
Nov 7 2002 // Iowa and Utah have adopted consumer privacy regulations that closely follow a National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) model. National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) Counsel Ann Weber...
Iowa Ins. Division Publishes 2001 Complaint Ratios
Oct 16 2002 // The Iowa Insurance Division (IID) has published a list of the complaints lodged by consumers against insurance companies in the year 2001. The list breaks down the complaints into six categories: Private Passenger...
Iowa Insurance Agent Ordered to Pay $332,000 in Investment Fraud Case
Sep 13 2002 // Iowa insurance agent Edwin Pace was ordered to reimburse $302,000 to investors, and $30,000 in commissions to the state, plus costs and attorney’s fees, following a court ruling that he had sold fraudulent...
NAII Urges No Change In Iowa’s Unfair Trade Practices Regulation
Sep 2 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) urged the Iowa Insurance Division to abandon several proposed changes in its unfair trade practices regulation, as it sees no need and no benefits from the...
NAII Says Iowa Privacy Regulations Would Penalize Single Infractions
Aug 14 2002 // Under Iowa’s proposed regulation on consumer privacy, an insurer could be penalized for a single instance of failing to comply with its requirements, according to the National Association of Independent Insurers...
NAII Urging Iowa to Refrain from More Involvement in Hail-Damage Claims
Jun 3 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) is urging the Iowa Division of Insurance to refrain from issuing new directives on claims involving hail damage to buildings and diminished value of vehicles damaged...
