Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Iowa Insurance Pool Wants $22K for Access to Settlement Information
Nov 7 2019 // An Iowa government insurance program under fire for spending lavishly on out-of-state travel says it would cost $22,000 for the public to see how it’s been using money to settle recent legal cases. The Iowa...
Iowa Board Backs Adding PTSD to Medical Marijuana Program
Nov 4 2019 // An Iowa state board has recommended that medical marijuana should be a prescription option for treating post-traumatic stress disorder and intellectual disability with aggression, but it rejected the drug for two other...
Iowa Revokes License of Arizona Insurance Agent Over Annuity Fraud Scheme
Oct 28 2019 // An Arizona insurance agent has lost his Iowa insurance license and is barred for reapplying for 10 years after the Iowa Insurance Division found he fleeced elderly Iowa residents. The division said in a news release that...
Iowa Insurance Pool Board Rethinking Costly Out-of-State Meetings
Oct 25 2019 // Board members of an insurance program for Iowa’s municipal governments are rethinking their long-standing practice of holding public meetings at resorts in other states. Directors of the Iowa Communities Assurance...
Iowa’s GuideOne Insurance Names Groenheide Senior VP, Specialty
Oct 22 2019 // GuideOne Insurance in West Des Moines, Iowa, has appointed Mark Groenheide as senior vice president, Specialty. In this role, Groenheide is responsible for growing and managing the business by focusing on niche specialty...
Financial, Legal Advisors Scamming Elderly Has Become Big Business
Oct 21 2019 // Terry Ann McIntosh’s financial nightmare began four years ago, soon after she hired a caregiver through a family services website. McIntosh, then 75 and in a wheelchair, had assumed that the young woman who...
Contractor: Ensuring Security of Des Moines, Iowa, Skywalk a Tough Job
Oct 18 2019 // Ensuring safety on the skywalk system in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, has become tougher in recent years, in part because funding for security officers has been cut, a security contractor said after a gang of young men...
Iowa School District Settles 3rd Firing-Related Lawsuit for $1M
Oct 18 2019 // The Waukee, Iowa, school district has settled the last of three lawsuits filed by former employees who alleged they were retaliated against for exposing wrongdoing by the district’s former chief operating...
Iowa Meat Plant Pushes Back Against Claims of Micronesian Worker Mistreatment
Oct 8 2019 // An Iowa pork processing plant is working to address Micronesia’s concerns about the treatment of some of its citizens who work at the plant. Seaboard Triumph Foods said that it follows all employment laws and it is...
Micronesians Working at Iowa Meat Plant Allege Mistreatment
Oct 4 2019 // The island nation of Micronesia is raising concerns about how some of its citizens working at an Iowa pork processing plant are being treated. Micronesia sent a formal letter to the U.S. State Department asking U.S....
Iowa’s BrokerTech Ventures Adds Four New Investment Partners
Oct 4 2019 // Des Moines, Iowa-based BrokerTech Ventures, a broker-led investor group and accelerator program, is has added four new investor partners, including Assurance, Graham Company, InterWest Insurance Services, and Hylant...
Des Moines, Iowa, to Pay $90K to Settle Suit Over Man Killed by Fleeing Driver
Sep 30 2019 // Des Moines, Iowa, will pay $90,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of a man killed when the vehicle he was driving was struck by a car being chased by police. The City Council has approved settling the October 2017...
System Change to Cause Delay in Hearing Dates for Injured Iowa Workers
Sep 27 2019 // Injured Iowa workers seeking benefits from their employers are waiting longer to get their hearing dates as a state agency transitions to a new filing system. Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Joseph Cortese...
Iowa’s Holmes Murphy Acquires Global Captive Management
Sep 24 2019 // Waukee, Iowa-based Holmes Murphy, an employee-owned and controlled insurance brokerage, has expanded its footprint into the international space by acquiring Global Captive Management (GCM). GCM is no stranger to Holmes...
Chair of Iowa Insurance Pool Defends Out of State Resort Meetings
Sep 23 2019 // The chairman of an Iowa government insurance program is defending its long practice of holding public meetings at resorts in Michigan and Florida and private clubs in Iowa. Jody Smith, board chairman of the Iowa...
Agencies Form Venture to Accelerate, Invest in Insurtech Startups for Agents, Brokers
Sep 19 2019 // Six insurance agencies from across the country have joined together to form a program specifically for investors and innovators behind technology innovations for insurance agencies and brokerages. The new entity,...
Board of Iowa Public Entities Insurance Pool Criticized for Out-of-State Travel, Expenses
Sep 18 2019 // Board members of an Iowa government insurance program have frequently held public meetings at posh out-of-state resorts, costing tens of thousands of dollars while making it harder for the public to attend, a review by The...
Iowa’s Global Insurance Accelerator to Host 17 Firms for InsurTech Week 2019
Sep 17 2019 // The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA), a Des Moines, Iowa-based InsurTech accelerator focused on innovation for the insurance industry, says 17 companies will participate in its fifth annual InsurTech Week, being held...
Hula Hoop Tree Raises Liability Concerns for Iowa County
Sep 11 2019 // Liability concerns have been raised about the Hula Hoop Tree that sits alongside a county road in eastern Iowa. The Jones County Board of Supervisors was scheduled to discuss the concerns at the board meeting in Anamosa....
Doctors, State Settle Iowa Woman’s Malpractice Claim for $2.5M
Sep 5 2019 // The state of Iowa and a group of doctors at University Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City will pay a Fairfield woman $2.5 million after she lost both legs to amputation and became paralyzed after what she claimed was a...
