Latest Iowa Headlines
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Iowa Lawmakers Back Measure Protecting Cities from Sledding Claims
Mar 25 2015 // Lawmakers in the Iowa Senate and House have approved legislation that would protect cities from liability if people are injured while sledding in public parks. The bill passed 48-0 in the Iowa Senate. It passed in the...
Iowa High Court: Insurer not on Hook for Leak at Shopping Center
Mar 23 2015 // The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that an insurance company is not on the hook for a 2010 leak at Waterloo shopping center that damaged a store. In a split decision on March 20, the high court sided with State Farm...
Top Donors to Iowa Governor Complained About Gay Ex-Workers’ Comp Official
Mar 20 2015 // The founders of a beef company who were major donors to Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s campaign were among the business leaders who raised concerns about a gay state official the governor later tried to force out,...
Iowa House Panel OKs Car Insurance Tracking Bill
Mar 18 2015 // People in Iowa with outdated car insurance would be monitored by a private company for compliance under a bill approved by a House panel. Members of a Ways and Means subcommittee approved the bill before sending it to a...
90% of Parents Waive Teen Driving Restriction in Iowa
Mar 16 2015 // An effort to improve some teen drivers’ road safety by limiting their number of passengers is having little impact in Iowa, because the majority of parents are signing waivers to opt their kids out of the...
Insurer Sues Owners of Iowa Building Ravaged by Fire
Mar 16 2015 // An insurance company that owns structures next to a downtown Younkers, Iowa, building ravaged by a massive fire last year has a filed a lawsuit against the building’s owners and the companies responsible for its...
Arnold Promoted in ACE Agriculture’s Iowa-Based Rain and Hail Division
Mar 11 2015 // ACE Group appointed Scott Arnold as deputy division president of Rain and Hail, a division of ACE Agriculture based in Johnston, Iowa. Arnold was previously executive vice president of Rain and Hail field operations, where...
Safety Concerns Block Effort to Raise Interstate Speed Limit in Iowa
Mar 9 2015 // Iowa drivers will stay out of the fast lane for now, after lawmakers did not advance a bill that would have boosted the speed limit on interstate highways, bringing it in line with many nearby states. The bill sought to...
Iowa Court Limits Damages to 2 Years in Wage Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar 9 2015 // Three women who worked for Muscatine, Iowa-based office furniture manufacturer Allsteel Inc. may proceed with a lawsuit that alleges wage discrimination, the Iowa Supreme Court said, but any damages will be limited to a...
Liquidation Looms for Midwest Insurance Cooperative
Mar 2 2015 // An insurance cooperative created to provide health care in Iowa and Nebraska will be formally liquidated this weekend. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart said that a Polk County judge has agreed to approve the...
Iowa Bill that Would Help Pregnant Workers Advances
Feb 12 2015 // A Senate panel has approved a bill that would require Iowa businesses to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees. Members of a labor and business relations subcommittee approved the bill Feb. 10. It now...
Iowa, Nebraska Officials Seek to Close Insurance Co-Op
Feb 9 2015 // Iowa’s top insurance official announced plans to ask a court to end a cooperative that was selling health insurance to residents in Iowa and Nebraska – a move that will limit options for consumers in both...
Nationwide to Move 175 Jobs from Iowa to Ohio
Feb 2 2015 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has plans to move 175 jobs out of Des Moines, Iowa, to its Ohio headquarters. Company spokesman Eric Hardgrove tells the Des Moines Register the company’s home mortgage operations will...
Iowa Insurance Broker Plans to Add 90 Jobs over 3 Years
Feb 2 2015 // A Dubuque, Iowa-based insurance broker has announced plans to add 90 jobs over the next three years. Cottingham & Butler President and CEO David Becker tells the Dubuque Telegraph Herald that it could add as many as 45...
Iowa Testing System to Determine Safer Speeds on Icy Roads
Jan 30 2015 // The Iowa Transportation Department is testing a new system that could help motorists drive more safely on icy roadways. Des Moines television station KCCI says the testing is underway on an 11-mile stretch of Interstate 35...
IA&B Adds to Sales Center Staff in Pennsylvania
Jan 27 2015 // Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B), a tri-state trade organization based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, hired John Angstadt as business development specialist and Cheryl Shiffer as professional lines account...
Indiana City Moves to Reduce Liability at Popular Sledding Spot
Jan 26 2015 // A central Indiana city is taking steps to reduce its liability from a popular winter activity. Muncie’s parks department has placed bales of straw around trees at the bottom of a popular sledding hill in McCulloch...
Iowa, Nebraska Officials Seek to Close Insurance Co-Op
Jan 25 2015 // Iowa’s top insurance official announced plans to ask a court to end a cooperative that was selling health insurance to residents in Iowa and Nebraska – a move that will limit options for consumers in both...
Study Finds New Predictors of Workers’ Comp Outcomes in Iowa
Jan 23 2015 // A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) identified new predictors of worker outcomes that can help public officials, payors, and health care providers in Iowa improve the treatment and...
Damages Denied in Iowa Whistleblower Case
Jan 16 2015 // A former Lee County, maintenance supervisor cannot collect $186,000 in damages a jury awarded him for being fired by the county supervisors, the Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled. A three-member panel of the court, in a 2-1...
