Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Iowa’s Holmes Murphy Names Swift Director of Development Opportunities
Dec 23 2013 // Holmes Murphy & Associates’ Chairman Jim Swift will move into a new role as director of development opportunities at the Des Moines, Iowa-based insurance brokerage effective Jan.1, 2014, as part of the...
Iowa Insurer Pokes Fun at Federal Website in Ads
Dec 9 2013 // The television ads produced by a Midwest insurance company show a series of medical mishaps: a man kicking the wrong leg in a reflex check, a urine sample bottle that won’t open for a frustrated patient and a blood...
Iowa Board Awards Millions for Flood Protection
Dec 6 2013 // The Iowa Flood Mitigation Board has awarded millions of dollars for flood protection projects in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and other Iowa cities. The awards were announced on Dec. 4. The Iowa Legislature created the board to...
FEMA Won’t Require Additional Flood Insurance for U. of Iowa
Dec 6 2013 // The University of Iowa says the Federal Emergency Management Agency will not require the school to purchase additional flood insurance after all. UI vice president of finance and operations Doug True said the news...
Insurance Chief Asks FEMA to Waive Flood Coverage Rule for U Iowa
Nov 27 2013 // Iowa’s top insurance regulator is backing the University of Iowa in a dispute with the federal government over how much insurance the campus must carry after rebuilding from the 2008 flood. Insurance Commissioner...
Iowa Court: Immigrant Worker on Expired Visa Gets Workers’ Comp
Nov 19 2013 // The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a West Liberty woman, an immigrant from Mexico who stayed in the United States after her visa had expired, is entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits for a...
Dubuque, Iowa Looks at Funding for Flood Prevention
Nov 18 2013 // Dubuque, Iowa, is considering whether to apply for nearly $100 million in state tax incentives for a huge flood-mitigation project that could be completed over the next two decades. The Dubuque City Council will meet today...
IA&B Service Group Announces New Officers in Del., Md., Penn.
Nov 11 2013 // The fall marks a new administrative year for Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group and its partnership of agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The following directors have been...
Iowa City Work Prompts Lower Flood Insurance Rates
Nov 7 2013 // Property owners in Iowa City’s 100-year flood plain will get a 15 percent discount on their flood insurance premiums because of city efforts on a variety of flood-related projects. Property owners in the flood plain...
Baltimore Insurer to Relocate to Des Moines, Iowa
Nov 4 2013 // A Baltimore, Md.-based life insurance company is moving its corporate offices to Des Moines, Iowa, and it plans to employ 50 workers within the next three years, a company spokesman said. Fidelity & Guaranty Life...
Lost Pheasants, Disappearing Grasslands: Is Crop Insurance to Blame?
Nov 1 2013 // The hunters tramp through neck-high prairie grass with a pair of golden retrievers named Moe and Buck, flushing out birds in a freezing autumn drizzle. When one flutters from the South Dakota grassland, Dick Schmith, 58,...
Iowa State Troopers Target Out-of-State Drivers
Oct 23 2013 // Drivers with out-of-state plates are much more likely to be stopped by the Iowa State Patrol when they drive in the state. The Des Moines Register reviewed about 22,000 traffic warnings and tickets issued by the State...
As Many as 9 Tornadoes Reported in Nebraska, Iowa
Oct 21 2013 // As many as nine tornadoes – at least one rated a powerful EF3 – touched down across northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa as a storm cell moved over the region in the evening on Oct. 4, causing structural damage and...
Dovetail Insurance Offering NetComp to Small Businesses in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas
Oct 11 2013 // Dovetail Insurance announced it is now offering its NetComp workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses in Arkansas, Iowa and Kansas. The product is available through independent agents. Dovetail’s...
As Many as 9 Tornadoes Reported in Nebraska, Iowa
Oct 7 2013 // As many as nine tornadoes – at least one rated a powerful EF3 – touched down across northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa as a storm cell moved over the region in the evening on Oct. 4, causing structural...
Ex-Iowa Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty in Mail Fraud Case
Oct 7 2013 // A Marshalltown, Iowa, insurance agent accused of selling customers fake insurance policies has pleaded guilty to a charge of wire fraud in a plea agreement reached with prosecutors. In exchange for the guilty plea four...
Ex-Iowa Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty in Mail Fraud Case
Sep 26 2013 // A Marshalltown, Iowa, insurance agent accused of selling customers fake insurance policies has pleaded guilty to a charge of wire fraud in a plea agreement reached with prosecutors. In exchange for the guilty plea four...
Data: Iowa insurance Exchange Will Offer Low Premiums
Sep 23 2013 // Newly released rate information on Iowa’s health care marketplace shows the state will offer some of the lowest premiums in the country. The Iowa Insurance Division released numbers on Sept. 20 that back up earlier...
Midwest Politicians Work as Insurance Advocates
Sep 23 2013 // Three individuals who have worked in the insurance industry and now practice politics in the Midwest — Indiana State Representative Matt Lehman, Michigan State Senator David Robertson and U.S. Congressman Tom Latham...
Iowa Division of Insurance Launching Fraud Fighters Program
Sep 12 2013 // The Iowa Insurance Division has launched a new anti-fraud program to help Iowans protect their money. The program is called Iowa Fraud Fighters – Shield Your Savings. It comes in response to a wave of new cons targeting...
