Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Declarations
Apr 23 2007 // Declarations Inquiring minds want to know “The lack of public information in this case is unacceptable to the governor.” Brad Anderson, spokesman for Iowa Gov. Chet Culver. Culver and state lawmakers questioned...
Figures
Apr 9 2007 // $5.26 million A hefty pay raise was given to State Farm Insurance’s chairman and CEO after the company posted a record profit last year. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ed Rust Jr. got a $5.26 million raise. He...
Iowa Gov.Culver Questions State’s Handling of Conseco Fine
Apr 6 2007 // Iowa Gov. Chet Culver and lawmakers are questioning why the Iowa Insurance Division fined an insurance company $750,000, but didn’t make public the reasons for the penalty. Culver is concerned the agreement with...
Iowa Hawkeye-Security to Sponsor Safer Schools Seminar in Minn.
Apr 3 2007 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced today that it will host its first, free Safer Schools Seminar on Wednesday, April 18th at St. Olaf College in Northfield,...
Iowa Expected to Receive $37 Million in Federal Disaster Money
Mar 30 2007 // Iowa is expected to begin receiving an estimated $37 million in federal disaster money to help state and local governments and some utility companies recover from the late February ice storms. A presidential disaster...
Emergency Management Officials Explain Disaster Aid to Mo. Residents
Mar 20 2007 // State emergency management officials said recently that a growing number of disaster assistance programs aimed at helping individuals with storm damage has left many Iowans confused. Ice storms followed within days by a...
Jury Awards Iowa Man $10 Million for Back Injury
Mar 9 2007 // A federal jury has awarded a man $10 million after ruling that his employer’s insurance carrier acted in bad faith in denying his claim for benefits from a 1999 back injury. The jury is still deliberating whether to...
Ohio Motorists Insurance Group Names Iowa Executive to Senior Post
Mar 8 2007 // Susan E. Haack, president of Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. in DeWitt, Iowa, has been chosen to succeed Thomas C. Ogg, as secretary of the companies of The Motorists Insurance Group headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Ogg...
Iowa Lawsuit Alleging Fatal Fire from Ford Pickup Settled
Mar 7 2007 // An eastern Iowa man whose wife died in a fire he said was caused by a Ford pickup truck has settled a lawsuit with the auto manufacturer. Earl Mohlis, 78, said Monday he still cries over the loss of his wife, Darletta...
GEICO Adds 100 Jobs in Iowa
Mar 6 2007 // GEICO Insurance plans to add 100 workers to its Coralville, Iowa office, the company announced this week. The new jobs will be entry-level sales and service jobs, said Dina Pon, manager of GEICO insurance in Coralville....
Iowa Winter Storm Damage Tops $65 Million; Governor Seeks Federal Aid
Mar 5 2007 // Iowa Gov. Chet Culver sent a letter to President Bush, requesting a presidential disaster declaration for 46 Iowa counties. Damage assessment for potential eligible expenses from winter storms that battered parts of Iowa...
Iowa Man Files Lawsuit Claiming Sexual Harassment at Work
Mar 1 2007 // An Iowa man has filed a discrimination lawsuit against his former employer, claiming he was harassed at work because he is gay. David Quick, 43, filed the lawsuit in Polk County District Court, against Emco Enterprises...
It Figures
Feb 26 2007 // 16.1 million Iowa is one of at least 14 states facing a federal shortfall for its state insurance program for children. The state faces a shortfall of $16.1 million in federal money by the end of June for health care...
Declarations
Feb 26 2007 // Antitrust laws “Federal oversight would provide confidence that the industry is not engaging in the most egregious forms of anticompetitive conduct — price fixing, agreements not to pay, and market allocations...
Declarations
Feb 25 2007 // Antitrust laws “Federal oversight would provide confidence that the industry is not engaging in the most egregious forms of anticompetitive conduct – price fixing, agreements not to pay, and market allocations...
Figures
Feb 25 2007 // 16.1 million Iowa is one of at least 14 states facing a federal shortfall for its state insurance program for children. The state faces a shortfall of $16.1 million in federal money by the end of June for health care...
Iowa Faces $16.1 Million Shortfall in Kid’s Insurance Programs
Feb 13 2007 // Iowa is one of at least 14 states facing a federal shortfall for its state insurance program for children. The state faces a shortfall of $16.1 million in federal money by the end of June for health care programs that...
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Iowa Wellmark Insurance Sues Hospitals to Stop Building Plan
Feb 9 2007 // Iowa’s largest health insurance company filed a lawsuit this week to stop three health care organizations from building hospitals without seeking state approval. Wellmark Inc., widely known as Wellmark Blue Cross and...
Study Shows Doubling of Insurance Industry Growth in Iowa
Feb 8 2007 // Employment in the state’s insurance industry doubled during a 15-year period ending in 2005, with workers in the industry making far more than other nonfarm employees, a new study found. The study, by Iowa State...
