Latest Iowa Headlines
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Iowa State Bar Endorses Westport Insurance and Lockton Risk Services
Jun 9 2006 // The Iowa State Bar Association (ISBA) announced it will endorse Westport Insurance and Lockton Risk Services to provide Professional Liability insurance to Iowa Bar members. The ISBA chose Lockton as its preferred broker...
Allstate report ranks South Dakota drivers as safest
Jun 5 2006 // Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the...
Allstate report ranks South Dakota drivers as safest
Jun 5 2006 // Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the...
News Currents
Jun 5 2006 // Report ranks Phoenix drivers safest of big cities Drivers in Phoenix are the safest big city commuters, according the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” Drivers in Phoenix can expect...
Report Ranks S.D. Drivers as Safest; Phoenix Drivers Safest in Big Cities
May 24 2006 // Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the...
Iowa Judge Says Hidden Restroom Camera Case Can Proceed to Trial
May 23 2006 // An Iowa judge has sent a case involving an insurance agent accused of installing a hidden camera in a restroom to trial. The attorney for Robert Speirs had asked the court to throw out a charge of misdemeanor invasion of...
Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame to Host 2006 Induction Ceremony, May 18
Apr 25 2006 // The Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame will hold a dinner and ceremony as it inducts 2006 leaders of companies and movers and shakers in the insurance world into its Hall of Fame. Induction ceremonies will take place on Thursday,...
New Markets
Apr 17 2006 // Excess Auto Liability Nuts & Bolts: Freberg Environmental, Inc. has announced an excess automobile liability program. The program is designed to provide excess limits over FEI’s hazardous material and hazardous...
New Markets
Apr 17 2006 // New Markets Excess Auto Liability Nuts & Bolts: Freberg Environmental Inc. has announced an excess automobile liability program. The program is designed to provide excess limits more than FEI’s hazardous...
Iowa Woman Sues Boss, American Family Over Camera in Restroom
Apr 14 2006 // A Waverly, Iowa woman is suing her former boss after a video camera was found in the office restroom. Deanna Miller filed a lawsuit in Black Hawk County District Court against American Family Insurance and agent Robert...
Iowa, Minn. to Host Free Life/Annuity Products Seminar at NAIC Meeting
Feb 15 2006 // The Iowa Insurance Division and the Minnesota Department of Commerce will host a free seminar on indexed life and annuity products on Saturday, March 4, 2006. The seminar, “Indexed Products: Fact and Fiction”...
Iowa’s GOP Legislators Push Proposal to Cap Punitive Damage Awards
Feb 15 2006 // Republican legislative leaders in Iowa are hoping to cap excessive damage awards with a proposal that would slap a $500,000 limit on punitive damages assessed in medical malpractice lawsuits. Senate Republican President...
Iowa Survey Finds Wellness Programs Major Issue for Most Workers
Feb 6 2006 // A new survey by an Iowa-based company, suggests that workers value “wellness” programs by employers as a necessary tool for the entire health insurance realm. Most employees, according to the survey, rate...
Miss. Supreme Court Reverses Ruling, Limits Insurance Liability
Jan 30 2006 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has reversed a judge’s ruling that could have left Zurich American Insurance Co. liable for as much as $8 million in claims related to a multi-vehicle accident. The accident occurred on...
University of Iowa Offers New Classes in Risk Management and Insurance
Jan 30 2006 // The University of Iowa announced that it is now offering a Certificate in Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) through the Emmett J. Vaughan Institute of Risk Management and Insurance, in the Henry B. Tippie College of...
Iowa Governor Names New Commissioner of Workers’ Comp
Jan 6 2006 // The appointment of Chris Godfrey as the new commissioner of Workers’ Compensation of the Iowa state Workers’ Compensation Division was announced today by Governor Tom Vilsack and Lt. Governor Sally...
Iowa State Professor Drives Research into Safer Weather-Related Travel
Dec 7 2005 // Tom Maze regularly travels the interstate between Ames and the Twin Cities. So he knows when it’s a good idea to delay a trip until the snow stops and the plows clear a path. He also knows the National Academy of...
Iowa Tornadoes Leave 1 Dead, 70 Homes Damaged
Nov 21 2005 // Nearly one week after tornadoes left more than 20 dead in Indiana, tornadoes on Nov. 12 killed at least one woman and destroyed 70 homes in Iowa. At least three twisters hit two counties in the towns of Stratford and...
Iowa Tornadoes Leave 1 Dead, 70 Homes Damaged
Nov 20 2005 // Nearly one week after tornadoes left more than 20 dead in Indiana, tornadoes on Nov. 12 killed at least one woman and destroyed 70 homes in Iowa. At least three twisters hit two counties in the towns of Stratford and...
Insurance Adjustors Write Checks for Destroyed Homes in Iowa
Nov 16 2005 // Insurance adjustors surveyed tornado damage in central Iowa, with one saying the devastation equals that of Hurricane Andrew that hit Florida in 1992. “I worked Hurricane Andrew and it looks a little bit like...
