Iowa Insurance Division News

Iowa Orders Hole in Won, Affiliates to Stop Insurance Business in State

The Iowa Insurance Division has ordered Hole in Won LLC, Kevin Kolenda, Hole In Won.com, Hole in Won.com Worldwide, Golf Marketing Worldwide, Compliance HIW, and Amanda Penrose (respondents) to cease and desist acting as an insurer or insurance producer in …

Iowa Insurance Division Charges Trinity, Aliera Over Unauthorized Health Plans

The Iowa Insurance Division’s Enforcement has filed charges against Trinity Healthshare Inc. and The Aliera Companies over offerings of unauthorized healthcare products. The department alleges that Trinity, purportedly operating as a health care sharing ministry, acted as an unauthorized insurer …

Cross Named Acting Deputy Commissioner, Supervision at Iowa Insurance Division

Kim Cross has been promoted to acting deputy commissioner for Supervision at the Iowa Insurance Division, as Jim Armstrong, longtime deputy commissioner for Supervision, has retired after more than 35 years at the division. Cross joined the Iowa Insurance Division …

Iowa Revokes License of Arizona Insurance Agent Over Annuity Fraud Scheme

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 Mark Diamond, of …

Iowa Insurance Agent Charged with Fraud

The Iowa Insurance Division reported that insurance agent Christine Wilson, age 43, of Moravia, has been charged with two counts of Fraudulent Submissions (Class D Felony). The charges against Wilson stem from an investigation by the division’s fraud bureau that …

Iowa Woman Gets Probation in $14K Insurance Fraud Case

A southeastern Iowa woman has been sentenced to two years’ probation and ordered to pay more than $14,000 in restitution and penalties for insurance fraud. The Iowa Insurance Division said in a news release that 39-year-old Brandy Voss, of Oskaloosa, …

Iowa Insurance Agent Faces Fraud, Theft Charges

Iowa insurance agent Jonathan Adam Schlue, age 35, of Davenport, faces four counts of Fraudulent Sales Practices (Class D Felony), two counts of Fraudulent Submissions (Class D Felony), two counts of Conspiracy to Commit a Non-forcible Felony (Class D Felony), …

Former Iowa Agent Convicted of Insurance Fraud

A former Iowa insurance agent has been convicted of insurance fraud following an insurance fraud investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. The division reported that Joy Marie Heldt, age 48, of Madrid, was convicted of Fraudulent Submissions to …

Iowa Adds New Insurance Producer Licensing Test Center at Camp Dodge

Iowa now has a new center for military veterans seeking to become insurance producers or adjusters to take licensing exams. The Iowa Insurance Division announced that Pearson VUE, the third party contractor that conducts insurance producer licensing exams for the …

Iowa Pulls Florida Man’s Non-Resident Producer License for ‘Bait, Switch’ Tactics

The Iowa Insurance Division has ordered Covals Douze, of Coconut Creek, Florida, to pay administrative fines and fees totaling $43,895 and revoked his non-resident insurance producer license in a “bait and switch” scheme. The division has also prohibited Douze from …