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Youth recreation programs Nuts & Bolts: Markel Insurance Co. is offering coverage for youth recreation programs and camps. Coverage includes general liability, umbrella, sexual abuse/molestation, directors and officers, child abduction, special events, professional liability, property, key employee replacement, auto, crime, …

Iowa City Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Arson

An Iowa City, Iowa woman convicted of setting her own apartment on fire will serve up to 10 years in prison. Jayne Eicher, 38, pleaded guilty to second-degree arson Aug. 7. She was sentenced to 10 years in prison with …

FORE! Golf club risk moves off course

In June 2007, a California woman was awarded $4.3 million for injuries she received in a golf car crash that left her too disabled to continue her successful photography and jewelry design careers. A wheel of the car she was …

Iowa City Sues Company over Grinch-like Holiday Decorations

Iowa City, Iowa has filed a lawsuit after some holiday decorations left revelers feeling a bit “grinchy.” The city claims a Philadelphia-based decorations company sold it faulty Silhouette Snowflake decorations for about $15,700 last November. The company, Design Decorators, assured …

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Youth recreation programs Nuts & Bolts: Markel Insurance Co. is offering coverage for youth recreation programs and camps. Coverage includes general liability, umbrella, sexual abuse/molestation, directors and officers, child abduction, special events, professional liability, property, key employee replacement, auto, crime, …

Iowa Governor Lobbies for Increased Health Coverage for Kids

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said President Bush will put millions of children at risk if he doesn’t pay heed to Congress and provide more funding to a federal health insurance program. The State Children’s Health Insurance Program, more commonly known …

IISI Offers Courier/Package Delivery Program

Innovative Insurance Solutions, Inc., an insurance advisor specializing in transportation risks, has launched a new program specifically for couriers/package delivery and others in the expedited local delivery industry. IISI is the exclusive program manager, with the authority to quote, bind …

Iowa Diocese Asks Court for Time to Negotiate with Insurers

The Davenport, Iowa Diocese has asked for more time to file its reorganization plan while it negotiates with insurance companies to compensate victims of clergy abuse. The diocese, which filed for bankruptcy last October after facing mounting sexual abuse lawsuits, …

Iowa Court Case Debates Definition of Corn Stover Versus Corn Stubble?

When is cornfield residue stover and when is it stubble? That’s the question the Iowa Court of Appeals decided in ruling in favor of a farmer who sued his insurance company after it failed to cover fire damage to a …

Fatal Workplace Injuries Drop Slightly, Census Reports

The Department of Labor’s BLS National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2006 released today show 5,703 people died from on-the-job injuries in 2006 compared with 5,734 in 2005. The rate of fatal work injuries in 2006 was 3.9 per …