Don’t Text, Just Drive “Txt Back L8R” —Billboards going up around Michigan are reminding drivers to hold off on text messaging. The Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning said that the billboards in major metropolitan areas will carry the phrase …
Arthur J. Gallagher, Joseph James & Associates Illinois-based insurance brokerage and risk management services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired Joseph James & Associates of Dublin, Ohio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1989, Joseph …
Donald D. Larson has been named president and chief operating officer of the Great American Property and Casualty Group and Great American Insurance Co. Larson is the 16th president in Great American’s history. He assumes the title from Carl H. …
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the launch of a Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) that will offer coverage to uninsured Americans who have been unable to obtain health coverage because of a pre-existing health …
Western National Insurance Group, headquartered in Edina, Minn., announced that it has expanded its personal lines program to begin serving customers in the Iowa. Effective immediately, the carrier’s personal insurance products — personal auto, homeowners, dwelling property and personal umbrella …
Iowa motorists will face new restrictions aimed at cutting down on distractions beginning July 1. A new law that bans adults from reading, writing and sending text messages goes into effect Thursday. The law also bans drivers under the age …
Golf carts are making their way from the fairways to public roadways in Iowa, with a little push from government and a lot from the motoring public’s nascent attraction to battery-powered vehicles. Local governments now are making it easier for …
Asterisk Financial Inc. has introduced Personal Guarantee Insurance, a new insurance product that protects small-to-medium-size (SMB) business owners, or anyone who guarantees a SMB loan, against major loan-related losses. Loan guarantors – including business owners, commercial real estate investors and …
A 15-month prison sentence has been handed an insurance consultant who used employee IRA contributions to operate his Pella, Iowa-based life insurance consulting company, Van Elsen Consulting. According to U.S. Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt, James Van Elsen, owner of Pella-based …
