Adding insult to already enough injury–Iowa was hit again on June 11 with another round of deadly storms. This tornado roared through a remote camp area hitting the Little Sioux Boy Scout camp in Western Iowa. Although a siren went …
Flooding rivers across Iowa forced residents to evacuate, closed businesses, wrecked stores and shut down highways and barge traffic, authorities said Thursday. Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said storm and water damage to infrastructure will be in the hundreds of millions …
Storms that hit Iowa during the Memorial Day weekend have led to about $160 million in claims, according to an insurance information company. The New Jersey-based Insurance Services Office’s property claims unit estimated about 10,000 claims have been filed with …
Aplington-Parkersburg officials were given an early payment of $2 million by EMC Insurance Companies on June 6 to help the school district take care of immediate needs. The high school, which was destroyed by the tornado that hit Parkersburg on …
One insurance company based in the Midwest says weather-related losses are adding up quickly. Madison, Wis.-based American Family Insurance Company says that claims are mounting in the Midwest since tornados, windstorms, hail and flooding have hit the multi-state area all …
Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Inc. recently announced that Cynthia Shafer has joined its National Cross-Sell Practice Group as Midwest regional business development officer. She will be based at the company’s headquarters in Chicago. Shafer will be responsible for managing business …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Mercer Insurance Group of Pennington, NJ. The ratings apply to the following four inter-company reinsurance pool members: Mercer Insurance Company …
The deadly EF5 tornado that ripped through northeastern Iowa did more than $6 million in damage. That’s according to a preliminary estimate from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management. According to the estimate, about …
Experts on wildlife, public health and food safety from five states are meeting in Minnesota this week to talk about lead fragments in deer shot by hunters. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is hosting a meeting tomorrow, June 4, …
A dispute over $6,400 in damage to a Maryland townhouse led to an unexpected court decision that has reversed 26 years of standard industry practice, and left insurers, agents, lawmakers and condominium associations unclear as to who pays when individual …
