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Appleton, Wis.-based Integrity Mutual Insurance Co. named Darin L. Kath as president-designate. Richard J. Schinler, current president and chief executive officer, will retire after 25 years with the company on Dec. 31. He will remain in his current position until …

Insurance Industry Celebrates Women’s Achievements

May 18-24, 2008, marked National Insurance Women’s Week, a celebration recognizing the contributions women are making in all areas of the insurance industry. The National Association of Insurance Women began NAIW Week as National Insurance Women’s Day on May 10, …

Insurance Industry Celebrates Women’s Achievements

May 18-24, 2008, marked National Insurance Women’s Week, a celebration recognizing the contributions women are making in all areas of the insurance industry. The National Association of Insurance Women began NAIW Week as National Insurance Women’s Day on May 10, …

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Deadly Iowa Tornado Rated State’s Strongest in 32 Years

A tornado that leveled half a town in northeast Iowa and killed seven people was the strongest to hit the state in 32 years, the National Weather Service said on May 27. The twister, three-quarters of a mile wide with …

Wisconsin Avoids Upper Midwest Storms that Hit Iowa, Minnesota

Wisconsin emergency-management officials breathed a sigh of relief on May 25 as a series of storms that caused death and destruction in two neighboring states left Wisconsin with only minor damage. The series of thunderstorms left at least seven people …

Iowa Mutual Elects Cole President

The board of directors of Iowa Mutual Insurance Company recently announced that it had elected Thomas R. Cole, president effective July 1, 2008. Iowa Mutual and its subsidiary, Iowa American Mutual Insurance Company, are affiliates of The Motorists Insurance Group …

Tornadoes Kill 1 Child in Minnesota; Iowa Twister Kills 6

While most of the country was celebrating Memorial Day with picnics and parades, people in two states were fighting to stay alive. A town official says a 2-year-old child has died and 20 are missing after a severe storm swept …

Iowa City Votes Down Purchase of Earthquake Insurance

City leaders in Johnston, Iowa have decided against earthquake insurance in the wake of two tremors this spring in Illinois and Missouri. The City Council on Tuesday, May 20th rejected spending $4,000 a year for an earthquake policy with a …

Insurance Industry Celebrates Women’s Achievements

May 18-24, 2008, marks National Insurance Women’s Week, a celebration recognizing the contributions women are making in all areas of the insurance industry. The National Association of Insurance Women began NAIW Week as National Insurance Women’s Day on May 10, …