All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 14 2019 // 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...
Jun 4 2019 // A current insurance agent in Iowa and a former one have been charged in connection with a fraud investigation in which another agent was previously charged.Insurance agent Cursta Lena Williams of Davenport, and former...
May 31 2019 // 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...
May 29 2019 // Global tax software provider Sovos is acquiring Iowa-based Eagle Technology Management (ETM), which provides statutory financial reporting and insurance premium tax software to insurers, and unclaimed property reporting...
May 24 2019 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based GuideOne Insurance has appointed Doug Pearson senior vice president and chief underwriting officer.In this role, Pearson is responsible for niche product management, home office underwriting,...
May 20 2019 // Grinnell Mutual in Iowa has named Andrea Brunk vice president of strategic experience and Lauren Augustin vice president of product transformation and delivery. Brunk was assistant vice president of the PMO. She joined...
May 14 2019 // Federal safety officials have proposed nearly $185,000 in penalties against the U.S. Postal Service, alleging exits were blocked at the Ankeny, Iowa, post office. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says the...
May 8 2019 // Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based UFG Insurance has hired Scott Bailey as surety underwriting manager.He will succeed current surety underwriting manager, Art Fearn, who is retiring after a successful 15-year career with the...
May 8 2019 // Iowa’s high court has ruled in favor of a workers’ compensation insurer in a case in which a group of employees and former employees of a manufacturing plant alleged that the insurer failed to protect workers...
May 7 2019 // An Iowa egg farm that killed millions of chickens because of a 2015 bird flu outbreak is suing companies hired by the federal government to disinfect barns.Sunrise Farms says the chlorine dioxide gas and heat treatments...
May 2 2019 // Communities in several states along the Mississippi River are watching the skies this week as rainfall will likely determine whether the river reaches record crests and how much it will raise floodwaters.The National...
May 2 2019 // A Newton, Iowa, company that builds wind turbine blades has settled with state regulators following an investigation into workplace safety violations.TPI Composites agreed last month to pay the Iowa Occupational Safety and...
May 1 2019 // Integrity Insurance, a property/casualty carrier headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, has added Steve Genck as territory sales manager for Iowa.Based in Iowa, Genck will develop and implement sales action plans with...
Apr 30 2019 // The Missouri River used to be out of control. “It cuts corners, runs around at nights, fills itself with snags and traveling sandbars, lunches on levees, and swallows islands and small villages for dessert,” is...
Apr 18 2019 // The federal agency that manages dams along the Missouri River received stern criticism from several U.S. senators Wednesday during a hearing held in Iowa to examine the massive spring flooding this year that caused more...
Apr 17 2019 // Millions of people may be able to show their smartphones rather than a plastic card to prove they’re legit to drive, vote or buy a beer in coming years.Louisiana in July became the first state to make digital...
Apr 5 2019 // Three Midwestern Republican governors of states ravaged by recent flooding are demanding more authority over management of the Missouri River system.Following a meeting with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Iowa Gov. Kim...
Apr 4 2019 // IA Capital Group, an insurtech-focused venture capital firm, said it has raised $150 million across three funds.The three funds are Inter-Atlantic Stonybrook Insurtech Ventures, focusing on property/casualty insurtech;...
Apr 2 2019 // The Black Hawk military helicopter flew over Iowa, giving a senior U.S. agriculture official and U.S. senator an eyeful of the flood damage below, where yellow corn from ruptured metal silos spilled out into the muddy...
Apr 1 2019 // At least 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of U.S. farmland were flooded after the “bomb cyclone” storm left wide swaths of nine major grain producing states under water this month, satellite data analyzed by...