All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 13 2019 // The Global Insurance Accelerator (GIA), headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, has appointed Nicole Cook as the group’s managing director effective May 1. She joined the GIA full time on Feb. 11.During the GIA’s...
Feb 8 2019 // A judge has approved a class-action settlement between Muscatine, Iowa, residents and a local factory that they blame for a noxious odor and haze and for causing health problems.District Judge John Telleen on approved the...
Feb 4 2019 // The Iowa Supreme Court says an insurance company doesn’t have to pay for damages after a squirrel climbed onto an electrical transformer and triggered a high-voltage spark that damaged a city’s power...
Jan 31 2019 // Des Moines, Iowa-based The Global Insurance Accelerator announced a recent investment by Global Atlantic Financial Group Ltd.GIA is a business accelerator focused solely on innovation and technology for the insurance...
Jan 24 2019 // Waukee, Iowa-based insurance services firm, Holmes Murphy, has created the Holmes Murphy Foundation for its philanthropic and charitable-giving initiatives. This newly-formed foundation will oversee all philanthropic and...
Jan 23 2019 // A former Iowa insurance agent has been convicted of insurance fraud following an insurance fraud investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau.The division reported that Joy Marie Heldt, age 48, of...
Jan 7 2019 // With some of the highest auto insurance rates in the nation, Michigan’s no-fault insurance laws — much maligned by the insurance industry and business interests — are sure to be a target for legislative...
Jan 2 2019 // Three former managers for the University of Iowa police force claim in lawsuits that their jobs were eliminated as part of a “culture of discrimination” against older workers and other protected employees.Their...
Dec 19 2018 // The Iowa Civil Rights Commission is taking legal action to enforce a $14,700 judgment against a business owner accused of using racial slurs to belittle black employees, court records show.Bruce Smith, of West Des Moines,...
Dec 10 2018 // The famous “jog” through the heart of Correctionville, Iowa, suffered a bit of a stumble in recent days.Make that stumbles. Plural. On Nov. 23, and again on Nov. 28, vehicles slid or rolled straight south on...
Dec 3 2018 // As if getting a parking ticket wasn’t bad enough, the city of Ames is informing those who recently paid parking fines that their private information — including credit and debit card numbers — may have been...
Dec 3 2018 // Studies published earlier this year by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Hurricane Center showing a dramatic increase in the frequency of intense rain events in the Houston area in recent...
Nov 26 2018 // A woman has been accused of setting two fires in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Linn County court records say 48-year-old Carolyn Mittman is charged with two counts of arson. Her attorney didn’t immediately return a call from...
Nov 14 2018 // Nearly half of Iowa’s counties have approved use of all-terrain or utility vehicles for public roadways, and at least one large county is considering joining the trend.Dubuque County supervisors have been considering...
Nov 14 2018 // Iowa now has a new center for military veterans seeking to become insurance producers or adjusters to take licensing exams.The Iowa Insurance Division announced that Pearson VUE, the third party contractor that conducts...
Nov 5 2018 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa (FMH) is now offering FMH Cyber Risk Protection suite, which includes two new cyber risk products to provide protection and services in the event an...
Nov 1 2018 // Federal investigators determined that a broken rail caused the fiery 2017 train derailment in northwest Iowa that released 322,000 gallons of ethanol.The National Transportation Safety Board has ruled that Union...
Oct 31 2018 // LMC Insurance and Risk Management (LMC Insurance) is launching a new health insurance plan underwritten by Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield for Iowa-based employers with 51-500 eligible employees.The program, referred...
Oct 26 2018 // Iowa’s Division of Workers’ Compensation has delayed its planned roll out of a new electronic filing, case management, hearing scheduling and EDI system for workers’ compensation, WCES.The Division had...
Oct 22 2018 // The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that Iowa Department of Transportation officers do not have authority to issue speeding tickets to or arrest drivers outside of the regulation of commercial vehicles. The finding came...