All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 12 2008 // City officials say keeping the Mississippi River from causing extensive damage and cleaning up flooded areas has cost the city $735,000 so far.The figure includes overtime for city workers who scrambled to build an earthen...
May 9 2008 // A company says it will contest citations issued by state safety regulators in a worker’s death at an ethanol plant under construction in northern Iowa.Kenneth Sterling, of Austin, Minn., died in February after being...
May 7 2008 // With cleanup efforts under way, life is slowly returning to normal in riverfront areas across the Quad Cities in Iowa.Cleanup crews went to work on Monday, May 5th even though flooding was still a worry in some areas....
May 5 2008 // Just as the season is kicking off, lawmakers in Sioux City, Iowa plan to discuss just how much insurance coverage outdoor circus and carnival promoters must have to set up merry-go-rounds within the city. Last year, the...
May 1 2008 // Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has declared Bremer, Blackhawk and Louisa counties in the eastern part of the state as disaster areas. The declaration came Monday, April 28, following heavy rains that have pushed rivers and streams...
Apr 30 2008 // Indiana Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, recently announced that it is taking its Safer Schools Seminars to Iowa and Minnesota in May.Designed for superintendents, principals, resource officers,...
Apr 29 2008 // The 2008 Iowa legislative session ended with mixed results for the insurance industry, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA).“Iowa’s Legislature was highly active on insurance issues this year...
Apr 21 2008 // West Virginia officials sentenced two Kanawha County women on insurance fraud related charges, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline.Tina Marie Browning, 40, of Eskdale, W. Va., was indicted on one felony count...
Apr 21 2008 // Insurance Journal‘s Editor-in-Chief Andrea Wells was at the Big “I” Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., where she caught up with Robert Fulwider, an independent agent from Iowa who is chairman of...
Apr 21 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Liquor Liability Coverage Nuts & Bolts:...
Apr 15 2008 // At least two tornadoes have ripped across southern and eastern Iowa, with damage reported to a few homes and businesses. No injuries have been reported.Bill Nichols, a forecaster with the National Weather Service, says a...
Apr 14 2008 // A Cedar Rapids landlord who was convicted of insurance fraud has been charged with lying under oath during his civil trial in January.Robert Miell, 53, was ordered by a federal jury to pay up to $1.5 million to the...
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Sports & Recreation Nuts & Bolts:...
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Sports and Recreation Nuts & Bolts:...
Apr 7 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Sports & Recreation Nuts & Bolts:...
Mar 31 2008 // A Waterloo, Iowa man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting his ex-girlfriend’s house on fire. Kelvin Scott was sentenced Wednesday for second-degree arson after a judge refused his request for a new...
Mar 24 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Contractors Nuts & Bolts: Lemac &...
Mar 10 2008 // The Iowa Supreme Court sent two medical malpractice lawsuits back to district court after offering a new opinion on how the statute of limitations can be interpreted.The decision, which affects a breast cancer patient and...
Mar 10 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Blanket Accident Insurance Nuts &...
Mar 3 2008 // The Associated Press recently reported that a LeClaire couple will spend up to 10 years in prison for burning down the house they lost in foreclosure and filing a fraudulent insurance claim.Lawrence and Patricia Atwood...