All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 20 2005 // Nearly one week after tornadoes left more than 20 dead in Indiana, tornadoes on Nov. 12 killed at least one woman and destroyed 70 homes in Iowa.At least three twisters hit two counties in the towns of Stratford and...
Nov 16 2005 // Insurance adjustors surveyed tornado damage in central Iowa, with one saying the devastation equals that of Hurricane Andrew that hit Florida in 1992.“I worked Hurricane Andrew and it looks a little bit like...
Nov 15 2005 // Insurance adjustors surveying damage from Saturday’s tornadoes in central Iowa say the devastation equals that of Hurricane Andrew that hit Florida in 1992, according to Associated Press.State Farm Insurance had 30...
Nov 13 2005 // Nearly one week after killer tornadoes left more than 20 dead in Indiana, weekend tornadoes in Iowa killed at least one woman on Saturday and forced the evacuation of people from a college football game. The twisters hit...
Nov 2 2005 // American Community Mutual Insurance Co. has expanded availability of its small group health care plan for companies with two to 50 employees to Ohio and Iowa. The health care plan offers insured members access to their own...
Oct 17 2005 // Drivers in most of the 12 states that comprise the Midwest region enjoy lower average auto insurance premiums than their counterparts in other regions of the country, according to the most recent study produced by the...
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres, and coverage has increased by $12.2...
Oct 17 2005 // With Katrina’s impact yet to be felt, farmers in low loss-ratio states may have to pick up the slack for the hard-hit Gulf Coast farmers in months and years to come. If anything, the aftermath of Katrina underlines...
Oct 17 2005 // Drivers in most of the 12 states that comprise the Midwest region enjoy lower average auto insurance premiums than their counterparts in other regions of the country, according to the most recent study produced by the...
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres and coverage increased by $12.2 billion...
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres and coverage increased by $12.2 billion over the...
Oct 17 2005 // The hurricane [Katrina] produced catastrophicBroward and Miami- Dade counties inFlorida.As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide,...
Sep 23 2005 // According to the NAIC’s “State Average Expenditures & Premiums for Personal Auto Insurance in 2003,” North Dakota drivers enjoy the lowest average auto insurance premiums in the nation.North...
Sep 14 2005 // Trial started this week for a man who said he should have been paid $10,000 after he hit a hole-in-one during a golf tournament.Adam Fisher, who was 18 when he made the shot in 2003, filed a lawsuit against event’s...
Sep 5 2005 // Gone are the days when the Midwest’s surplus lines market saw all sorts of business, from high-liability risks to garden variety commercial property coverage. For the region’s surplus lines business, the...
Sep 5 2005 // Gone are the days when the Midwest’s surplus lines market saw all sorts of business, from high-liability risks to garden variety commercial property coverage. For the region’s surplus lines business, the...
Aug 22 2005 // The Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA) today commended both the Iowa and the North Dakota Insurance Departments for issuing a bulletin and letter respectively affirming their use of a company’s IMSA...
Aug 22 2005 // Farmers in Midwestern states like Kansas have more than doubled the acres they insure and tripled their dollar amount of coverage since 1989, according to recent statistics. It’s a trend that could mitigate financial...
Aug 3 2005 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced the appointment of Therese Vaughan to its Board of Directors. Dr. Vaughan became the Robb B. Kelley...
May 25 2005 // Pleased with no last minute surprises to insurers, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has commended the Iowa Legislature and Gov. Thomas Vilsack for taking positive and progressive steps on this...