All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
May 17 2005 // Beginning May 23, and extending through June 5, law enforcement officers throughout Iowa will join police agencies across the country in the Buckle Up America Campaign designed to promote the use of seat belts.This...
May 9 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s national board has nominated Alex Soto as the association’s president-elect and has elected Robert Fulwider as the next vice president. Once...
Apr 27 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (the Big “I”) National Board has nominated Alex Soto as the association’s president-elect and has elected Robert Fulwider as the...
Jan 24 2005 // DES MOINES, Iowa–A group of Iowa politicians wants the insurance industry to impose a levy on automobile policies to help fund a program to thin deer populations and decrease accidents they cause.Sen. Dennis Black...
Jan 18 2005 // First Acceptance Corp., whose insurance subsidiaries provide nonstandard private passenger automobile insurance and operate in many states under the trade name “Acceptance Insurance,” said “it is not...
Jan 16 2005 // DES MOINES, Iowa — A group of Iowa politicians wants the insurance industry to impose a levy on automobile policies to help fund a program to thin deer populations and decrease accidents they cause.Sen. Dennis Black...
Dec 21 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Tuesday congratulated Susan Voss on her appointment by Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) as Commissioner of the Iowa Insurance Division.“AIA and its member companies look forward to...
Dec 20 2004 // Iowa Insurance Commissioner Therese M. Vaughan has resigned effective at the end of the year and will join the faculty at Drake University, the school announced recently. Vaughan has been named the Robb B. Kelley...
Oct 27 2004 // Emmett J. Vaughan, a renowned professor of insurance at the University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie College of Business, has passed away at the age of 69. Funeral services will be held on Sat., Oct. 30, at St....
Oct 15 2004 // The Iowa Insurance Division’s investigation of allegations of improper and illegal activities by an insurance agent resulted in the revocation of his license earlier this month.Dennis Stephens, of Lake Mills, Iowa,...
Sep 14 2004 // In a one-day special session, the Iowa Legislature passed a controversial economic stimulus package and reforms that insurers have argued will help reduce workers compensation costs. Gov. Tom Vilsack, a Democrat, signed...
Sep 9 2004 // In a one-day special session, the Iowa Legislature has passed a controversial economic stimulus package and reforms supported by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) that will reportedly help reduce...
Sep 8 2004 // Former Washington, Iowa, insurance agent Roy Evanovich pled guilty to first-degree theft, money laundering, securities fraud, and tampering with records last Friday in Washington District Court, according to the Iowa...
Jul 22 2004 // Suzanne SahakianProperty/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty...
Jul 20 2004 // Des Moines, Iowa-based insurer EMC Insurance Group Inc. announced a proposed 6.5 percentage point increase in its property/casualty insurance companies’ aggregate participation interest in the EMC Insurance...
Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...
Jul 14 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa is holding a two-day training seminar focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks Oct. 19-20 in Des Moines. The seminar, dubbed “The First Midwest Agribusiness...