December 28, 2017
Insurers for the city of Des Moines paid $2.1 million to a lawyer who alleged he suffered head injuries when he was hit by a falling garbage can. The city released a copy of its November settlement with Jaysen McCleary …
November 11, 2014
Testing has identified lead dust contamination on the first two levels of the Wallace State Office Building in Des Moines, Iowa, which houses 495 state employees. The Des Moines Register reported that it learned of the contamination through a state …
October 20, 2014
An insurance company plans to begin demolishing three downtown Des Moines, Iowa, structures to make room for a new office building. EMC Insurance spokeswoman Lisa Hamilton tells The Des Moines Register that crews will begin tearing down the three brick …
July 15, 2014
A former Des Moines, Iowa, insurance agent was sentenced to 41 months in prison for insurance fraud, the Iowa Insurance Division announced. Melissa Ilene Williams, of Dike, Iowa, also was ordered to pay restitution for fabricating and submitting life insurance …
March 19, 2014
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. did not discriminate against an employee who claims she was denied a room to pump breast milk and pressured to resign on her first day back from maternity leave, a federal appeals court in Iowa has …
September 5, 2013
The buyer of Aviva USA intends to trim about 90 Aviva jobs in the Des Moines, Iowa-area as it cuts about 10 percent of the insurer’s workforce. The Des Moines Register says Aviva employees were told about the cutbacks in …
March 13, 2013
The city of Des Moines, Iowa, will be installing surveillance cameras in 125 city vehicles to test whether the technology can hold employees accountable for their driving and reduce the number of accidents. The pilot project is scheduled to begin …