Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Iowa Man Who Falsified Rolex Watch Claim Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Apr 2 2025 // An Iowa man was sentenced last week to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to Insurance Fraud (Class D Felony) and Fraudulent Practice (Class D Felony), following an investigation conducted by the Iowa Insurance...
Iowa Sues Bitcoin Depot and CoinFlip Over Crypto Scams
Mar 24 2025 // Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced lawsuits against Bitcoin Depot and CoinFlip, Iowa’s two largest cryptocurrency ATM operators, over their failures that allowed Iowans to transfer millions of dollars to...
Iowa Sues Bitcoin Depot and CoinFlip Over Millions Lost to Crypto Scams
Mar 4 2025 // Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird last week announced lawsuits against Bitcoin Depot and CoinFlip, Iowa’s two largest cryptocurrency ATM operators, over their failures that allowed Iowans to transfer millions of...
Iowa Roofer Ordered to Cease Unlicensed Public Adjuster Services
Jan 27 2025 // An Iowa roofing company has agreed to a consent order to stop promoting itself as a public adjuster or providing any public adjuster services on its websites, social media pages and advertisements. Darren Reeves Roofing...
Iowa Insurance Division Joins $17M Settlement With Edward Jones
Jan 14 2025 // The Iowa Insurance Division, a member of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), announced last week it has joined a $17 million settlement with Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (Edward Jones)...
Iowa Contractor Agrees to Consent Order Over Unlicensed Public Adjusting
Dec 30 2024 // The Iowa Insurance Division last month entered into a consent order with a contractor who had made claims they were offering services that require a public adjuster license. Central Iowa Gutter and Donald Smart have agreed...
ZestyAI Receives Regulatory Approval From Iowa Insurance Division
Dec 23 2024 // ZestyAI, a provider of AI-informed climate and property risk analytics solutions, has received regulatory approval from the Iowa Insurance Division for its Severe Convective Storm suite, including Z-HAIL, Z-WIND, and...
Donald Trump Sues Iowa Newspaper Over Pre-Election Poll
Dec 19 2024 // President-elect Donald Trump sued the Des Moines Register and its pollster for “brazen election interference” in publishing a survey the weekend before the election that showed Democrat Kamala Harris with a...
Iowa Roofer Ordered to Cease Unlicensed Public Adjuster Services
Dec 16 2024 // An Iowa roofing company has agreed to a consent order to stop promoting itself as a public adjuster or providing any public adjuster services on its websites, social media pages and advertisements. Darren Reeves Roofing...
Ryan Companies to Pay $350K Over Sexual Harassment at Iowa Site
Dec 12 2024 // The U.S. Department of Labor announced that its Office of the Federal Contract Compliance Programs has entered into a conciliation agreement with Ryan Companies US Inc. to resolve allegations that the federal...
ALKEME Acquires Iowa’s Relion
Dec 12 2024 // ALKEME announced the acquisition of Relion Insurance Solutions, one of Iowa’s largest insurance agencies with over 140 years of history serving Iowa and surrounding areas. Relion Insurance Solutions, formed through...
Iowa Woman Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Injury Scam at Casino
Dec 10 2024 // An Iowa woman pled guilty to one count of presenting false information to an insurer over an alleged fraudulent injury at a casino, following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. Tonya...
AM Best Removes Under Review Status of Iowa’s Pharmacists Mutual
Nov 18 2024 // AM Best has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” (Excellent) of Pharmacists Mutual...
Iowa Couple Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud
Nov 13 2024 // An Iowa couple pleaded guilty to insurance fraud, forgery and theft, the Iowa Insurance Division announced. Des Moines – Lance Seastrand, age 52, and his wife, Staci Seastrand, age 56, of Davenport, were sentenced on...
AM Best Removes Under Review Status of Iowa’s Pharmacists Mutual
Oct 30 2024 // AM Best has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” (Excellent) of Pharmacists Mutual...
AM Best Assigns Superior Credit Rating to Iowa-Based Berkley Luxury
Oct 23 2024 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “aa-” (Superior) to Berkley Luxury Insurance Company (Berkley Luxury), based in...
Former Iowa Insurance Producer Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Money Laundering
Oct 21 2024 // William Berg, an insurance producer and former financial advisor from Waukee, Iowa, was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday after pleading guilty in federal court to wire fraud and money laundering charges. In...
Two Iowa Men Charged With Insurance Fraud
Oct 10 2024 // Michael Vecchio, age 50, of Sioux Center was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information (Class D Felony) and Todd Meendering, age 61, of Boyden was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud...
Iowa Woman Charged With Insurance Fraud
Oct 3 2024 // An Iowa woman was charged with insurance fraud following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. Antonia Maddison, age 46, of Sully, was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud –...
Black Man Sues Iowa Trucking Company for Alleged Hair Discrimination
Oct 2 2024 // A Black man alleges in a lawsuit that an Iowa trucking company fired him as a driver because he wouldn’t cut off his dreadlocks, the latest in a series of incidents across the country over an issue activists have...
