Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Iowa Court Slashes Insurer’s Payment to Paralyzed Worker
Mar 2 2020 // The Iowa Supreme Court has dramatically reduced the compensation a paralyzed northeast Iowa man received from a jury in a lawsuit against an insurance company even while finding the company’s actions were...
Broker Investor Group Selects 12 Insurtechs for First Cohort
Feb 27 2020 // BrokerTech Ventures, an investor group and accelerator program led by nine insurance brokerages, has selected 12 insurtechs for its first cohort that convenes March 2 in Des Moines, Iowa, for a five-week...
Deer Sent Flying by Car Crashed into 2nd Car, Killing Driver
Feb 24 2020 // A deer sent flying when it was hit by a car in southeast Iowa crashed through the window of a second car, killing its driver, the Iowa State Patrol said. The accident occurred a little after 7 p.m. Wednesday on Iowa...
United Fire in Iowa Reports 4Q Earnings Loss
Feb 19 2020 // United Fire Group Inc. on Tuesday reported a loss of $23.2 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based company said it had a loss of 93 cents. Losses, adjusted for investment gains,...
Suit: Iowa’s Drake U., Fraternity Negligent in Dangerous Hazing Event
Feb 19 2020 // A student is suing Drake University in Des Moines, along with a fraternity at the school and several fellow students for an unspecified amount after he said he nearly died from a hazing incident. Court documents filed Feb....
Iowa District to Pay $4.8M to Settle Suit Over Deadly School Bus Fire
Feb 18 2020 // A western Iowa school district will pay $4.8 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of 16-year-old girl who died in a 2017 school bus fire that also killed the bus driver. Riverside Community School District has...
Two Employees Injured in Fire that Destroyed Iowa Towing, Auto Shop
Feb 18 2020 // Two people suffered minor injuries in a fire that destroyed a Fort Dodge, Iowa, towing and auto business in northwestern Iowa, officials said. The fire broke out in the afternoon on Feb. 14 in Mid Iowa Towing, television...
Iowa Senate Passes Bill with $20M for Flood Projects
Feb 10 2020 // The Iowa Senate has passed a bill that provides $20 million for flood relief requested by Gov. Kim Reynolds to help shore up levees in southwest Iowa in anticipation of flooding along the Missouri River this spring. All 48...
Iowa’s LMC Insurance & Risk Management Teams Up with AssuredPartners
Feb 10 2020 // LMC Insurance & Risk Management, headquartered in West De Moines, Iowa, has joined Florida-based AssuredPartners Inc.’s national broker team. LMC’s operations consist of 290 dedicated employees who will...
Iowa Town to Buy more Homes in Flood Plain
Jan 28 2020 // The city of Bettendorf, Iowa, has been awarded a $2.2 million federal grant that, coupled with state and city contributions, will make $2.95 million available to buy out up to 22 homeowners in the flood plain along Duck...
Cross Named Acting Deputy Commissioner, Supervision at Iowa Insurance Division
Jan 27 2020 // Kim Cross has been promoted to acting deputy commissioner for Supervision at the Iowa Insurance Division, as Jim Armstrong, longtime deputy commissioner for Supervision, has retired after more than 35 years at the...
Former Iowa Agent Sentenced to Federal Prison for Fraud
Jan 22 2020 // A Muscatine, Iowa, insurance agent has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for wire and mail fraud. Federal prosecutors for Iowa said that Ashley Erin Murphy Schneider, 37, was sentenced Thursday in...
With Focus on Iowa, MIAA Hires Wright, Siegfried
Jan 17 2020 // The Midwest Insurance Agency Alliance (MIAA), a regional insurance agency network based in Lincoln, Nebraska, has added support Jamie Wright and Rebekah Siegfried to support the organization’s continued growth in...
Report: Nebraska, Iowa Sustained Billions in Weather Losses Last Year
Jan 16 2020 // Nebraska suffered more than $3.4 billion in losses from disastrous weather last year while the toll was $1.9 billion in neighboring Iowa, according to a federal report. The bomb cyclone in March caused most of the damage,...
Expanding into Iowa, Keystone Insurers Group Signs Kingsgate Insurance
Jan 15 2020 // Keystone Insurers Group (Keystone) has expanded into Iowa with the addition of pioneer partner Kingsgate Insurance of Fort Dodge to the agency partnership organization. Kingsgate Insurance was founded in 1990 in Fort...
11 Dead After Storms Sweep Southern U.S., Midwest
Jan 13 2020 // Severe storms sweeping across southern portions of the U.S. and up into the Midwest were blamed Saturday in the deaths of at least 11 people, including two first responders, as high winds, tornadoes and unrelenting rain...
Iowa’s Holmes Murphy Expands Leadership Team
Jan 10 2020 // Waukee, Iowa-based Holmes Murphy has added three new members to its board of managers, as well as three new members to its executive committee. Each of these leaders brings years of experience and commitment to the...
Iowa Company Awarded $610K in Damages, Plus Interest, in Construction Dispute
Jan 7 2020 // A federal judge in Nebraska has awarded more than $610,000 to an Iowa company that sued after it said it wasn’t fully paid for masonry work at a national veterans’ cemetery in Omaha. Seedorff Masonry, of...
Iowa Risk Pool Criticized for Travel Seeking to Block State Audit
Jan 6 2020 // A group that insures local governments across Iowa is going to court to try to block the state auditor from reviewing its spending, including on board members’ travel to out-of-state vacation destinations. The Iowa...
CAA Expands in Colorado, Iowa with Addition of 5 New Members
Jan 3 2020 // Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has kicked off 2020 with the addition of five new member agencies, bringing its total member count to 73. CAA is a privately held agency partner group comprised of...
