Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. Names Puls as New President
Feb 11 2014 // Georgia Puls has been appointed as the new president of Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. Puls has 27 years of experience in the insurance industry, including 17 years at Iowa Mutual in the personal and commercial lines...
People – Midwest
Feb 10 2014 // The IMA Financial Group Inc., headquartered in Wichita, Kan., announced that Kyle Orndorff has returned to the company as senior vice president of human resources. Based in IMA’s Wichita office, Orndorff will oversee...
‘Storm’ or Not? Iowa Appeals Court Decides in Mall Lawsuit
Feb 7 2014 // The Iowa Court of Appeals on Feb. 5 weighed into the murky issue of how to define a storm in Iowa when it ruled that a Cedar Falls mall wasn’t at fault for a woman who fell in its parking lot as freezing rain fell in...
Walsh Named Deputy Workers’ Comp Commissioner in Iowa; Walleser, Rasey Retiring
Jan 29 2014 // Joseph L. Walsh has been hired as a deputy workers’ compensation commissioner with the Iowa Division of Workers’ Compensation. Walsh previously was in private practice as a workers’ compensation and...
Insurance Leaders from India, Japan to Speak at Iowa Symposium
Jan 26 2014 // Keynote speakers at a global insurance symposium scheduled for May in Des Moines, Iowa, will include high ranking insurance officials from Japan and India. Gov. Terry Branstad says Japan’s Vice Commissioner Masamichi...
The Motorists Insurance Group Restructures Business Model, Management Team
Jan 17 2014 // Motorists Insurance Group President and CEO David L. Kaufman announced a new functional structure for the Columbus, Ohio-based group’s 10 property/casualty insurance, life insurance and insurance brokerage...
Iowa to Host Global Insurance Symposium in 2014
Jan 13 2014 // Iowa officials say a new insurance symposium set for next year in Des Moines is aimed at bringing top industry experts to the area. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart said the two-day Global Insurance Symposium will...
Iowa-Based Insurance Company Sues Google over Copyrighted Photo
Jan 9 2014 // A Des Moines, Iowa, insurance company is suing Google, demanding it remove a copyrighted photo from a private blog that mocks corporate headshots. ARAG North America and Ann Dieleman, a senior vice president and chief...
Iowa to Host Global Insurance Symposium in 2014
Dec 31 2013 // Iowa officials say a new insurance symposium set for next year in Des Moines is aimed at bringing top industry experts to the area. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart said the two-day Global Insurance Symposium will...
Iowa’s Holmes Murphy Names Swift Director of Development Opportunities
Dec 23 2013 // Holmes Murphy & Associates’ Chairman Jim Swift will move into a new role as director of development opportunities at the Des Moines, Iowa-based insurance brokerage effective Jan.1, 2014, as part of the...
Iowa Insurer Pokes Fun at Federal Website in Ads
Dec 9 2013 // The television ads produced by a Midwest insurance company show a series of medical mishaps: a man kicking the wrong leg in a reflex check, a urine sample bottle that won’t open for a frustrated patient and a blood...
Iowa Board Awards Millions for Flood Protection
Dec 6 2013 // The Iowa Flood Mitigation Board has awarded millions of dollars for flood protection projects in Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and other Iowa cities. The awards were announced on Dec. 4. The Iowa Legislature created the board to...
FEMA Won’t Require Additional Flood Insurance for U. of Iowa
Dec 6 2013 // The University of Iowa says the Federal Emergency Management Agency will not require the school to purchase additional flood insurance after all. UI vice president of finance and operations Doug True said the news...
Insurance Chief Asks FEMA to Waive Flood Coverage Rule for U Iowa
Nov 27 2013 // Iowa’s top insurance regulator is backing the University of Iowa in a dispute with the federal government over how much insurance the campus must carry after rebuilding from the 2008 flood. Insurance Commissioner...
Iowa Court: Immigrant Worker on Expired Visa Gets Workers’ Comp
Nov 19 2013 // The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that a West Liberty woman, an immigrant from Mexico who stayed in the United States after her visa had expired, is entitled to receive workers’ compensation benefits for a...
Dubuque, Iowa Looks at Funding for Flood Prevention
Nov 18 2013 // Dubuque, Iowa, is considering whether to apply for nearly $100 million in state tax incentives for a huge flood-mitigation project that could be completed over the next two decades. The Dubuque City Council will meet today...
IA&B Service Group Announces New Officers in Del., Md., Penn.
Nov 11 2013 // The fall marks a new administrative year for Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group and its partnership of agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The following directors have been...
Iowa City Work Prompts Lower Flood Insurance Rates
Nov 7 2013 // Property owners in Iowa City’s 100-year flood plain will get a 15 percent discount on their flood insurance premiums because of city efforts on a variety of flood-related projects. Property owners in the flood plain...
Baltimore Insurer to Relocate to Des Moines, Iowa
Nov 4 2013 // A Baltimore, Md.-based life insurance company is moving its corporate offices to Des Moines, Iowa, and it plans to employ 50 workers within the next three years, a company spokesman said. Fidelity & Guaranty Life...
Lost Pheasants, Disappearing Grasslands: Is Crop Insurance to Blame?
Nov 1 2013 // The hunters tramp through neck-high prairie grass with a pair of golden retrievers named Moe and Buck, flushing out birds in a freezing autumn drizzle. When one flutters from the South Dakota grassland, Dick Schmith, 58,...
