Latest Iowa Headlines
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Miami Agent Soto Sworn in as National Big ‘I’ President
Sep 11 2006 // Miami insurance agent Alex Soto has been inaugurated as the new president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”), with Robert E. Fulwider and C. Brett Nilsson assuming the...
Iowa Organizations Push Investment Agenda to Candidates
Sep 5 2006 // Several Iowa organizations are saying they want political candidates to adopt an agenda that encourages investment in renewable energy, education, and health care. Officials from the Center for Energy and Environmental...
Iowa Principal Financial Group Boosts Pay to Outside Directors
Sep 1 2006 // Serving as a board member of insurance and financial services company Principal Financial Group Inc. has become more lucrative. The Des Moines-based company announced this week that it has increased the annual retainer it...
Iowans Among Most Insured in the Nation, Census Data Shows
Aug 31 2006 // Iowa is among the nation’s leaders in having its citizens insured, U.S. Census data released Monday shows. According to U.S. Census figures, the percentage of Iowans without health insurance was 9.1 percent during...
Iowa Lawmakers, Wellmark Want Review of Hospital Construction Law
Aug 16 2006 // Hospital executives should seek approval from state regulators before closing hospitals on Des Moines’ east side and opening new ones in the suburbs, say some lawmakers and officials along with Iowa’s largest...
Iowa Doctor Convicted of Health Care Fraud
Aug 9 2006 // A Des Moines, Iowa doctor was convicted Monday of seeking reimbursement on medical procedures that were unnecessary or not performed. Dr. Peter Boesen is awaiting sentencing on 82 counts of health care fraud relating to...
Disclosure of Medical Errors Desirable but Difficult, Researchers Find
Aug 3 2006 // Disclosing medical errors made by physicians is extremely important yet often extremely difficult. Two University of Iowa studies examine why this is the case and how increased understanding might help patients, doctors...
Iowa Lt. Governor Launches Senior Fraud Initiative
Aug 2 2006 // Calling the defrauding of seniors a “big business” and a major problem in Iowa, Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson on Thursday announced a new initiative designed to educate older Iowans about investment fraud. The...
Insurance Journal Series ‘The Commissioners’ Presents Interviews with 15 State Regulators
Jul 28 2006 // Reinsurance collateral, natural disaster plans, brokerage compensation disclosure, credit scoring, competition for insurance jobs—state insurance regulators across the country deal with these and many other...
Insurance Journal Presents Video Interviews with 15 State Insurance Commissioners
Jul 27 2006 // Reinsurance collateral, natural disaster plans, brokerage compensation disclosure, credit scoring, competition for insurance jobs—state insurance regulators across the country deal with these and many other...
Hawkeye-Security Offers New Web-based Disaster Planning Tool
Jul 20 2006 // Businesses insured through Des Moines-Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, will be among the first in the upper Midwest to use Open for Business, a free, web-based tool that allows...
Insurance, Business Leaders Hold Forum on Keeping Workers in Iowa
Jul 19 2006 // Business leaders expressed continued concern this week that Iowa lacks enough workers to maintain a growing business climate. Business managers, insurance executives, and economic development directors discussed the issue...
London-based Aviva PLC Aquires Iowa’s AmerUs for $2.9 Billion
Jul 14 2006 // Aviva PLC, Britain’s largest insurance company, said Thursday it will take over U.S. life insurance company AmerUs Group Co. in a $2.9 billion deal that will expand the U.K. insurer’s reach into the U.S....
Iowa State Bar Endorses Westport Insurance and Lockton Risk Services
Jun 9 2006 // The Iowa State Bar Association (ISBA) announced it will endorse Westport Insurance and Lockton Risk Services to provide Professional Liability insurance to Iowa Bar members. The ISBA chose Lockton as its preferred broker...
Allstate report ranks South Dakota drivers as safest
Jun 5 2006 // Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the...
Allstate report ranks South Dakota drivers as safest
Jun 5 2006 // Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the...
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Jun 5 2006 // Report ranks Phoenix drivers safest of big cities Drivers in Phoenix are the safest big city commuters, according the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” Drivers in Phoenix can expect...
Report Ranks S.D. Drivers as Safest; Phoenix Drivers Safest in Big Cities
May 24 2006 // Residents of Sioux Falls, S.D., are the safest drivers in the United States, according to the second-annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report.” The largest city in South Dakota moves up from the...
Iowa Judge Says Hidden Restroom Camera Case Can Proceed to Trial
May 23 2006 // An Iowa judge has sent a case involving an insurance agent accused of installing a hidden camera in a restroom to trial. The attorney for Robert Speirs had asked the court to throw out a charge of misdemeanor invasion of...
Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame to Host 2006 Induction Ceremony, May 18
Apr 25 2006 // The Iowa Insurance Hall of Fame will hold a dinner and ceremony as it inducts 2006 leaders of companies and movers and shakers in the insurance world into its Hall of Fame. Induction ceremonies will take place on Thursday,...
