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As Insured Acres Increase Are Farmers Subsidizing High-Risk States?
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres and coverage increased by $12.2 billion...
As Insured Acres Increase, Are Farmers Subsidizing High-Risk States?
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres and coverage increased by $12.2 billion over the...
As Insured Acres Increase, Are Farmers Subsidizing High-Risk States?
Oct 17 2005 // The hurricane [Katrina] produced catastrophic Broward and Miami- Dade counties in Florida. As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide,...
N.D., S.D., Iowa Drivers Enjoy Lowest Auto Rates: NAIC Report
Sep 23 2005 // According to the NAIC’s “State Average Expenditures & Premiums for Personal Auto Insurance in 2003,” North Dakota drivers enjoy the lowest average auto insurance premiums in the nation. North...
Iowa Golfer’s $10,000 Hole-in-One by Mulligan Case Set for Trial
Sep 14 2005 // Trial started this week for a man who said he should have been paid $10,000 after he hit a hole-in-one during a golf tournament. Adam Fisher, who was 18 when he made the shot in 2003, filed a lawsuit against event’s...
Midwest Surplus Lines: A Market Unto Itself
Sep 5 2005 // Gone are the days when the Midwest’s surplus lines market saw all sorts of business, from high-liability risks to garden variety commercial property coverage. For the region’s surplus lines business, the...
Midwest Surplus Lines: A Market Unto Itself
Sep 5 2005 // Gone are the days when the Midwest’s surplus lines market saw all sorts of business, from high-liability risks to garden variety commercial property coverage. For the region’s surplus lines business, the...
IMSA Lauds Iowa, N.D. for Market Oversight Activities
Aug 22 2005 // The Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA) today commended both the Iowa and the North Dakota Insurance Departments for issuing a bulletin and letter respectively affirming their use of a company’s IMSA...
Increase in Midwestern Insured Crop Acres Eases Drought Threat
Aug 22 2005 // Farmers in Midwestern states like Kansas have more than doubled the acres they insure and tripled their dollar amount of coverage since 1989, according to recent statistics. It’s a trend that could mitigate financial...
Endurance Specialty Holdings Names Vaughan to Board
Aug 3 2005 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced the appointment of Therese Vaughan to its Board of Directors. Dr. Vaughan became the Robb B. Kelley...
With No Major Surprises, Iowa Legislature Ends on Positive Note
May 25 2005 // Pleased with no last minute surprises to insurers, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has commended the Iowa Legislature and Gov. Thomas Vilsack for taking positive and progressive steps on this...
Iowa Authorities Look to Boost Seat Belt Usage, Reduce Injuries
May 17 2005 // Beginning May 23, and extending through June 5, law enforcement officers throughout Iowa will join police agencies across the country in the Buckle Up America Campaign designed to promote the use of seat belts. This...
People & Places
May 9 2005 // Alex Soto The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s national board has nominated Alex Soto as the association’s president-elect and has elected Robert Fulwider as the next vice president....
Florida’s Soto Nominated as Big ‘I’ President Elect; Iowa’s Fulwider Named Next VP
Apr 27 2005 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (the Big “I”) National Board has nominated Alex Soto as the association’s president-elect and has elected Robert Fulwider as the...
Iowa Insurers Caught Like Deer in Headlights by Levy Request
Jan 24 2005 // DES MOINES, Iowa–A group of Iowa politicians wants the insurance industry to impose a levy on automobile policies to help fund a program to thin deer populations and decrease accidents they cause. Sen. Dennis Black...
First Acceptance Corp. Clarifies Confusion With Iowa-Based Insurer That Filed Chapter 11
Jan 18 2005 // First Acceptance Corp., whose insurance subsidiaries provide nonstandard private passenger automobile insurance and operate in many states under the trade name “Acceptance Insurance,” said “it is not...
Iowa Insurers Caught Like Deer in Headlights
Jan 16 2005 // DES MOINES, Iowa — A group of Iowa politicians wants the insurance industry to impose a levy on automobile policies to help fund a program to thin deer populations and decrease accidents they cause. Sen. Dennis Black...
AIA Congratulates Voss on Appointment as Iowa’s New Insurance Commissioner
Dec 21 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Tuesday congratulated Susan Voss on her appointment by Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) as Commissioner of the Iowa Insurance Division. “AIA and its member companies look forward to...
People & Places
Dec 20 2004 // Therese Vaughan Iowa Insurance Commissioner Therese M. Vaughan has resigned effective at the end of the year and will join the faculty at Drake University, the school announced recently. Vaughan has been named the Robb B....
Iowa Insurance Educator Vaughan Dies at 69
Oct 27 2004 // Emmett J. Vaughan, a renowned professor of insurance at the University of Iowa’s Henry B. Tippie College of Business, has passed away at the age of 69. Funeral services will be held on Sat., Oct. 30, at St....
