Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Alleged Thief Surrenders Iowa Producer’s License
Mar 14 2003 // The Iowa Insurance Division (IID) has entered a consent order against Sandra Daugherty of Madrid after she was charged in Story County District Court with three counts of criminal misconduct. Daugherty, who served as...
Workers’ Comp Second Injury Fund Sunset Extension Moves to Iowa Senate
Mar 7 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) said today that it strongly supports a five-year extension of the law that allows insurer assessments for Iowa’s workers’ compensation second injury fund to be based on...
Iowa Commissioner to Deliver Keynote Address for AAIS Conf.
Jan 21 2003 // Iowa Commissioner Therese Vaughan, outgoing president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), will deliver the keynote address at the 2003 American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) Annual...
NAII Asks Iowa to Alter Proposed Regs for Aftermarket Parts
Dec 10 2002 // National Association of Independent Insurers Counsel Ann Weber has asked Iowa’s Insurance Department to delete a sentence that the NAII feels, “could open the door for some auto repair shops to charge a fee for...
Gallagher Acquires Iowa’s Grandy Pratt Co.
Nov 19 2002 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has acquired the Grandy Pratt Company, headquartered in Sioux City, Iowa, and their affiliate Grandy Pratt McCoy, Rosenberg and Associates of Des Moines, Iowa. Terms of the...
Iowa, Utah Adopt Consumer Privacy Regulations
Nov 7 2002 // Iowa and Utah have adopted consumer privacy regulations that closely follow a National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) model. National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) Counsel Ann Weber...
Iowa Ins. Division Publishes 2001 Complaint Ratios
Oct 16 2002 // The Iowa Insurance Division (IID) has published a list of the complaints lodged by consumers against insurance companies in the year 2001. The list breaks down the complaints into six categories: Private Passenger...
Iowa Insurance Agent Ordered to Pay $332,000 in Investment Fraud Case
Sep 13 2002 // Iowa insurance agent Edwin Pace was ordered to reimburse $302,000 to investors, and $30,000 in commissions to the state, plus costs and attorney’s fees, following a court ruling that he had sold fraudulent...
NAII Urges No Change In Iowa’s Unfair Trade Practices Regulation
Sep 2 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) urged the Iowa Insurance Division to abandon several proposed changes in its unfair trade practices regulation, as it sees no need and no benefits from the...
NAII Says Iowa Privacy Regulations Would Penalize Single Infractions
Aug 14 2002 // Under Iowa’s proposed regulation on consumer privacy, an insurer could be penalized for a single instance of failing to comply with its requirements, according to the National Association of Independent Insurers...
NAII Urging Iowa to Refrain from More Involvement in Hail-Damage Claims
Jun 3 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) is urging the Iowa Division of Insurance to refrain from issuing new directives on claims involving hail damage to buildings and diminished value of vehicles damaged...
Iowa Gov. Vetoes Bill That Would Have Spared Insurers From Paying Twice for Injury
May 14 2002 // Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack has vetoed a bill that would have remedied a court ruling that requires insurers to pay again for a first injury when a worker suffers a second injury. “Senate File 2190 would have corrected a...
Iowa Gov. Signs Premium Tax Reduction Bill
May 13 2002 // Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack signed Senate File 2318, which will cut the premium tax for P/C insurers from 2 percent to 1 percent over a four-year period, beginning in 2004. National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII)...
State National Specialty Approved for Business in W.Va., Iowa
May 2 2002 // State National Specialty Insurance Company, a Fort Worth, Texas-based unit of State National Companies, has received authorization to write multiple lines of insurance in West Virginia and Iowa. The West Virginia...
Iowa Legislature Passes Premium Tax Reduction
Apr 18 2002 // In the closing days of the Legislative session, Iowa lawmakers passed two bills that will cut the premium tax for property/casualty insurers and rectify a court decision that adversely impacted workers’ compensation...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Iowa Senate Passes Premium Tax Reduction Bill
Apr 1 2002 // The state Senate passed March 27 Senate File 2318, which would cut the premium tax for property/casualty insurers from 2 percent to 1 percent over a four-year period, beginning in 2004. National Association of Independent...
A.M. Best Removes Le Mars Mutual Insurance Co. of Iowa from Under Review
Mar 4 2002 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the “B+” (Very Good) financial strength rating of Le Mars Mutual Insurance Company of Iowa and removed it from under review with developing implications, as both parties have signed...
Iowa Fire Damage Exceeds Original Estimate
Dec 7 2001 // A new estimate of damages from a fire in Iowa’s Old Capitol building exceeds $5 million, about $2 million more than previously estimated by Iowa City fire department officials. The University of Iowa owns the old...
