Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Safety Concerns Block Effort to Raise Interstate Speed Limit in Iowa
Mar 9 2015 // Iowa drivers will stay out of the fast lane for now, after lawmakers did not advance a bill that would have boosted the speed limit on interstate highways, bringing it in line with many nearby states. The bill sought to...
Iowa Court Limits Damages to 2 Years in Wage Discrimination Lawsuit
Mar 9 2015 // Three women who worked for Muscatine, Iowa-based office furniture manufacturer Allsteel Inc. may proceed with a lawsuit that alleges wage discrimination, the Iowa Supreme Court said, but any damages will be limited to a...
Liquidation Looms for Midwest Insurance Cooperative
Mar 2 2015 // An insurance cooperative created to provide health care in Iowa and Nebraska will be formally liquidated this weekend. Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart said that a Polk County judge has agreed to approve the...
Iowa Bill that Would Help Pregnant Workers Advances
Feb 12 2015 // A Senate panel has approved a bill that would require Iowa businesses to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees. Members of a labor and business relations subcommittee approved the bill Feb. 10. It now...
Iowa, Nebraska Officials Seek to Close Insurance Co-Op
Feb 9 2015 // Iowa’s top insurance official announced plans to ask a court to end a cooperative that was selling health insurance to residents in Iowa and Nebraska – a move that will limit options for consumers in both...
Nationwide to Move 175 Jobs from Iowa to Ohio
Feb 2 2015 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has plans to move 175 jobs out of Des Moines, Iowa, to its Ohio headquarters. Company spokesman Eric Hardgrove tells the Des Moines Register the company’s home mortgage operations will...
Iowa Insurance Broker Plans to Add 90 Jobs over 3 Years
Feb 2 2015 // A Dubuque, Iowa-based insurance broker has announced plans to add 90 jobs over the next three years. Cottingham & Butler President and CEO David Becker tells the Dubuque Telegraph Herald that it could add as many as 45...
Iowa Testing System to Determine Safer Speeds on Icy Roads
Jan 30 2015 // The Iowa Transportation Department is testing a new system that could help motorists drive more safely on icy roadways. Des Moines television station KCCI says the testing is underway on an 11-mile stretch of Interstate 35...
IA&B Adds to Sales Center Staff in Pennsylvania
Jan 27 2015 // Insurance Agents & Brokers (IA&B), a tri-state trade organization based in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, hired John Angstadt as business development specialist and Cheryl Shiffer as professional lines account...
Indiana City Moves to Reduce Liability at Popular Sledding Spot
Jan 26 2015 // A central Indiana city is taking steps to reduce its liability from a popular winter activity. Muncie’s parks department has placed bales of straw around trees at the bottom of a popular sledding hill in McCulloch...
Iowa, Nebraska Officials Seek to Close Insurance Co-Op
Jan 25 2015 // Iowa’s top insurance official announced plans to ask a court to end a cooperative that was selling health insurance to residents in Iowa and Nebraska – a move that will limit options for consumers in both...
Study Finds New Predictors of Workers’ Comp Outcomes in Iowa
Jan 23 2015 // A new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) identified new predictors of worker outcomes that can help public officials, payors, and health care providers in Iowa improve the treatment and...
Damages Denied in Iowa Whistleblower Case
Jan 16 2015 // A former Lee County, maintenance supervisor cannot collect $186,000 in damages a jury awarded him for being fired by the county supervisors, the Iowa Court of Appeals has ruled. A three-member panel of the court, in a 2-1...
2015 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Some Midwest Cities Limiting Sledding Due to Liability Concerns
Jan 5 2015 // As anyone who has grown up around snow knows, part of the fun of sledding is the risk of soaring off a jump or careening around a tree. But faced with the potential bill from sledding injuries, some Iowa cities have opted...
Iowa DPS Report: Wait On Drone Regulation
Dec 24 2014 // Iowa should take a wait-and-see approach to regulating unmanned aerial vehicles because of their huge potential for positive uses in business and government, the Iowa Department of Public Safety advises in a new...
Hub International Acquires Iowa-Based Brokerage, Ruhl & Ruhl
Dec 23 2014 // Global insurance broker, Hub International Limited (Hub), announced that its Chicago-area region Hub International Midwest (Hub Midwest) has acquired the assets of Ruhl & Ruhl Insurance, based in Davenport, Iowa. Terms...
A.M. Best: Iowa’s Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Under Review
Dec 23 2014 // A.M. Bestplaced under review with negative implications the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a” of Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa (FMH) of West Des...
Iowa’s Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance to Acquire John Deere Crop Insurance
Dec 18 2014 // Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Co. of Iowa (FMH) announced it is acquiring Moline, Ill.-based John Deere Insurance Co. and John Deere Risk Protection Inc. The action is a result of Deere’s previously announced review...
Iowa Court: Construction Defect Remedy Doesn’t Extend to Banks, Developers
Dec 15 2014 // The Iowa Supreme Court has declined to give banks and real estate developers the same legal remedy that protects homebuyers from defective construction. In a pair of decisions, the court refused to expand Iowa’s...
