Latest Iowa Headlines
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Iowa Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Crafting Bogus Policies
Mar 5 2014 // An insurance agent in northeast Iowa accused of creating fake life insurance policies to make more money has pleaded guilty to mail fraud. U.S. Attorney Kevin W. Techau says in a press release that 46-year-old Melissa...
Only 2 Inspectors Monitor Asbestos-Removal Projects in Iowa
Mar 4 2014 // Two inspectors are responsible for making sure thousands of asbestos removal projects are being properly handled in Iowa each year. The Des Moines Register reports that the lack of inspections at asbestos removal projects...
Court to Hear Iowa Workers’ Comp Commissioner’s Defamation Lawsuit
Feb 26 2014 // The Iowa Supreme Court has set a date to hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by the state’s workers’ compensation commissioner against Gov. Terry Branstad. Justices say they’ll hear attorney arguments at 7...
Iowa Insurance Agent Charged with Creating Bogus Policies
Feb 26 2014 // A 46-year-old insurance agent in northeast Iowa has been accused of creating fake life insurance policies so she could make more in commissions. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier says Melissa Williams, of Dike, is charged...
Jury Awards Texas Woman $1.2M for Fall at Iowa Hotel
Feb 24 2014 // A Texas woman has been awarded more than $1 million for a fall on ice outside a Bettendorf, Iowa, hotel that shattered her right ankle and left her with limp. A Scott County jury awarded 54-year-old Brenda Alcala of Dallas...
People – Midwest
Feb 24 2014 // Merrill, Wis.-based Church Mutual Insurance Co., an insurer of religious organizations, named Bob Buckley as vice president – underwriting and policyholder services and Cheryl Kryshak as vice president – risk...
Stricter Texting While Driving Measure Advances in Iowa
Feb 20 2014 // Iowa lawmakers granted initial approval of a bill that would further crack down on texting while driving by allowing officers to pull over motorists suspected of that sole offense. A three-member Senate transportation...
Gilmore Named VP, Underwriting at Iowa Mutual
Feb 12 2014 // Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. has selected Amy Gilmore as vice president, underwriting. Gilmore most recently served as vice president and product manager of underwriting at another casualty company. She previously held...
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...
