Latest Iowa Headlines
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New Markets
Apr 17 2006 // Excess Auto Liability Nuts & Bolts: Freberg Environmental, Inc. has announced an excess automobile liability program. The program is designed to provide excess limits over FEI’s hazardous material and hazardous...
New Markets
Apr 17 2006 // New Markets Excess Auto Liability Nuts & Bolts: Freberg Environmental Inc. has announced an excess automobile liability program. The program is designed to provide excess limits more than FEI’s hazardous...
Iowa Woman Sues Boss, American Family Over Camera in Restroom
Apr 14 2006 // A Waverly, Iowa woman is suing her former boss after a video camera was found in the office restroom. Deanna Miller filed a lawsuit in Black Hawk County District Court against American Family Insurance and agent Robert...
Iowa, Minn. to Host Free Life/Annuity Products Seminar at NAIC Meeting
Feb 15 2006 // The Iowa Insurance Division and the Minnesota Department of Commerce will host a free seminar on indexed life and annuity products on Saturday, March 4, 2006. The seminar, “Indexed Products: Fact and Fiction”...
Iowa’s GOP Legislators Push Proposal to Cap Punitive Damage Awards
Feb 15 2006 // Republican legislative leaders in Iowa are hoping to cap excessive damage awards with a proposal that would slap a $500,000 limit on punitive damages assessed in medical malpractice lawsuits. Senate Republican President...
Iowa Survey Finds Wellness Programs Major Issue for Most Workers
Feb 6 2006 // A new survey by an Iowa-based company, suggests that workers value “wellness” programs by employers as a necessary tool for the entire health insurance realm. Most employees, according to the survey, rate...
Miss. Supreme Court Reverses Ruling, Limits Insurance Liability
Jan 30 2006 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has reversed a judge’s ruling that could have left Zurich American Insurance Co. liable for as much as $8 million in claims related to a multi-vehicle accident. The accident occurred on...
University of Iowa Offers New Classes in Risk Management and Insurance
Jan 30 2006 // The University of Iowa announced that it is now offering a Certificate in Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) through the Emmett J. Vaughan Institute of Risk Management and Insurance, in the Henry B. Tippie College of...
Iowa Governor Names New Commissioner of Workers’ Comp
Jan 6 2006 // The appointment of Chris Godfrey as the new commissioner of Workers’ Compensation of the Iowa state Workers’ Compensation Division was announced today by Governor Tom Vilsack and Lt. Governor Sally...
Iowa State Professor Drives Research into Safer Weather-Related Travel
Dec 7 2005 // Tom Maze regularly travels the interstate between Ames and the Twin Cities. So he knows when it’s a good idea to delay a trip until the snow stops and the plows clear a path. He also knows the National Academy of...
Iowa Tornadoes Leave 1 Dead, 70 Homes Damaged
Nov 21 2005 // Nearly one week after tornadoes left more than 20 dead in Indiana, tornadoes on Nov. 12 killed at least one woman and destroyed 70 homes in Iowa. At least three twisters hit two counties in the towns of Stratford and...
Iowa Tornadoes Leave 1 Dead, 70 Homes Damaged
Nov 20 2005 // Nearly one week after tornadoes left more than 20 dead in Indiana, tornadoes on Nov. 12 killed at least one woman and destroyed 70 homes in Iowa. At least three twisters hit two counties in the towns of Stratford and...
Insurance Adjustors Write Checks for Destroyed Homes in Iowa
Nov 16 2005 // Insurance adjustors surveyed tornado damage in central Iowa, with one saying the devastation equals that of Hurricane Andrew that hit Florida in 1992. “I worked Hurricane Andrew and it looks a little bit like...
Adjusters Call Iowa Tornado Damage ‘Equal to Andrew’
Nov 15 2005 // Insurance adjustors surveying damage from Saturday’s tornadoes in central Iowa say the devastation equals that of Hurricane Andrew that hit Florida in 1992, according to Associated Press. State Farm Insurance had 30...
Iowa Tornadoes Leave 1 Dead; Dozens of Homes Damaged
Nov 13 2005 // Nearly one week after killer tornadoes left more than 20 dead in Indiana, weekend tornadoes in Iowa killed at least one woman on Saturday and forced the evacuation of people from a college football game. The twisters hit...
Mich. Insurer Expands to Ohio and Iowa
Nov 2 2005 // American Community Mutual Insurance Co. has expanded availability of its small group health care plan for companies with two to 50 employees to Ohio and Iowa. The health care plan offers insured members access to their own...
N.D., S.D., Iowa Drivers Enjoy Lowest Auto Premiums: NAIC Report
Oct 17 2005 // Drivers in most of the 12 states that comprise the Midwest region enjoy lower average auto insurance premiums than their counterparts in other regions of the country, according to the most recent study produced by the...
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 has increased by $12.2...
As Insured Acres Increase, Are Farmers Subsidizing High-Risk States?
Oct 17 2005 // With Katrina’s impact yet to be felt, farmers in low loss-ratio states may have to pick up the slack for the hard-hit Gulf Coast farmers in months and years to come. If anything, the aftermath of Katrina underlines...
N.D., S.D., Iowa Drivers Enjoy Lowest Auto Premiums: NAIC Report
Oct 17 2005 // Drivers in most of the 12 states that comprise the Midwest region enjoy lower average auto insurance premiums than their counterparts in other regions of the country, according to the most recent study produced by the...
