Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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....
Iowa Agent Removed from Industry
Oct 15 2004 // The Iowa Insurance Division’s investigation of allegations of improper and illegal activities by an insurance agent resulted in the revocation of his license earlier this month. Dennis Stephens, of Lake Mills, Iowa,...
Vilsack Signs Bill to Allow Apportionment of Iowa Workers’ Comp Claims
Sep 14 2004 // In a one-day special session, the Iowa Legislature passed a controversial economic stimulus package and reforms that insurers have argued will help reduce workers compensation costs. Gov. Tom Vilsack, a Democrat, signed...
Iowa Legislature Addresses Workers’ Comp Payments in Special Session
Sep 9 2004 // In a one-day special session, the Iowa Legislature has passed a controversial economic stimulus package and reforms supported by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) that will reportedly help reduce...
Iowa Agent Pleads Guilty, Gets 10 Years
Sep 8 2004 // Former Washington, Iowa, insurance agent Roy Evanovich pled guilty to first-degree theft, money laundering, securities fraud, and tampering with records last Friday in Washington District Court, according to the Iowa...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 22 2004 // Suzanne Sahakian Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and...
EMC Proposes Upping Pool Participation
Jul 20 2004 // Des Moines, Iowa-based insurer EMC Insurance Group Inc. announced a proposed 6.5 percentage point increase in its property/casualty insurance companies’ aggregate participation interest in the EMC Insurance...
The Guaranty Fund System: A Vital Safety Net
Jul 19 2004 // Property/casualty guaranty funds were created by state statutes beginning in the late 1960s to protect the public against financial losses to policyholders and claimants as a result of property and casualty insurance...
Iowa Big I to Host Midwest Agribusiness Conference
Jul 14 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa is holding a two-day training seminar focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks Oct. 19-20 in Des Moines. The seminar, dubbed “The First Midwest Agribusiness...
First Midwest Partners With Bill Markve and Associates
Jul 1 2004 // Storm Lake, Iowa-based First Midwest Financial Inc. announced a new arrangement with Bill Markve and Associates (BM&A) to provide non-insured investment services and full-line insurance services through First Services...
PIA Services Takes Over Iowa CIC, CISR Programs
Jun 29 2004 // PIA Services Inc. will assume administrative leadership of the Certified Insurance Counselors and Certified Insurance Service Representatives programs in Iowa. The Professional Insurance Agents of Nebraska, along with the...
AIA Reports Iowa’s 2004 Legislative Session a Success for Both Consumers, Insurers
May 4 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Monday declared Iowa’s 2004 legislative session a success for consumers and insurers on key issues affecting the property/casualty market. “From passage of a medical...
MED-MAL CAPS ADVANCE IN IOWA, MO.:
Apr 5 2004 // Tort reform continued to advance in the Midwest as legislators in the House of Representatives in Iowa and Missouri passed measures that would put caps on noneconomic damages in medical liability cases. The Iowa House...
Buckeye State Bucks National Trend on Medical Malpractice
Apr 5 2004 // The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2000 census estimated Iowa’s population at nearly 3 million. About 86 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 21 percent had earned a bachelor’s...
Insurance Scoring Legislation Sent to Iowa Governor
Apr 1 2004 // Iowa is the first state this year to pass credit-based insurance scoring legislation based on the National Conference of Insurance Legislators’ (NCOIL) model act. The governor is expected to sign the legislation, the...
Iowa Senate OKs NCOIL Approach to Credit Scoring
Mar 22 2004 // Following a week of intense negotiations, the Iowa Senate approved a bill to restrict credit-based insurance scoring by a vote of 49 to 0. A coalition of industry advocates, led by captive-agent carrier State Farm,...
Med-Mal Caps Advance in Iowa, Mo.
Mar 16 2004 // Tort reform continued to advance in the Midwest last week as legislators in the House of Representatives in Iowa and Missouri passed measures that would put caps on noneconomic damages in medical liability cases. The Iowa...
