Latest Iowa Headlines
All the headlines from our Iowa Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Gallagher Acquires Iowa Agency
Mar 10 2004 // Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Don Laster Agency Inc. of Urbandale, Iowa. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. In business since 1983, the Don Laster...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Pair of State Staffers Earn NAIC’s Highest Individual Award
Dec 9 2003 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has presented its most prestigious individual award to Rosanne Mead, Assistant Iowa Insurance Commissioner, and Fred Nepple, General Counsel in the Wisconsin...
Iowa Agent Gets 4 Years for Securities Fraud
Nov 25 2003 // A Marion, Iowa, insurance agent was sentenced to four years in prison for selling fraudulent securities, according to The Marion Star. Paul L. Edwards, 68, received three years for reportedly engaging in a pattern of...
