Six mutual insurance companies have been inducted into the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies’ (NAMIC) Century Club in recognition of 100 years of serving their policyholders. Five of the new members are located in the Midwest. With these new …
An August survey suggests that the continuing drought and lessening export demand for U.S. products are among the drains on the economy in nine Midwest and Plains states, according to a report released Tuesday. The Mid-America Business Conditions Index remained …
The nation’s most withering drought in decades only got worse in several key farming states last week, despite cooler temperatures that at least gave those living there a break from this summer’s stifling heat, according to a new drought report …
Many homeowners in Missouri are seeing the impact of the drought with cracked walls in the basement, forcing thousands of dollars in repair bills that insurance generally doesn’t cover. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that basement repair companies are overwhelmed …
Mason Hansen guns his pickup and cranks the steering wheel to spin through sand up to 4 feet high, but this is no day at the beach. Hanson once grew corn and soybeans in the sandy wasteland in western Iowa, …
The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced it signed five new agencies in the Midwest during March. The new Midwest agencies are: Mraz Insurance Services of Mokena, Ill.; L&K Insurance Products of La Porte, Ind.; M2 Insurance Agency of Aurora, …
A tornado that killed six people in northwestern Oklahoma traveled about 31 miles and had winds of 136 to 165 mph at its peak. The National Weather Service on April 16 assigned a preliminary EF-3 Enhanced Fujita scale rating to …
March came in like a very large and powerful lion, spawning severe weather across the Midwest, interior south and southeast United States. Insured losses from the tornadoes, hail and high winds that struck in late February and early March may …
The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced it added 10 independent insurance agencies in the Midwest in January. SIAA’s newest members from the Midwest are: Tervo Agency of Hancock, Mich., Fairview Insurance Network of Fairview Park, Ohio; Eagle Eye Insurance …
Thanks to a dry fall across the northern Plains, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is months ahead of schedule in releasing water from reservoirs on the upper Missouri River to guard against another spring of record-setting flooding. Jody Farhat, …
