by O. Kay Henderson | Dec 19, 2022 | News, Politics & Government
Governor Kim Reynolds and two dozen other Republican governors are urging President Biden to end the national public health emergency for COVID in April. Ending the national public health emergency will mean emergency Medicaid insurance coverage for millions of...
by Dar Danielson | Sep 7, 2022 | Crime & Courts, News
The Iowa Insurance Division is beginning the claims process to reimburse customers who had prepaid for services from an Emmetsburg funeral home. A district court ruling approved the request to process the claims against Andrew Joyce of the Joyce Funeral Home. The Iowa...
by Matt Kelley | Jul 29, 2022 | Education, News
The University of Iowa plans to offer a major in Risk Management and Insurance starting in the fall of 2023 as a way to strengthen the state’s largest non-agriculture economic sector. A U-I finance professor, Thomas Berry-Stoelzle, will direct the new major. For now,...
by O. Kay Henderson | Mar 8, 2022 | News, Politics & Government
There’s a fierce debate between appraisers and the insurance industry over a bill that would adjust some rules for the evaluation of damaged property in Iowa. The Iowa House has unanimously approved the changes, but the bill is in limbo in the Senate. Republican...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 22, 2022 | Crime & Courts, News
The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case involving the closing of a business after the COVID emergency proclamation. The insurance company for the Wakonda Club in Des Moines refused to pay for loss of income under its business interruption policy during...
