Archive for May 2015
Drake launches Executive Education Center to improve leadership training
Responding to a recognized need for enhanced leadership training for mid-level professionals, Drake University has established the Drake Executive Education Center which will offer a new flagship leadership readiness series titled “Building Leaders from the …
Read MoreHow the shifting health insurance landscape is affecting your company – and insurers
As Iowa employers and health insurers put the first quarter of 2015 in the rearview mirror, both are still plagued with uncertainty around the Affordable Care Act’s requirements and the increasingly high costs of offering …
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The buzz about drones
As FAA works on regs, businesses look for ways to use the devices
Focus: Technology
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Minneapolis-based Medica to enter Iowa health insurance market
Iowans will have a new option for health insurance coverage in the individual market next year with the entry of Medica Health Plans, a Minneapolis-based regional health insurer that serves the Upper Midwest.
Medica …
Read MoreGallup poll: Des Moines No. 1 in ‘community pride’
Residents of Greater Des Moines are the most likely to say they are proud of their community, according to a new Gallup poll.
Of the 100 most populous U.S. metropolitan areas that Gallup and …
Read MoreWDM chamber breakfast session planned
Women in leadership will be the focus of the West Des Moines Chamber of Commerce’s Food 4 Thought Breakfast Series event at 7:30 a.m May 20 at the Drury Inn off Mills Civic Parkway in …
Read MoreCongresswoman Gabbard to speak in DM
The New Leaders Council’s leadership institute graduation ceremony will feature a keynote address by U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii at 11 a.m. Sunday at the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates. Gabbard, a Democrat …
Read More$2.5 million in enhancements planned for Wells Fargo Arena
Global Spectrum, operator of the Iowa Events Center, has announced a series of enhancements to Wells Fargo Arena over the next few months geared toward an improved game production and enhanced fan experience for visitors to …
Read MoreAs consumers, we just can’t get comfortable
Consumer confidence fell for the fifth consecutive week as attitudes toward the economy dimmed and moods soured at both ends of the income scale, according to the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index. Bloomberg reported that the Index dropped …
Read MoreWhat type of impact could Medica have in Iowa?
An executive with Medica Health Plans, which announced May 14 it’s entering the Iowa individual insurance market, talked with the Business Record about the volatility the Minnesota company has seen – both up and …
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