Archive for January 2020
NCMIC Group promotes Siebert, Dickinson to president roles
NCMIC Group Inc. announced that it has promoted David Siebert, top, to president of its insurance operating companies, NCMIC Insurance Co./Professional Solutions Insurance Co. Additionally, the company has named Tony Dickinson, bottom, as president of NCMIC Finance …
Read MoreWhy Fostering Inclusion Demands More Than Good Intentions
BY ROWENA CROSBIE, president, Tero International
It is a rare leader who doesn’t claim a sincere interest in fostering a culture of inclusivity at work. Most leaders even mean it.
In pursuit of this worthwhile …
Read MoreUnityPoint Health to open women’s clinic in Marshalltown
UnityPoint Health-Marshalltown announced it will open a Women’s Health Outreach Clinic on Jan. 13. The clinic will be located inside the Multi-Specialty Clinic at 407 E. Main St. in Marshalltown. The outreach clinic, located in …
Read MoreReynolds asks MLB commissioner to support Iowa minor league teams
Gov. Kim Reynolds has contacted Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred, urging him to support Iowa’s five minor league baseball teams, the governor’s office announced. The news comes after MLB announced a restructuring plan that would cut ties …
Read MoreCommunity Foundation announces Leadership Grants
The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines has granted $600,000 in Leadership Grants to four area nonprofits, the foundation announced.
Funded through the Better Together Fund, this round of Leadership Grants represents the largest cumulative …
Broad-based signals of weakness in Iowa’s economy continue
The latest Iowa Leading Indicators Index report released today is signaling that employment growth will weaken in the first three to six months of 2020.
The index for November 2019 was 107.1, up slightly from 107.0 in …
Business Record 1-3-20
NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the Jan. 3 issue?
Here’s a list of local people in the Jan. 3 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories at businessrecord.com/insider and …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Evans: The questions I would like to ask ‘Berk’
Whenever a friend or relative dies, it’s not unusual to find ourselves dwelling on the conversations we wish had occurred or the questions that never got asked.
That certainly was true with my parents, Noel …
Read MoreMcLellan: What will 2020 bring?
Maybe it’s the fact that it’s not just a new year but a new decade, but for some reason this annual ringing in of the new year feels bigger somehow. You’re going to see all …
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