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Global Insurance Symposium examines an industry in transition

The retirement savings crisis, cybersecurity threats and the evolving adoption of technology by the insurance industry were among key topics discussed during this year’s Global Insurance Symposium in Des Moines.

Attendance set a record at …
By JOE GARDYASZ | May 2, 2019
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DART mulls finances

We told you back in September that the local mobility agency, DART, was hoping lawmakers would help extend services through 2040 by allowing higher local property taxes.

The idea for a higher limit for DART’s …
By PERRY BEEMAN | May 2, 2019
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2019 Commercial Real Estate Forum takeaways

Generations are colliding in the office, at the apartment complex, in the retail marketplace. Technology and data are changing our notions of what sells, where it sells, and how it is delivered. One of these …
By KENT DARR | May 2, 2019
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Tourism next steps: Leaders discuss building on momentum

Building on Greater Des Moines’ $2 billion tourism industry will mean listening to diverse voices, building new attractions and luring people for a first visit that typically will mean they are sold on the metro, …
By PERRY BEEMAN | May 2, 2019
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A Closer Look: Grant Menke

Grant Menke grew up working the family corn and soybean farm near Calumet. A political science graduate of the University of Northern Iowa, he later worked as policy director for the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association.…
By PERRY BEEMAN | May 2, 2019
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More women working as truck drivers, warehouse workers, Journal reports

Iowa’s seasonably adjusted unemployment rate was 2.4% in March, the sixth consecutive month for the low rate. That means many employers in all sectors are looking high and low for good workers. Which brings us to a …
By KATHY A. BOLTEN | May 1, 2019
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: WeWork wants us

Coworking gets a lot of attention these days. It’s a pretty nifty concept, providing temporary — you can call it fleeting — space that’s not necessarily defined by a walled box for startups, even Fortune …
By KENT DARR | Apr 30, 2019
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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Uber backs off talk of competing with public transit

I recently attended a Tomorrow Plan Speaker Series event hosted by DART and the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, with a main topic on transportation and how it affects different socioeconomic classes in metropolitan areas. …
By JOHN RETZLAFF | Apr 29, 2019
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On the Move: The week of April 22

Nathan Brooks

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa

Hired as match support and child enrollment specialist

nbrooks@bbbsia.org


Maria Sears

American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co.

Hired as assistant general counsel

maria.sears@american-equity.com


Melissa Hille

Bankers …
By JOHN RETZLAFF | Apr 26, 2019
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Video: 2019 Commercial Real Estate Forum – Full

The local economy is continuing to hum, major projects are being built and new opportunities are sprouting up all over Greater Des Moines — as are new challenges. Thursday’s forum featured some of the region’s…
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Apr 26, 2019