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Event April 26-28: Global Insurance Symposium

Registration is now open for the third annual Global Insurance Symposium to be held April 26-28 in downtown Des Moines. New this year, the symposium will host an Innovation Track, which comprehensively explores innovation opportunities …

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EMC ranked No. 2 for leaders by Chief Executive magazine

For the fourth consecutive year, EMC Insurance Group Inc. is listed as one of the 40 best public companies for leaders in the January/February 2016 issue of Chief Executive magazine. EMC ranks second this year, …

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Gerhart to chair NAIC’s life and annuities committee

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has named its 2016 committee chairs and vice chairs and assigned members to the organization’s standing committees. Nick Gerhart, Iowa insurance commissioner, was named chair of the NAIC’s Life …

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$75,000 matching grant to fund healthy eating, activity programs

The Wellmark Foundation has announced 13 Iowa organizations as recipients of its 2015 Matching Assets to Community Health (MATCH) grant program. The foundation awarded a total of $824,805 to the 13 recipients for local wellness …

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Homesteaders Life enters partnership with ClearPoint

Homesteaders Life Co. a national leader in pre-need funeral funding based in West Des Moines, has announced a new partnership with ClearPoint Federal Bank & Trust as sole trustee for Homesteaders’ Assurance Trust product. Based …

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Event Jan. 13: Health insurance enrollment fair

Know someone who needs individual health coverage? The final day to enroll in a new plan or change current plans through the federal Marketplace is Jan. 15 for coverage beginning Feb. 1. Additionally, Marketplace open …

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Be wary of these top investment scams

If an investment deal sounds too good to be true, it usually is, cautions the Iowa Insurance Division, which has released its annual list of top investor threats.


The message for investors: Be careful out…
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Stock Watch: Most Iowa stocks had dismal December

Yesterday’s China-induced turmoil in the markets was just one more lump of coal for Iowa-based public companies after the season of giving proved unkind to most Iowa stocks last month.    In our monthly look…
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China selloff roils global markets

Financial markets are starting 2016 on a bleak note in the aftermath of a selloff in China’s stock markets that halted trading in Shanghai on Monday, Bloomberg reported.


Stocks tumbled worldwide, with global equities heading for…
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16 Industry Trends for 2016

I’m a bit of a futurist. I’ve always enjoyed thinking and debating with friends and colleagues about what the future will hold.

Seeing trends before they become fully adopted and understood is a key to …