Insurance

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is drafting legislation to delay debit-card “swipe” fee rules that banks say would cost them billions of dollars, Bloomberg reported.

Sens. Jon Tester of Montana and Tom Carper of …

ING Groep NV is preparing to sell its U.S. online banking division to meet European Union conditions for the firm’s bailout, Bloomberg reported. The Dutch financial services company had agreed to sell ING Direct USA, …

Americans are more optimistic about their financial future, according to Principal Financial Group Inc.’s latest Well-Being Index.

The number of workers expressing concern about their long-term financial future dropped 11 percentage points from the fourth …

EMC Insurance Group Inc. declared a quarterly dividend of 19 cents per share.

The dividend is payable on March 24 to shareholders of record as of March 17. This is the 117th consecutive quarterly dividend …

Don DeWaay, founder and CEO of DeWaay Capital Management in Clive, has caught the attention of Barron’s magazine, being named for the second year in a row as the top financial adviser in Iowa. He …

GuideOne Mutual Insurance Co. reported 2010 net income of $39.8 million today and a return on equity of 8.8 percent. The West Des Moines company insures churches, senior living communities, schools, colleges, automobiles and homes. …

The message for accounting and finance professionals in the second half of the year reads “do not apply,” according to a survey of chief financial officers by staffing firm Robert Half International. The company said …

ING Groep NV, the biggest Dutch financial services company, plans to repay $2.8 billion of Dutch government aid in May at a 50 percent premium, Bloomberg reported. The company plans to buy back the core …

Ameriprise Financial Inc. and its subsidiary, Securities America Inc., have reached independent settlements with investors who purchased private placements that have gone bust, InvestmentNews reported.

Two weeks ago, Securities America reached a $21 million preliminary …

Ames-based Sauer-Danfoss Inc., a designer, manufacturer and distributor of engineered hydraulic and electronic systems, said that Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Kenneth McCuskey, will present at the International Strategy & Investment Industrial Conference in …