Insurance

Dear Mr. Berko:

I continue to read in the local paper and hear on TV that revenues and profits for many companies are increasing by 10 percent or more, and then the stock market jumps …

Terry Rich looks as though he’s having fun, and maybe that’s part of his secret to successfully running the Iowa Lottery.

At the lottery’s Grand Avenue headquarters in Des Moines, framed photographs and awards on …

With a referendum on gambling less than a month a way, Gary Palmer has become something of a yes man.

Palmer is the president and CEO of Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino. He is an …

Never mind the struggling economy or a reluctance to donate.

Now is the time, officials say, for Drake University to publicly kick off distinctlyDrake, a fund-raising campaign with the goal of raising $200 million by …

Hub Tower, essentially vacant after Aviva USA moved to its new headquarters in West Des Moines, might be bought by EMC Insurance Cos.

The 20-story building had been under receivership after a group of investors …

West Des Moines-based American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. may be upgraded by Standard and Poor’s on “strong business fundamentals.”

The outlook for the insurer was increased to positive from stable on the prospect that …

Dear Mr. Berko:

My wife and I together were making $88,000 to $110,000 per year between l996 and 2007, and were able to save almost $50,000 during that time even with two kids. So in …

Dear Mr. Berko:

When my wife’s grandfather passed away, he left us $16 million after taxes, legal fees, etc., from his businesses and real estate in California. (Please do not mention our city.) We have …