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Insurance commissioner allows extension of transitional health plans

Iowa Insurance Commissioner Doug Ommen today issued a bulletin to all health insurers that issue policies in the state to notify them that Iowa will allow the extension of transitional health insurance policies for individuals and small …
By BPC Staff | Apr 19, 2018
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A fix for Iowa’s broken individual health market?

Now that the Iowa Legislature and the Trump administration have enacted measures to expand association health plans in Iowa and nationally, state and federal regulators are writing rules to provide new options for many types …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Apr 19, 2018
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Frigid temps contribute to possible first-quarter loss for EMC

EMC Insurance Group Inc. announced Monday the company had a considerable uptick in non-catastrophe claims that caused it to revise its first-quarter earnings estimates. Although catastrophe and storm losses were down 65 percent from the …
By BPC Staff | Apr 17, 2018
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A fix for Iowa’s broken individual health market?

Now that the Iowa Legislature and the Trump administration have enacted measures to expand association health plans in Iowa and nationally, state and federal regulators are writing rules to provide new options for many types …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Apr 17, 2018
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Amerigroup Iowa once again is actively accepting Medicaid members’ applications

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Amerigroup Iowa once again is actively accepting Medicaid members as part of the state’s managed-care system. It is taking enrollees it previously had said it didn’t have capacity to include as well as …
By BPC Staff | Apr 12, 2018
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Trump rewrites rules for Obamacare marketplaces

The Trump administration on Monday issued new rules for health plans sold through Affordable Care Act marketplaces, in a move that shifts much of the control over insurance standards from the federal government to states …
By BUSINESS RECORD STAFF | Apr 10, 2018
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A Closer Look: Cory Holland

Cory Holland took the reins of the Dana Co. on Jan. 1, succeeding founder Dana Ramundt as president and CEO. Holland joined the West Des Moines-based independent insurance agency in 2001 and in 2010 became …
By JOE GARDYASZ | Apr 10, 2018
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NewLink Genetics shares plummet 44% after Merck, Incyte trial failure

MarketWatch: Shares of Ames-based NewLink Genetics Corp. plummeted 44 percent by late morning today after Merck and Incyte Corp. said their trial testing a combination including a type of cancer drug called an IDO inhibitor had …
By BPC Staff | Apr 6, 2018
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Stocks of Iowa-traded companies take a hit in March

        Iowa companies had an unlucky March, with a majority recording share price losses last month. 

Pharmaceutical company KemPharm Inc. and biodiesel manufacturer Renewable Energy Group Inc. were among the top gainers …
By JOHN RETZLAFF | Apr 6, 2018
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Athene VP Turri changes outfits, jumps to Denim

Des Moines insurtech startup Denim Labs Inc. announced that Charlie Turri has joined the company as chief technology officer. Before joining Denim, Turri was vice president of information technology for West Des Moines-based Athene USA, where he led application …
By BPC Staff | Apr 5, 2018