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AmeriHealth Caritas withdraws from state Medicaid program

AmeriHealth Caritas Iowa announced today that it will withdraw from the Iowa Medicaid managed care program, IA Health Link, effective Nov. 30. The decision came following months of negotiations that yielded no agreement on contract …

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Iowa Democrats offer health insurance option

Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier: Two Democratic legislators Friday called for shifting Iowa’s privately run Medicaid system back to a fee-for-service state program in a cost-saving move they say would fund a new public health insurance option for …

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Principal Global Investors names Halter as COO

 

Pat Halter

Principal Financial Group has named Pat Halter chief operating officer for Principal Global Investors; he is currently CEO and senior executive director of Principal Real Estate Investors. Jim McCaughan remains CEO of …

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Where insurance meets innovation

From hackathons and in-house innovation labs to collaboration with the Global Insurance Accelerator, Iowa-based insurance companies are finding new ways to quickly advance new technologies as they strive to keep ahead of ever-increasing customer expectations. …

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Holmes Murphy named to Best Places to Work in Insurance

Holmes Murphy & Associates has again been recognized by Business Insurance magazine as one of the Best Places to Work in Insurance.

Climbing two spots from last year, the West Des Moines-based brokerage was ranked eighth …

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Health insurance enrollment fair scheduled Dec. 12

Dec. 15 is the last day for individuals to enroll in or change insurance plans through the federal health insurance Marketplace for coverage to start Jan. 1. The Polk County Health Department, Planned Parenthood of …

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Athene USA parent company raises $1.1B in IPO

Shareholders of Athene Holding Ltd., parent company of Athene USA, have raised $1.1 billion in their initial public offering of common stock, which began trading today on the New York Stock Exchange.


Athene’s class A…
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Casey’s earnings take a hit from drop in fuel margins

Casey’s General Stores Inc. reported diluted earnings per share of $1.44 for the second quarter of its 2107 fiscal year, compared with $2 per share for the same quarter a year ago. As of the …

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Global Atlantic names new president for life insurance business

Dave Wilken

Global Atlantic Financial Group Ltd. has hired Dave Wilken as president of its Des Moines-based life insurance subsidiary, which does business as Accordia Life and Annuity Co. Most recently, Wilken was president of …

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Gerhart to resign as insurance commissioner; Ommen will be interim

Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart on Monday announced he will resign from that position, effective Dec. 23. Deputy Commissioner Doug Ommen will be the interim insurance commissioner.


Nick Gerhart

“I’m honored to have had the …