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Casey’s board members to serve staggered terms

Casey’s General Stores Inc. will hold its annual shareholders meeting at 9 a.m. on Sept. 16 at company headquarters in Ankeny, and the agenda includes a change in board structure. To conform with amendments to …

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Meredith’s annual report reflects the company’s transformation

Meredith Corp.’s annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission makes clear the growing importance of brand licensing and integrated marketing activities to the media company’s bottom line.

The Aug. 24 report showed revenue declines …

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They serve with chain saws


When disasters strike, people of religious faith pitch in with prayer, cash and, sometimes, chain saws.

The Valley Church Chain Saw Disaster Relief Unit is based in Central Iowa and had its origins in a …

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Q&A – The business of reinsurance


To protect themselves against extraordinary losses, particularly natural catastrophes, insurance companies will spread their risk by purchasing reinsurance from other insurance companies. EMC Insurance Group Inc., which has provided reinsurance coverage to other property/casualty companies …

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The Year of the ‘Cat’


Property/casualty insurers and their customers have been hammered by record-breaking catastrophe, or “cat,” losses the past few years, particularly in the first six months of 2011. Insurers sustained $27 billion in catastrophe-related losses in the …

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Climate change a ‘fundamental threat’


Relatively few insurers have formal policies in place to address the increasing risks that may be brought about by climate change, according to a new report issued last week by Ceres, a Boston-based nonprofit sustainability …

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Krause family donates to CFI

Children & Families of Iowa (CFI) announced yesterday that Kyle and Sharon Krause have donated $100,000 to its Building Futures Capital Campaign. The gift is designated to CFI’s Child Development Center.

The capital campaign has …

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Secrets of Great Places fund-raiser to feature Vets tour

A tour of the nearly completed renovation of Veterans Memorial Auditorium will highlight the Iowa Architectural Foundation’s third annual “Secrets of Great Places” Landmark Party and fund-raiser on Sept. 28.

Guests will have the opportunity …

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See Des Moines release tonight

Business Publications Corporation Inc. and the Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau will host the first See Des Moines release party today from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Business Publications office, 100 Fourth …

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Power Breakfast: Risk Aversion


Are Central Iowans too risk-averse? And if they are, how can that stifle start-up opportunities and economic growth? Start-up experts, a financial planner and an economic expert will discuss this issue at the Business Record’s …