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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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