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NOTEBOOK: Insurtech’s ties with Principal could spur more growth

Limelight Health, a fast-growing San Francisco-based insurtech company, is progressing with a product collaboration with Principal Financial Group, and by the third quarter expects to release a new digital underwriting app for Principal, said Jason …

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NOTEBOOK: If satisfaction doesn’t drive employee engagement, what does?

Having team members who are disengaged at work is not only bad for an organization’s productivity — it’s actually bad for your employees’ mental health as well. That’s a takeaway I brought back from the …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Is lazy thinking taking over markets?

“The value of a home always increases.” That certainty in thinking was one factor that helped lead to the blindness that was a major trigger of the Great Recession. Billionaire investor and Oaktree Capital Management …

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NOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Could trees be the new gravestones?

Many friends who experience the loss of a loved one have told me the same thing: We don’t talk about death enough. That extends to Silicon Valley, which has typically focused on what happens in …

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NOTEBOOK: Who’s in the June 14 issue?

Here’s a list of local people in the June 14 issue of the Business Record and the page number of the article in which they are mentioned. Members can read all of this week’s stories …

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NOTEBOOK: Zwagerman planned a short stint in Iowa, but stayed

Jennifer Zwagerman, who takes over as director of Drake University’s Agricultural Law Center July 1, didn’t plan to stay in Iowa. “I tell you, when I first moved to Iowa, it was, ‘Three years and …

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NOTEBOOK: Coming to your employees’ mailboxes: dental aligners

UnitedHealthcare Specialty Benefits has partnered with SmileDirectClub to offer clear aligners for most participants of employer-sponsored and individual dental plans that provide orthodontic coverage. The companies say the new network relationship is among the first …

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NOTEBOOK: Partnership launches regional discussion on AI and the workforce

What does artificial intelligence mean to you? And how will AI affect your organization and its workforce needs? 

It’s a conversation that may or may not be happening already inside your walls, but it’s the …

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NOTEBOOK: Is your company casting a wide enough net?

Iowa companies will need to rethink the ways they recruit, train and re-skill their employees if they want to be the disrupters in their industries rather than the disrupted, says Pallavi Verma. As Midwest senior …

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A mid-year market checkup from Wells Fargo’s chief investment officer

Although growth will likely continue to slow this year, the U.S. economy is on track to attain the longest economic recovery since the late 1940s, as the current expansion extends past the 10-year mark in …