Iowa

• Insured Cost of April Events Nears $1 Billion, Says Aon Benfield

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 14, 2012

  After a series of severe-weather events—especially tornadoes—in the U.S. in April, global insured losses for the month are close to $1 billion, says Aon Benfield.

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  Insured Cost of April Events Near $1 Billion, Says Aon Benfield

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 3, 2012

  Led by severe weather, especially tornadoes, in the United States, global insured losses for the month of April are close to $1 billion, says Aon Benfield.

• Hires and Promotions at Aon Risk Solutions, NetVu, Grange Insurance and More - Around the Industry

  By Staff Writer  |  May 2, 2012

  Lockton Invests with Stony Point Capital; New Programs at The Main Street America Group and Chubb Group; Applied Systems Releases DORIS 10

• Nationwide Completes Harleysville Acquisition

  By Staff Writer  |  May 1, 2012

  Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. says it has completed its previously announced agreement to combine with Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. and Harleysville Group Inc.

• From Acorns to Zucchini

  By Melissa Hillebrand, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 25, 2012

  The Federal Crop Insurance Program began nearly 75 years ago. Now a public/private partnership, agents write more than 1 million crop insurance policies. As Congress looks at a 2012 farm bill, learn what agents need to know about this “growing” industry.

• Thousands of Claims Originate from Severe Weather in Plains

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 25, 2012

  Claims from the severe weather the Plains states experienced in mid April have quickly piled up.

• Thousands of Claims from the Plains Head to Insurers

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 20, 2012

  Claims filed after mid-April severe-weather events in the Plains states are quickly piling up.

• Thousands of Claims from the Plains Head to Insurers

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 17, 2012

  Claims counts from severe weather in the Plains states last weekend are quickly piling up.

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  Insurers React to More Than 100 Tornadoes in the Plains -- Slideshow

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 16, 2012

  More than 100 reported tornadoes touched down in the Plains states Saturday and early Sunday, leaving yet another path of destroyed homes, vehicles and businesses in their wake.

• Team of Leaders: Meet Our Risk Managers Advisory Board

  April 12, 2012

  National Underwriter’s Risk Managers Advisory Board members are some of the industry’s most experienced and honored risk-management professionals. They serve as an essential resource, making sure we are delivering the most timely, accurate and actionable information to our readers. As you’ll see from their bios below, this is an extraordinarily...