In June 2005 Rough Noten magazine's "Agency of tin: Month" cover story focused on TrueNorth of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, one of America's leading commnrcial insurance firms. A continuing thread of that story was teamwork. Teamwork - as it applied to TrueNorth's relationships with carriers, suppliers, and policyholders. And teamwork within TrueNorth's 175-employee family itself. Little did anyone ...

Duffels of police riot gear. Thousands of pens. Toys, water heaters and even dog houses. As floodwaters retreat across the Midwest, remnants of washed-out households are turning up in the muddy ooze miles from the families who lost them. "Anything you can possibly think of, we're finding ...