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Iowa Insurance Division unveils storm-response trailer, issues post-disaster claims guide ahead of Severe Weather Awareness Week

Iowa Insurance Division and Polk County · March 19, 2026
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At a Polk County event, the Iowa Insurance Division unveiled a mobile storm-response trailer, released a post-disaster claims guide available by texting IASTORM to (877) 969-4016, and urged Iowans to prepare for Severe Weather Awareness Week and a statewide tornado drill.

Matt Mortweet, fraud bureau chief with the Iowa Insurance Division, unveiled a purpose-built mobile storm-response trailer at a Polk County event and said the division is releasing a post-disaster claims guide to help Iowans navigate insurance recovery after severe weather.

The guide — "not just a brochure, it's a road map for navigating [the] insurance claim process," Mortweet said — is available on the Iowa Insurance Division website or by texting IASTORM to (877) 969-4016. Mortweet described the trailer's front law-enforcement command center, a rear market-regulation area staffed to help residents with insurance questions, first-aid supplies and deployable mobile cell towers to restore communications in…

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