It looks like over the last few weeks construction has really started up on the new Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield company headquarters building. As a downtown resident this brings hope and anticipation with new construction that continues to bring vitalization to our downtown, but the same time begs the question what’s going to happen to all the current leased spaces that these companies occupied? With Wellmark moving out of the Ruan and Davis Brown Law Firm moving out of the Financial Center, who will move to occupy those large spaces?

Wellmark’s new five-story, 550,000 square feet building, on 6.5 acres will be a huge addition to downtown. The building beautiful architecture will look awesome sitting across from Western Gateway Park the new Pappajohn Sculpture Garden. Here’s a video that shows off the beautiful architecture of the building:

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Tags: Architecture | Gateway West | Insurance | Recognition | Tours

I recently found this article and thought about how great Des Moines was for working in the insurance industry and thought that I would share!

Where are the Insurance Jobs Located?
Finding the job hotspots
 
Insurance job opportunities are located in nearly every city in the world. In fact, you’d be hard pressed not to find an insurance sales job vacancy listed in every newspaper around the globe. Likewise, there are always field claims adjusters slots as well as a never-ending supply of insurance office administrative jobs waiting to be filled.

However, if you’re looking to climb the insurance company corporate ladder, or if you’re looking for a career at an insurance company headquarters, then you’ve got to go where the corporate offices are.

I don’t blame you if you’re thinking ” New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Des Moines. Yes  Des Moines, Iowa. You see, not every corporate insurance job is where you might expect it to be. Des Moines is a fine example of that. Unless you’re an insurance “insider,” Iowa is probably the last place you’d think to go to find a high-powered insurance career, but you’d be making a big mistake by not looking there.

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Tags: Insurance