Board of Regents

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission administers the laws and rules on parimutuel wagering at racetracks and gambling at excursion boats. It protects the public and assures the licensed facilities and participants of games. The commission offers licenses to manufacturers and distributors of gambling games, facility employees and the division of criminal investigation. It also provides related activities and services, such as charitable and Indian gaming, and registration of Iowa-foaled horses and Iowa-whelped dogs. It also offers services for other events that include the Buy Iowa First program and the statewide lifetime voluntary self-exclusion program. The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is located in Des Moines, Iowa.

The Iowa Insurance Division investigates consumer complaints and prosecutes companies, agents and brokers engaged in unfair trade practices. The division supervises insurance businesses transacted in Iowa, including health maintenance organizations and mutual hospital and health service corporations. The Iowa Insurance Division grants permissions to companies that wish to sell insurance and has general control over various aspects of their business. Its fraud investigation bureau confronts the problems of insurance fraud by prevention, investigation and prosecution of fraudulent insurance acts to reduce the amount of money used to pay fraudulent claims. The division operates a consumer affairs bureau that handles complaints and questions from the public and conducts investigations and brings action against insurance companies and agents. The Iowa Insurance Division maintains a securities bureau that administers laws that regulate and investigate the sale of securities. It is governed by the city of Des Moines in Iowa.