Des Moines

Des Moines is the capital and the most crowded city in the U.S. province of Iowa. It is likewise the province seat of Polk County. A little piece of the city reaches out into Warren County. It was fused on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was abbreviated to "Des Moines" in 1857. It is on and named after the Des Moines River, which likely was adjusted from the French provincial name, Riviere des Moines, signifying "Stream of the Monks".

Des Moines is a noteworthy focus of the U.S. protection industry and has a sizable money related administrations and distributing business base. The city was credited as the "number one spot for U.S. insurance agencies" in a Business Wire article and named the third-biggest "protection capital" of the world. The city is the central command for the Principal Financial Group, the Meredith Corporation, Ruan Transportation, EMC Insurance Companies, and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Other significant partnerships, for example, Wells Fargo, Voya Financial, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, ACE Limited, Marsh, Monsanto, and DuPont Pioneer have substantial tasks in or close to the metropolitan territory. Lately, Microsoft, Hewlett Packard, and Facebook have manufactured information preparing and calculated offices in the Des Moines zone. Forbes positioned Des Moines as the "Best Place for Business" in both 2010 and 2013. In 2014, NBC positioned Des Moines as the "Wealthiest City in America" as indicated by its criteria.