Iowa Code § 517A.1

1. All state commissions, departments, boards, and agencies and all commissions, departments, boards, districts, municipal corporations, and agencies of all political subdivisions of the state of Iowa not otherwise authorized are hereby authorized and empowered to purchase and pay the premiums on liability, personal injury, and property damage insurance covering all officers, proprietary functions, and employees of such public bodies, including volunteer fire fighters, while in the performance of any or all of their duties including operating an automobile, truck, tractor, machinery, or other vehicles owned or used by said public bodies, which insurance shall insure, cover, and protect against individual personal, corporate, or quasi corporate liability that said bodies or their officers or employees may incur.

2. The form and liability limits of any such liability insurance policy purchased by any commission, department, board, or agency of the state of Iowa shall be subject to the approval of the attorney general.