All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 4 2010 // Zurich Financial Services Group reported a business operating profit of $1.2 billion and net income of $751 million for the third quarter. “Global Life and Farmers supported the Group’s profitability by...
Nov 4 2010 // Employees of Farmers Insurance have relocated to their new 175,000 foot facility near Memorial and Rockwell roads in Oklahoma City. The new, technically advanced facility is environmentally-friendly and designed to LEED...
Nov 2 2010 // Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) in October surpassed the half-million membership mark for the first time in the organization’s 91-year history.Attracting 500,316 member families in fiscal year 2010, KFB increased its...
Oct 22 2010 // Climate change is set to drive the spread of invasive plant and animal species, threatening forests, fisheries and crops, in a double blow to nature and livelihoods, a World Bank-funded report said on Friday.The study by...
Oct 20 2010 // A former Deutsche Bank AG and American International Group Inc. managing director and her husband have been indicted for fraud for allegedly conspiring to illegally extract money from those companies to help run their...
Oct 18 2010 // Markel International will further expand its bloodstock and livestock business with the acquisition of the renewal rights of the bloodstock and livestock book currently written by Talbot Underwriting Ltd. Sophie Dunkerley...
Oct 18 2010 // The Obion County, Tenn. family whose home burned on Sept. 29 while firefighters watched from their truck has insurance to payoff their mortgage but not enough to cover everything lost or to rebuild, according to the family...
Oct 18 2010 // Zurich Financial Services Group and its subsidiary, Farmers Group Inc. (FGI), have settled for $455 million a nationwide class action lawsuit that is pending in Superior Court in Los Angeles. The settlement money will be...
Oct 14 2010 // New Jersey State Police say a farm machine struck overhead power lines and caught fire, killing two workers and injuring a third.Sgt. Julian Castellanos says a chute on a combine the men were operating snagged high-tension...
Oct 14 2010 // Farmers Insurance Group is offering virtual crop insurance for 60 million monthly players in the virtual world of FarmVille.The Farmers in-game integration will use the likeness of its Farmers Insurance Airship, a 246-foot...
Oct 12 2010 // North Dakota’s Democratic candidate for the state Public Service Commission said the Legislature should strengthen a $6.9 million insurance fund that compensates farmers if a grain elevator goes broke.Recent data...
Oct 7 2010 // Zurich Financial Services Group and its subsidiary, Farmers Group Inc. (FGI), have settled a nationwide class action lawsuit that is pending in Superior Court in Los Angeles.Under the terms of the settlement, $455 million...
Oct 5 2010 // The Obion County, Tenn. family whose home burned on Sept. 29 while firefighters watched from their truck has insurance to payoff their mortgage but not enough to cover everything lost or to rebuild, according to the family...
Oct 1 2010 // Enrollment for the United Farmers Agents Association’s Errors and Omissions Plan for all qualified agents will begin 10/1/2010 for the coverage period beginning 1/1/2011. Premium will be collected in January when the...
Sep 24 2010 // Hughes-Gibb, the specialist bloodstock, livestock and aquaculture division of Willis Group Holdings, announced that it is expanding its services to clients in agri-business. Broadening its expertise to include Crop and...
Sep 22 2010 // The Washington Supreme Court has ruled that an insurer is required to pay sales tax when reimbursing a client for the actual cash value (ACV) of damaged property.According to court documents in Laura Holden v. Farmers...
Sep 22 2010 // The claims costs connected to the recent half billion egg recall will be unprecedented and include liabilities such as business interruption and reputation damage. During the next 15 months, the U.S. Food and Drug...
Sep 14 2010 // Insurer Markel has acquired the rights to American Live Stock, the animal mortality business of Hiscox Insurance Co..Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the companies said it would close the transaction by October 1....
Sep 10 2010 // North Carolina apple growers say they are happy to learn about proposed changes in federal crop insurance that would better protect them from a catastrophic loss.The Times-News of Hendersonville reported about two dozen...
Sep 6 2010 // SeaWorld Safety“SeaWorld recognized the inherent risk of allowing trainers to interact with potentially dangerous animals. Nonetheless, it required its employees to work within the pool walls, on ledges and on...