All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 20 2008 // Mediators in the core agriculture and industrial goods negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued new proposals on Monday, clearing the way for a meeting of ministers to clinch an outline trade deal.The...
May 19 2008 // European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said on Monday he saw the makings of an international trade agreement in new proposals drafted by the World Trade Organization.The WTO is expected to issue negotiating...
May 19 2008 // Olympia, Wash., and its metropolitan area are the safest places in the nation to live, work or raise a family, according to the fourth annual Most Secure U.S. Places to Live rankings from Farmers Insurance Group of...
May 16 2008 // The United States should cut barriers to its markets to help it tackle economic turmoil, and boost exports to deal with its current account deficit, the Geneva-based World Trade Organization (WTO) said.Further adjustment...
May 5 2008 // The European Union must be firm in World Trade Organization trade talks despite the global rise in food prices, a German official was quoted as saying on Sunday.“Due to the food crisis, we could face new...
May 5 2008 // A number of Bermuda-based companies announced their first quarter results last week, which were generally lower than the same period of 2007. The financial credit crunch, combined with the ongoing soft market, had a...
Apr 30 2008 // Farmers Group Inc. is offering an auto insurance discount to Texas policyholders who have vehicles equipped with electronic stability control (ESC) technology.The 5 percent discount begins May 1. It will apply to the...
Apr 29 2008 // As the theft of copper wiring and other valuable metals is growing, particularly throughout rural communities, Alabama-based Alfa Insurance is offering an additional $10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction...
Apr 24 2008 // The Gibraltar Group will open an office in Goldthwaite, Texas, on May 5 to serve businesses in Central Texas, the company reported.Warren Blesh, who has more than 25 years of commercial insurance experience, will lead...
Apr 21 2008 // The need for agricultural insurance is growing like a weed. “This is the greatest time we’ve had in our business,” said Christopher Leliaert, vice president at Towers-Perrin Reinsurance, in his assessment...
Apr 21 2008 // The schedules of working full-time and being a mom don’t always concur, but Patty Gibson Carlson and Laurie Zangwill-Infantino have proven otherwise with their brainchild — Insurance Skills Center — which...
Apr 16 2008 // In Mississippi, at least two people have died, dozens of farms and houses have been affected by flooding and the Mississippi River is still rising.The river is not expected to crest until this weekend at levels not seen in...
Apr 16 2008 // Arkansas’ emergency management chief says rising flood waters may undo the cleanup and repairs some homes and regions have already completed after more than a month of flooding.“Some areas we’ve surveyed...
Apr 15 2008 // A maintenance supervisor for a Louisville, Ky. amusement park said workers did not follow several of the ride manufacturer’s instructions for handling a cable that snapped and severed the feet of a teenager last...
Apr 14 2008 // Bermuda-based property reinsurer RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. has agreed to acquire the assets of Agro National, a managing general underwriter of crop insurance.The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The...
Apr 14 2008 // Talks on a deal to open up world trade entered a critical week on Monday with negotiators at the World Trade Organization (WTO) hoping to prepare the ground for a proposed meeting of ministers next month.With key food...
Apr 14 2008 // With a quarter million acres of farmland already under water and scores of residents forced from their homes, predictions now call for the Mississippi River to crest late this week at levels not seen since the 1973...
Apr 8 2008 // Farmers Group Inc., has appointedof Mhayse Samalya executive vice president of Farmers Group Inc. and president of Farmers Business Insurance. He previously was senior vice president of Farmers Group Inc. and president of...
Apr 4 2008 // Business lobbyists from the United States will descend on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva next week to push for favorable terms in a new trade deal, a source familiar with the visits said on Friday.The visits...
Apr 3 2008 // Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Wednesday that a deal at the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) long-delayed Doha round of trade talks was urgent and possible.“This Doha round is do-able …...