All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 18 2008 // Stating it’s the first rate change in two years for its “Texas Family Home Policy,” Farmers Insurance Group, through Texas Farmers Insurance Company, filed a rate increase for the policy with the Texas...
Mar 14 2008 // Farmers Group Inc. has appointed Kevin Kelso executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Kelso was previously Farmers executive vice president and president of personal insurance. Kelso joined Farmers in July...
Mar 13 2008 // More than eight years after a New Year’s Eve fire at Michigan State University, four people have been indicted related to an arson incident federal authorities said Tuesday was an act of domestic terrorism.The...
Mar 11 2008 // Kentucky lawmakers are taking steps aimed at improving the safety of amusement rides in the wake of a grisly accident last year that severed the feet of a girl at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville.A Senate committee...
Mar 11 2008 // Santa Ana, Calif.- based ensurApet, Inc. has issued a bulletin, which notes that “health insurance for pets in the United Kingdom is growing at a record rate.” CEO, Russell Smith stated: “According to...
Mar 6 2008 // When you buy a car, state law offers some protection against misleading sales techniques; Florida lawmakers decided horse buyers need a “lemon law,” too.The law mandates the disclosure of “relevant...
Mar 5 2008 // Truck Insurance Exchange, a unit of Farmers Insurance Group, reports it will purchase the rights to access renewals on Zurich North America Commercial’s Small Business Solutions (SBS) $800 million book of business.In...
Feb 27 2008 // A “doomsday” seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened deep within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.“The...
Feb 24 2008 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has filed legislation that will limit liability for landowners who open their property to hunters and agri-tourists.The measure would protect landowners who allow individuals to hunt on their...
Feb 24 2008 // In February 2002, Insurance Journal reported that Congress and the Bush Administration had reached a deal whereby the trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement could finally be implemented....
Feb 21 2008 // Portage Public Schools is reporting that hamburger from the largest beef recall ever in the United States had earlier been served to its students, and some other Michigan districts say they also got meat now involved in...
Feb 18 2008 // Agriculture officials say storm-related farm losses in Tennessee’s Macon County could surpass $29 million.The county’s livestock and tobacco industries were particularly hard-hit by the tornado that claimed at...
Feb 14 2008 // Gov. Sonny Perdue filed legislation that will limit liability for landowners who open their property to hunters and agri-tourists.The proposal will protect landowners who allow individuals to hunt on their property from...
Feb 11 2008 // Farmers Insurance Group, Inc., announced that Denise Ruggiero has joined the company as vice president, legislative and regulatory affairs.“Denise will be a key player in the legislative and regulatory arenas in all...
Feb 7 2008 // Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has mobilized additional claims personnel to the areas impacted by the recent tornadoes in Tennessee.As of Wednesday Farmers has received more than 100 claims in Tennessee. The Farmers...
Feb 6 2008 // A report from Boston-based AIR Worldwide, analyzes the havoc caused by a series of winter storms that have been sweeping across China for nearly a month. AIR described them as the “China’s worst winter storms...
Feb 4 2008 // There’s silence in John Brunoff’s Washington dairy farm, except for the sound of a lone worker hosing an empty 5,000-gallon milk tank.Just nine weeks ago, more than 270 cows filled this organic dairy farm with...
Jan 31 2008 // Farmers Group Inc. says it plans to recruit and train 400 new agents in the Milwaukee and Madison areas in an expansion that the insurer says could ultimately create 1,000 new jobs in Wisconsin.The company will invest...
Jan 28 2008 // Ascension Insurance Inc. signed an agreement to acquire the assets of the California -based insurance agency, Pan American Underwriters Inc.Pan American is a wholly owned subsidiary of PAULA Financial (Pink Sheets:PFCO)....
Jan 25 2008 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that during the January 1 renewal season it expects to write and bind approximately $2.0 billion of Non-Life premium. The figure ” does not include PartnerRe’s Non-Life...