All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 11 2007 // Farmers Insurance Group of Cos., including Farmers Insurance Company of Columbus recently announced a new product for its over 256,000 insurance policyholders or new policyholders in Ohio.Beginning December 17, 2007, the...
Dec 11 2007 // Health, prosperity, safety and security are all desirable aspects when it comes to seeking a place to live, work or raise a family. According to the fourth annual Most Secure U.S. Places to Live rankings from Farmers...
Dec 10 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced various rating actions on insurance companies with public information (pi) ratings. S&P explained that “ratings with a ‘pi’ subscript are...
Dec 10 2007 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced the closing of the acquisition by Endurance US Holdings Corp. of ARMtech Insurance Services, Inc. and its affiliates (See IJ web site –...
Dec 7 2007 // A California consumer group is challenging Farmers Insurance Co.’s request for a rate increase of 6.9 percent.The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR), in a petition filed Monday with the state...
Dec 6 2007 // Global reinsurer BMS announced today that it has acquired a P/C brokerage team based in Minneapolis. The nine member team is led by senior brokers Jim Brost and Mike Joyce.“The acquisition of this team boosts our...
Dec 5 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B’ (Fair) and the issuer credit rating of “bb” of Farmers Mutual Insurance Company (PA) of Elizabethtown, Penna. with a negative...
Nov 19 2007 // Using the 2006 fatal crash data released by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance has completed a study to determine the most influential factors in drivers’ mortality rate in...
Nov 15 2007 // Zurich Financial Services Group is having a good year with nine month net profits increasing by 25 percent to $4.157 billion, compared to $3.326 billion for the same period in 2006.Other earnings highlights included the...
Nov 13 2007 // The wildfires that burned almost a half-million acres in south Georgia were snuffed out months ago, but tree farmers now face prolonged drought and insect infestations as they prepare to replant the vast...
Nov 6 2007 // Oklahoma’s new anti-illegal immigration law has some farmers and agricultural businesses scrambling for laborers as Hispanic workers fearful of being deported stay away from work.House Bill 1804, which went into...
Nov 5 2007 // Wayzata, Minn.-based Cargill Inc. says it is recalling more than 1 million pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the second time in less than a month it has voluntarily recalled beef that...
Nov 4 2007 // In a move to help ranchers and farmers get low-interest loans and other assistance, Gov. Jim Gibbons has asked for a federal disaster declaration because of drought conditions and a bad fire season in Nevada.“The...
Oct 31 2007 // North Carolina field crops are predicted to suffer great losses as a result of the state’s drought conditions.Soybean yields are projected to be at 20 bushels per acre, which will be the lowest yield since 1983....
Oct 30 2007 // Wind-driven wildfires that torched Southern California have charred fruit orchards, wilted flowers and littered the ground with avocados, delivering a devastating blow to area farmers already reeling from a deep winter...
Oct 26 2007 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering imposing a new set of national regulations to lower the risk of foodborne illness in salad greens.The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service says its new proposal for...
Oct 25 2007 // A drought report released Tuesday says 17 North Carolina water systems serving hundreds of thousands of residents are near a crisis-level shortage. The lengthy drought has strained North Carolina’s water systems and...
Oct 22 2007 // Max Bermuda, the operating company of the Max Capital Group, announced an expansion of its Dublin unit with the appointment of Michael W. Dicker as Senior Vice President – Agriculture at Max Re Europe Limited, Max...
Oct 22 2007 // More than a dozen South Carolina clam farmers who claimed most of their crop was spoiled by an oil spill five years ago have settled a lawsuit with a shipping line and a dredging firm for nearly $1.8 million.Under the...
Oct 17 2007 // Three San Luis Valley, Colo., farms have been ordered to turn over records to a federal investigator looking into whether they illegally sold potatoes after collecting up to $1.3 million in federal insurance payments on...