All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 14 2006 // Russia’s finance minister said Russia and the United States had reached a deal on one of the key sticking points holding up an agreement on Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization, and a final deal...
Jul 5 2006 // With the growing trend by California farmers looking to third parties to hire labor, Cambridge General Agency is offering a market to help independent agents place farm labor contractors coverage. Coverage is being offered...
Jul 3 2006 // GAO: The USDA should do more to control fraud in the nation’s crop insurance programAlthough the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency has taken steps to improve its procedures and processes...
Jul 3 2006 // “During the session the stability of the insurance marketplace was threatened by legislation that would have saddled insurers with excessive regulation, increased litigation and significantly impaired their ability...
Jul 3 2006 // Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency has taken steps to improve its procedures and processes to address fraud, waste and abuse in selling servicing crop insurance policies, many flaws...
Jun 30 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A-” (Excellent) and has assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” to New Zealand’s Farmers’ Mutual Insurance...
Jun 29 2006 // After 33 years of planting, pruning and harvesting grapes that make world-renowned wine, Jorge de Haro is about to lose the only job he’s ever had.De Haro and his co-workers at Charles Krug’s Napa Valley,...
Jun 23 2006 // Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies named Mike Gerik as head of its Texas insurance operations. Gerik was promoted to executive vice president of the Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company and vice president/state...
Jun 15 2006 // Western National Insurance Group, based in Edina, Minn., today announced that it has met all regulatory and legal steps to finalize the affiliation with Farmers Home Group of Bloomington, Minn.Farmers Home companies will...
Jun 14 2006 // French reinsurer, SCOR Group is developing its agricultural risk reinsurance business throughout the world as part of an initiative to reinforce its agricultural risk underwriting teams to “keep up with the changing...
Jun 14 2006 // To provide more options for California food and agribusiness companies to find workers compensation insurance, Liberty Mutual Alternative Markets, part of the Liberty Mutual Group, and FSIM, Food Service Insurance...
Jun 9 2006 // An Australian company, Sinclair Insurance Co. Ltd. is selling amusement ride and professional liability insurance products in Kentucky without a certificate of authority from the state, according to the Kentucky Office of...
Jun 1 2006 // Insurance Skills Center is hosting its Rocky Mountain Agribusiness Conference on June26-27, 2006 in Denver. The two-day event will focus on farm and agribusiness insurance risks and is designed for broker/agents, customer...
Jun 1 2006 // A two-day conference focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks will be held July 24-25, 2006, in Fort Worth, Texas.The South Central Agribusiness Conference allows participants to receive continuing education...
May 23 2006 // “It’s very dark right now,” said David F. Snyder, the American Insurance Association’s Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. He wasn’t speaking about the weather. He was referring to...
May 22 2006 // Additional InsuredsEquilon Enterprises, LLC v. Great American Alliance Insurance Company(Washington Court of Appeals, Apr. 3, 2006) (Unpublished) Ruling: A wholesale distributor of fuel had contracted with a supplier of...
May 22 2006 // If you’ve been writing agricultural and farm insurance for years and think you know everything there is to know about the business, don’t bet the farm. Farm exposures have changed dramatically in the past 50...
May 22 2006 // Alternative and agro-tourism enterprises are allowing farmers and ranchers to earn higher profits by replacing or supplementing traditional farm operations with innovative on-farm or on-ranch ventures, according to Kiki...
May 22 2006 // If you’ve been writing agricultural and farm insurance for years and think you know everything there is to know about the business, don’t bet the farm. Farm exposures have changed dramatically in the past 50...
May 22 2006 // Alternative and agro-tourism enterprises are allowing farmers and ranchers to earn higher profits by replacing or supplementing traditional farm operations with innovative on-farm or on-ranch ventures, according to Kiki...