All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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Enterprises, LLC v. Great American Alliance Insurance Company(Washington Court of Appeals, Apr. 3, 2006) (Unpublished) Ruling: A wholesale distributor of fuel had contracted with a supplier of...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...
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 17 2006 // Vermont Gov. James Douglas has vetoed a bill that would have made seed manufacturers liable for damages caused by genetically engineered seeds that drift into the fields of farms that do not want to use them.Douglas said...
May 12 2006 // Farmers in Pennsylvania will receive $1 million in state aid for their 2006 crop insurance premiums, said Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff.“Crop insurance is an important tool for protecting Pennsylvania’s...
May 8 2006 // The federal government could learn a thing or two from the Delaware- Maryland-Virginia area poultry industry about how to prepare for an outbreak of avian flu, according to the Delmarva industry officials.In a meeting...
May 8 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 8 2006 // News CurrentsThe federal government could learn a thing or two from the Delaware- Maryland-Virginia area poultry industry about how to prepare for an outbreak of avian flu, according to the Delmarva industry officials. In...
May 8 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 4 2006 // Fargo, N.D.-based Nodak Mutual Insurance Co.’s directors have ignored appeals to allow contested elections for the company’s board, according to a lawsuit that seeks to overhaul how its directors are chosen....