All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 27 2006 // Success for the “Doha Round” of trade negotiations appears to be getting more and more remote. Several recent events have increased the likelihood that the talks – named after the city in Qatar, where...
Apr 24 2006 // The American Insurance Association has issued a bulletin commending outgoing United States Trade Representative (USTR) Rob Portman for his leadership on trade negotiations. The AIA also welcomed his successor, Deputy USTR...
Apr 24 2006 // Zurich Financial Services’ Annual General Meeting, held April 20, evinced the considerable turn around in its fortunes under the direction of CEO James J. Schiro, who took over the faltering giant in May 2002.In his...
Apr 24 2006 // Former Bigfork businessman Myron “Mike” Felt faces federal charges of fraud and money laundering for allegedly defrauding insurance companies through his company, Crop Hail Management Inc.Prosecutors say...
Apr 18 2006 // A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma has granted class action status to a lawsuit concerning the use of credit information in insurance rating against Farmers Insurance Companies.U.S....
Apr 17 2006 // Farmers are adding agritainment or agro-tourism to their operations, such as using the farm for haunted houses, corn mazes, cider mills, vineyards with wine festivals and restaurants, craft shops and hay rides, among other...
Apr 17 2006 // City slickers are looking for entertainment on the farm – but that brings new risksAlternative and agro-tourism enterprises are allowing farmers and ranchers to earn higher profits by replacing or supplementing...
Apr 3 2006 // A two-day conference focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks will be held May 22-23, 2006 in Hartford, Conn.The Eastern Agribusiness Conference allows participants to receive continuing education credits from...
Mar 30 2006 // Western National Insurance Group, based in Edina, Minn., will form an affiliation with Farmers Home Group of Bloomington, Minn. The Boards of Directors of the respective companies approved the transaction at meetings this...
Mar 24 2006 // Leaders in the Oklahoma House of Representatives on March 22 introduced a plan to increase support for rural firefighters and restore the resources and capabilities of departments. The state Senate on the same day proposed...
Mar 23 2006 // Ray Wersching, once the kicker with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League, and a former Farmers Insurance agent, has been charged with insurance fraud, tax evasion, and the hiring of a convicted felon to...
Mar 20 2006 // Farmers Insurance Exchange, Los Angeles, has begun serving civil summons and complaints on Redding, Calif.-based auto glass company Onsight Auto Glass and its owner. Farmers is accusing the company of taking part in a...
Mar 17 2006 // Roughly 70,000 homeowners in areas hard hit by Hurricane Rita will face insurance hikes of 49 percent that were approved by Louisiana state regulators.The increase affects Louisiana Farm Bureau policyholders. The increase...
Mar 16 2006 // The session wasn’t easy or pretty for insurers, but the 2006 Indiana General Assembly concluded at midnight Tuesday with significant insurance-related successes, according to the National Association of Mutual...
Mar 14 2006 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., the risk and reinsurance specialist of Marsh & McLennan, has unveiled its new Agricultural Risks Exposures (ERA) model for Italy’s hail insurance market.“The ERA model...
Mar 14 2006 // Agriculture really is No. 1 in Washington.After years of complaining about being overlooked and ignored by majority lawmakers west of the Cascades, farmers gained ground on nearly every major issue they brought forward...
Mar 10 2006 // A fire in Jackson, Wyo., gutted the second floor of an office building where eight businesses had offices. The fire began shortly after midnight Friday, March 3 in a bathroom in the office of Grand Teton Realty, said Greg...
Mar 9 2006 // The insurance industry has become a participant in a new and unusual initiative sponsored by the United Nations World Food Program, which aims to have funds available to meet the needs of disaster victims as soon as they...
Mar 8 2006 // Legislation that would protect charities from frivolous lawsuits and eliminate the need for those groups to purchase costly liability insurance passed the Oklahoma House Judiciary committee.House Bill 2477, by State Rep....
Mar 6 2006 // Workshops focusing on energy crops, manure and irrigation management, and risk management and insurance products will be offered this month to producers in Pine Bluffs, Casper, Riverton and Powell, Wyo. The programs,...