All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 14 2005 // In a detailed new investigation, National Public Radio examined the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recent allegations that some farmers across the country cheated the U.S. Treasury and insurers out of $160 million...
Nov 14 2005 // California-based PAULA Financial has reported net income for the third quarter of 2005 of $218,000 or $0.03 per share compared to $142,000 or $0.02 per share for the 2004 period. For the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2005,...
Nov 14 2005 // Opportunity International, a global microfinance network based in Oak Brook, Ill., today announced its partnership with the World Bank and its affiliated IFT Commodity Management Group to provide index-based weather...
Nov 6 2005 // CaliforniaCDI Amends Proposed “Action Notice” Filing Regulations The California Department of In-surance has deleted a section of proposed regulations that would have required insurers to notify CDI when a...
Nov 4 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B (Fair) from A- (Excellent) of Mississippi Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Jackson, Miss. The rating remains under review with negative...
Nov 3 2005 // Inspections conducted by the Risk Management Agency (RMA) are not being used for maximum effect, according to a study released yesterday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).In “Crop Insurance: Actions...
Nov 3 2005 // Gail Sanders has been promoted to vice president of Policy Services of the South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company in Cayce, S.C.For 11 years, Sanders has worked as the company’s Policy Services manager....
Oct 28 2005 // North Carolina farmers seeking whole-farm revenue protection insurance can now, through the AGR-Lite Insurance Program, guarantee a portion of their farm income and insure crops that previously were not covered under...
Oct 28 2005 // Farmers Insurance has paid $760,000 to a 62-year-old Irish woman who successfully argued her claim before the state Supreme Court, despite having no college degree or legal training.Mary Mulcahy, of Seattle, was injured in...
Oct 26 2005 // An amendment defunding Premium Reduction Plans (PRPs) was included in an agriculture bill today, an effort the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”) sought out because of various...
Oct 24 2005 // More than 300 search-and-rescue officers are now fanning out over southwest Florida and are heading toward southeast Florida to assist in search and rescue efforts, according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s State Fire...
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres, and coverage has increased by $12.2...
Oct 17 2005 // With Katrina’s impact yet to be felt, farmers in low loss-ratio states may have to pick up the slack for the hard-hit Gulf Coast farmers in months and years to come. If anything, the aftermath of Katrina underlines...
Oct 17 2005 // OHIOHospital Group Sues WC Bureau: The Ohio Hospital Association and a member hospital sued the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation in September on claims the state did not follow legal processes for a $50 million...
Oct 17 2005 // S.D. Farm Couple Pleads Guilty to $1.3 Million Scheme: A Rapid City, S.D. couple has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to conspiring to defraud the U.S. government out of more than $1.3 million in farm benefits.Connie...
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres and coverage increased by $12.2 billion...
Oct 17 2005 // Insureds under livestock and equine policies need to be familiar with the policy conditions and strictly comply with the policy conditions.Texas has been the source of much of the law, nationally, in regard to construction...
Oct 17 2005 // In addition to the immense destruction in heavily populated urban centers and coastal communities caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which hit the Gulf Coast region in August and September 2005, agricultural interests...
Oct 17 2005 // As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide, insured acres have increased by 14.6 million acres and coverage increased by $12.2 billion over the...
Oct 17 2005 // The hurricane [Katrina] produced catastrophicBroward and Miami- Dade counties inFlorida.As a direct result of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), more farmers are insuring their cropland. Nationwide,...