All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 14 2005 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Friday commended U.S. trade negotiators for their efforts to revive World Trade Organization (WTO) talks and provide hope for the opening of global insurance markets.“We...
Oct 14 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to A- (Excellent) from A+ (Superior) of Mississippi Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (MFB) (Jackson). The rating remains under review with negative...
Oct 4 2005 // OneBeacon Insurance Group in Boston has completed the sale of National Farmers Union Property and Casualty Company subsidiary to QBE Insurance Group as planned for approximately $142 million. The transaction included...
Oct 4 2005 // The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry reported that with preliminary estimates in, it appears agriculture and forestry will take at least a $472 million hit from Hurricane Rita.Coupled with the growing...
Oct 4 2005 // The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced Tuesday the estimated losses experienced by its Property and Casualty Insurance Exchanges from Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi are relatively new...
Oct 3 2005 // The Prosecutor’s Office has charged five St. Petersburg residents with filing false claims and defrauding two car insurance companies after a May 2004 two-car wreck in Pinellas Park, Fla.Zlatan Ramic, Alija Boskovic,...
Sep 28 2005 // A survey of poultry workers in western North Carolina reveals high rates of injuries, as well as significant differences among poultry companies in numbers of injuries and how workers view company emphasis on safety.The...
Sep 28 2005 // Wells Fargo Insurance, Inc., a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, has acquired the crop insurance business from Portland, Indiana-based JS Crop Insurance, Inc. (JS Crop), expanding Wells Fargo’s reach to...
Sep 26 2005 // Oregon Mutual Insurance is donating the time and expertise of its property adjusters to help the Mississippi Farm Bureau handle the thousands of insurance claims related to Hurricane Katrina. “We are stepping up to...
Sep 23 2005 // An early thunderstorm soaked California’s vineyards, threatening the nation’s raisin crop even as many farmers missed the deadline to qualify for crop insurance.California fields produce all domestically grown...
Sep 22 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) of Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association (FMIA) (New Zealand) and its core subsidiary, Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Limited (FMIL) (New...
Sep 21 2005 // American Financial Group, Inc. has executed a definitive agreement to purchase Farmers Crop Insurance Alliance, Inc. (Farmers) from Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance Company (Farmers Alliance). Farmers is a leading...
Sep 21 2005 // Hurricane Ophelia resulted in damages to North Carolina’s agricultural industry amounting to $19.6 million, based on reports tabulated from 13 counties. According to the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and...
Sep 19 2005 // To be successful, you must thoroughly drink in all the details.Insuring wineries may sound like a lucrative and growing business. All 50 states now produce wine, and the business has a total economic impact of $33 billion,...
Sep 19 2005 // North Carolina farmers who suffered flooding losses from last year’s hurricanes will soon receive disaster-assistance grants from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The checks issued...
Sep 19 2005 // To be successful, you must thoroughly drink in all the details.Insuring wineries may sound like a lucrative and growing business. All 50 states now produce wine, and the business has a total economic impact of $33 billion,...
Sep 9 2005 // A scheme to defraud a government agency and several private insurance companies of more than $9 million has landed an Asheville, N.C. farmer and his wife in prison.Robert Warren and Vicki Warren, owners of R&V Warren...
Sep 7 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) of New Zealand’s Credit & General Insurance Limited (CGIL), with a stable outlook.“The rating...
Sep 6 2005 // The effects of Hurricane Katrina will be felt in the country’s agricultural business as poultry plants and other businesses along the beleaguered Gulf Coast struggle with power outages and many crops await shipment,...
Sep 5 2005 // Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle signed a bill designed to allow farmers and others who lack health insurance to join a cooperative that will negotiate health insurance plans on their behalf. A.B. 5 expands access to health care...