All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 18 2003 // Farmers Insurance Group® announced they are reducing homeowners rates in the state of Kansas.Farmers’ policyholders in Kansas were to see a rate decrease of .7 percent effective July 1. Actual savings will vary...
Jul 11 2003 // Thursday, at the request of Congressman Tim Holden, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s (PDA) Deputy Secretary for Administration, Russell Redding testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on General Farm...
Jun 19 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) is calling the Risk Management Agency’s (RMA) decision to pull approval for the Converium-Crop 1 Insurance Company’s “Premium Discount...
Jun 17 2003 // Farmers Insurance Group announced it has filed for a rate reduction with the Nevada Department of Insurance on all homeowners business in the state of Nevada. If approved by the department, beginning with September 16th...
Jun 9 2003 // State District Judge Scott Jenkins gave preliminary approval to the $117.5 million settlement between the State of Texas and Farmers Insurance. The record settlement is the result of action taken by the Texas Office of...
May 28 2003 // Patrick James Murphy, 45, of Norco, pled no contest in Los Angeles Superior Court, on May 15, to 39 felony counts, including grand theft and elder abuse. Superior Court Judge David Horwitz sentenced Murphy to four years in...
May 23 2003 // State District Judge Scott Jenkins in Austin gave a nod to the $117.5 million settlement between the state of Texas and Farmers Insurance Group. According to the Austin American-Statesman, the preliminary approval ends a...
May 16 2003 // A Redmond, Wash. woman filed a bad faith lawsuit against Farmers Insurance Company of Washington (Farmers) accusing the company of systematically using a computer program called “Colossus” to provide an...
May 5 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate, Inc. has an extensive Farm/Ranch Package Program available. Program is eligible for accounts including; working horse, cattle and crop farms. This includes boarding, breeding, training,...
May 2 2003 // Because teen drivers are responsible for a death every 90 minutes and an injury every single minute in our country, I SAW YOU SAFETY & SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION and FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP are launching a pilot program...
Apr 23 2003 // Palmer & Cay, Inc., an insurance brokerage and benefits consulting firm, has expanded its services to include a team of specialists focusing exclusively on the equine industry. The new practice will be based in...
Apr 4 2003 // Officers from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) arrested Patrick James Murphy, 45, of Norco, April 2 and charged him with 39 felony counts including grand theft, elder abuse, forged official seal, and submission...
Apr 4 2003 // BB&T Insurance Services said it plans to acquire Kentucky agencies, Old Colony Insurance Service (Louisville) Inc. and Cromwell Insurance Agency of Lexington. Cromwell is jointly owned by Old Colony and Ludt-Bell...
Apr 3 2003 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) submitted comments this week to the Department of Treasury on the first round of interim final regulations of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA).The...
Mar 27 2003 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company (FFIC) and Rural Community Insurance Company (RCIC), a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, have announced plans to form a business relationship to administer and reinsure crop...
Mar 4 2003 // The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) is asking the U.S. Department of the Treasury to clarify recently issued terrorism reinsurance regulations as they apply to certain rental dwellings and farm...
Feb 27 2003 // XL London Market Ltd (XLLM), an XL Capital Ltd company announced that Julian Bowen-Rees was named global practice leader for XL’s equine business, including both the XLLM bloodstock and livestock operations and...
Feb 24 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. (Kentucky Farm Bureau) to “Api” from...
Feb 24 2003 // The 16th Annual Agribusiness Conference will be held March 20-21 in Sacramento, Calif. Agencies that specialize in writing farm and agribusiness risks are strongly encouraged to attend, as the conference is dedicated to...
Feb 21 2003 // The 16th Annual Agribusiness Conference will take place March 20-21 in Sacramento. The conference will focus on how to grow a book of business by covering agricultural risks.Dr. Emmett J. Vaughan, along with a panel of...