All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 14 2003 // Rep. Charles “Chip” Pickering (R- Mississippi) will address members of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA National) during the group’s annual Federal Legislative Summit April...
Feb 10 2003 // CDI Fraud Division Investigators arrested four individuals after executing search warrants at their homes and an auto body repair shop located in Oakland. California residents Art Mercado, 56, of Alameda, Scott Carey, 31,...
Feb 10 2003 // S&P’s lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Iowa-based Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. (Farm Bureau) and Western Agricultural Insurance Co. (Western Agricultural) to...
Feb 10 2003 // S&P’s lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Iowa-based Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. (Farm Bureau) and Western Agricultural Insurance Co. (Western Agricultural) to...
Jan 22 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Iowa-based Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. (Farm Bureau) and Western Agricultural Insurance Co. (Western Agricultural) to...
Jan 21 2003 // Iowa Commissioner Therese Vaughan, outgoing president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), will deliver the keynote address at the 2003 American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) Annual...
Jan 16 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on West Virginia-based Farmers & Mechanics Mutual Insurance Co. to ‘Bpi’...
Jan 13 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Allen Financial Insurance Group/the Equestrian Group has available a program for agribusiness with equine specialty. Endorsements—Farm and CGL.Dollars: Policy limits of $10,000,000. Deductibles of $250...
Jan 7 2003 // State District Judge Scott Jenkins placed Texas’ $100 million settlement with Farmers Insurance Group of Companies in limbo by ruling that top state officials and Farmers executives must testify in a policyholder...
Dec 31 2002 // The North Dakota Insurance Department has issued a bulletin informing all insurers “seeking to market policies for the coverage of crop hail insurance” in the state, that March 1, 2003 is the deadline for all...
Dec 30 2002 // Farmers Insurance Group, L.A.’s largest private employer, announced a dual celebration for this New year’s Day – its 75th Anniversary and its 44th consecutive year as a participant in the Pasadena...
Dec 24 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers announced that it has filed an amicus brief with the Michigan Supreme Court in the case of Sprague V. Farmers “to clarify the cost savings function of the...
Dec 20 2002 // The Third Court of Appeals in Austin, Texas found that Farmers Insurance Group had both acted in bad faith and violated the state’s deceptive trade practices law in the landmark case that originally saddled the...
Dec 20 2002 // The state of Florida and Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies worked out an agreement concerning guidelines on coverage for mold in homeowners policies. According to United Press International, the detailed guidelines...
Dec 16 2002 // At a special ceremony in McAllen, Texas, Farmers Insurance awarded more than $6,000 in academic scholarships to 35 student winners, mostly from the Rio Grande Valley, of the Farmers-sponsored Young Americanos Youth...
Dec 13 2002 // Policyholders unhappy with the settlement worked out between Farmers Insurance Group and the state of Texas filed lawsuits seeking to block the $100 million settlement that was reached on Nov. 30. According to the...
Dec 12 2002 // L. Tim Wagner, Director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance (NDI), and Ross J. Davidson, Jr., Administrator of USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced the signing of a “Memorandum of...
Dec 11 2002 // Farmers Insurance Exchange and Mid-Century Insurance Company have begun serving civil summons and complaints upon an Oakland, Calif. body shop and a Ventura County, Calif. body shop, their owners, former Farmers employees...
Dec 2 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) and the Office of Attorney General (OAG) announced that a settlement was reached with Farmers Insurance Group on November 30, under which Farmers will continue to offer homeowners...
Nov 26 2002 // Acceptance Insurance Companies Inc. announced that Rain and Hail, L.L.C and others have discontinued efforts to purchase its crop insurance assets, mainly its American Growers Insurance Company (AGIC) subsidiary, following...