All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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’...