All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 9 2001 // Homeowners turned out in force to testify and listen, and to applaud when they agreed with what they heard, at a June 26 Texas Department of Insurance (DOI) public hearing on issues related to toxic mold and insurance...
Jun 25 2001 // A recent jury decision should put up red flags for insurers: Take care of toxic mold claims adequately and promptly, or risk being assessed millions of dollars.That warning came in the form of a $32-million award to a...
Jun 22 2001 // On Tuesday, June 12, CPCU Society Western Regional Governor Betsey Brewer, CPCU, Aon Risk Services, installed the newly elected Officers and Directors of the CPCU Society’s Los Angeles Chapter for the upcoming...
Jun 18 2001 // Travis County District Court jury to the insurance industry: take care of toxic mold claims adequately and promptly or risk being assessed millions of dollars.That warning came in the form of a $32-million award to a...
Jun 11 2001 // Meetings in Shanghai between U.S. trade representative Robert Zoellick and China’s Foreign Trade Minister Shi Guangsheng have apparently produced “a consensus on major issues” further clearing the way for...
Jun 8 2001 // The Pennsylvania State Senate earlier this week gave unanimous approval to an amendment proposed by Sen. Noah Wenger (R) which would give farmers continued access to state funds for subsidized crop insurance. Wenger aimed...
Jun 4 2001 // All the recent talk about the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act got me to thinking about privacy and particularly privacy on the Internet. That led me to The Devil’s Rope—the invention of Joseph Glidden, the Father of Barbed...
Jun 4 2001 // A study conducted by an agricultural economist with Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. found a 3.7 percent increase in the number of crop insurance policies taken out on the U.S. cotton crop in 2001. According to...
May 30 2001 // Symons International Group, Inc., a nonstandard automobile insurer, and Acceptance Insurance Companies Inc. signed a definitive agreement for American Agrisurance® and other Acceptance affiliates to purchase the crop...
May 24 2001 // Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance Company and AcroSoft Corporation have reached a definitive agreement that will allow AcroSoft to conduct a Business Needs Analysis (BNA) starting in the Claims Processing Department. The...
May 16 2001 // According to a study conducted by an agricultural economist with Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., in 2001, there has been a 3.7 percent increase in the number of crop insurance policies taken out on the U.S....
Apr 23 2001 // In 1790, farmers made up about 90 percent of labor force. “Farming has changed so much. The old guy wearing his overalls, holding a pitchfork and standing with his wife in front of the barn—there just aren’t...
Apr 23 2001 // Parts of Europe continue to be ravaged by two devastating livestock diseases: foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), or hoof-and-mouth; and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as “mad cow” disease. In the...
Apr 23 2001 // In today’s steady economy, equine insurance could be one of the best markets you’ve never thought about tapping. Then again, if you don’t know the front end of a horse from the back, it could also be the...
Apr 21 2001 // According to California Department of Insurance (CDI) filings, Farmers Insurance and 21st Century Insurance have requested premium hikes averaging 6.9 percent for their property policies. Farmers Insurance and 21st Century...
Apr 20 2001 // Parts of Europe continue to be ravaged by two devastating livestock diseases: foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), or hoof-and-mouth; and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as “mad cow” disease. In the...
Apr 17 2001 // Farmers Insurance Group will soon begin providing policy processing and customer service to Southern California agents and customers. To gain visibility in the Pocatello (Id.) community, Farmers is hosting an Insurance...
Apr 16 2001 // A North Texas independent crop adjuster has pleaded guilty to one charge of presenting false claims to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Crop Insurance Corp. The fraud charges stem from a West Texas crop insurance claim...
Apr 12 2001 // American National Insurance Company (American National) and Farm Family Holdings Inc. (Farm Family ) announced that American National had completed its acquisition of Farm Family, a transaction valued at approximately $280...
Apr 6 2001 // American National Insurance Co. has received a nod from the New York State Insurance Department to acquire Farm Family Holdings. With this approval, the companies have received all of the approvals they need to complete...