All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 12 2016 // Independent insurance agents and brokers from all 50 states convened in Washington, D.C., last month for the Big “I” Legislative Conference. Our members met with almost every U.S. Senate and House office to...
May 11 2016 // Northeast Mississippi farmers have had to replant some of their corn and soybeans more than once because of spring downpours.It’s the third year in a row that farmers have had to fight excess water, Charlie Stokes,...
May 9 2016 // A bill to give $40 million to South Carolina farmers who lost much of their crops in last year’s massive floods is on its way to a showdown with the governor.The House voted 85-2 Wednesday to agree to the version of...
May 6 2016 // The Main Street America Group has named Scott Simmons assistant secretary in its Omaha, Neb., office.Simmons reports to Dan Gaynor, the company’s vice president and head of commercial lines. He is responsible for...
May 5 2016 // The global economy suffered the worst April natural disaster losses for five years, according to Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team.Earthquakes, convective storms and flooding...
May 5 2016 // The Main Street America Group announced the promotion of one company officer to assistant vice president and the appointment of four new company officers, all of whom will be an assistant secretary of the super-regional...
May 4 2016 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance (SCDOI) has issued a data call for property and casualty insurers writing residential property in the state in an effort to inform South Carolina’s coastal homeowners of the...
May 4 2016 // A new group trying to reduce metal theft from agriculture operations in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said his office is creating a Mississippi Delta Agricultural Theft...
May 2 2016 // The Texas-based agency partnership Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced that it produced $96.3 million in total property and casualty revenue in 2015, compared to the $92.2 million in total revenue produced in...
May 2 2016 // The Senate has approved a bill providing $40 million to South Carolina farmers devastated by last fall’s flooding.Senators voted 33-3 Thursday on legislation allowing farmers in disaster-declared counties to apply...
Apr 28 2016 // If you’re a conservative Republican, there’s a decent chance that you believe in climate change.Compared with two years ago that is. Don’t tell this to Rush Limbaugh or presidential hopeful Donald Trump....
Apr 25 2016 // The coming Atlantic hurricane season should produce a near-average 12 named storms before it ends in November, according to Phil Klotzbach, lead author of the pioneering Colorado State University forecast.At least five of...
Apr 19 2016 // Farmers Insurance has introduced new rideshare insurance coverage for drivers in Georgia.According to Mariel Devesa, head of product innovation for Farmers Insurance, the coverage is available to ridesharing drivers as...
Apr 18 2016 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co. in...
Apr 18 2016 // Independent insurance agents and brokers from all 50 states convened in Washington, D.C., last week for the biggest and most effective industry gathering of its kind: the Big “I” Legislative Conference. Our...
Apr 18 2016 // Zurich American Insurance Co. said it has completed its acquisition of Rural Community Insurance Agency (RCIA) and its subsidiary Rural Community Insurance Co. (RCIC) from Wells Fargo Insurance for $700 million.The two...
Apr 15 2016 // Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, is the Gerald Solomon-Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) Legislator...
Apr 14 2016 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ (Good) and the issuer credit ratings of “bbb+” of Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Michigan and...
Apr 11 2016 // Farmers Insurance announced Monday that it has begun offering its Rideshare Insurance Coverage endorsement in New Jersey.The endorsement is designed to offer ride-hail drivers coverage options as part of Farmers personal...
Apr 10 2016 // The agricultural loss from the March flooding across Louisiana could top $15 million, according to an economist with the LSU AgCenter.Kurt Guidry said the loss figures are preliminary, because reports are coming in daily...