Latest Agribusiness Headlines

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

Farm & Ranch Equipment Breakdown Package

Jun 21 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Hartford Steam Boiler is offering a customized farm equipment breakdown insurance product to other property-casualty insurers who serve the farm and ranch market. HSB also supplies a full range of...

Regional Focus

Jun 21 2004 // Former Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill was attributed with the comment that “all politics are local.” The same could be said for the insurance industry—insurance coverage is definitely local. In...

Crop Insurers Sue USDA Over Subsidy Amount

Jun 16 2004 // A coalition of insurance companies is suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture, claiming the government has shortchanged them millions of dollars in the Federal Crop Insurance Program new Standard Reinsurance Agreement, or...

Australian Farmers Support Compulsory Fire Levy

Jun 11 2004 // A report from the Australian Broadcasting Corp. notes that The New South Wales Farmers Association has backed a proposal for council rate notices [property taxes] to carry a compulsory fire insurance levy. The article...

Western Growers Urges Further Workers’ Comp Reductions

Jun 4 2004 // Following up on their successful plea for workers’ compensation rate reductions, Western Growers’ leadership again called on remaining insurance companies to decrease their rates. In April, the fresh produce...

Sen. Clinton, Bipartisan Coalition Ask USDA to Improve Apple Crop Insurance

Jun 3 2004 // New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has joined with her Senate colleagues in a bipartisan campaign to improve crop insurance coverage for all apple growers in New York and across the country.In a letter to Agriculture...

Beneducci Promoted to COO at Fireman’s Fund

May 21 2004 // Joseph Beneducci has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, reporting to Charles Kavitsky, president and CEO.Beneducci was formerly executive vice...

The Sad Case of the Mad Cow

May 17 2004 // The discovery in December 2003 of the first known case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)—commonly known as mad cow disease—in the United States was a downer, both literally and figuratively.A United States...

Farmers Ranked Top P/C Insurer in Arizona

May 11 2004 // In one of the largest business opinion polls ever taken in Arizona, “Ranking Arizona” named Farmers Insurance Group the best Property and Casualty Insurance Company for the third year in a row. This is the...

PCI Welcomes Three New Member Companies

May 6 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America announced that Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Company, American Vehicle Insurance Company, and Federal National Insurance Company have joined the association.The...

Farm & Ranch Equipment Breakdown Package

May 3 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Hartford Steam Boiler is offering a customized farm equipment breakdown insurance product to other P/C insurers who serve the farm and ranch market. HSB also supplies a full range of specialized services...

Farm & Ranch Equipment Breakdown Package

May 3 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Hartford Steam Boiler is offering a customized farm equipment breakdown insurance product to other P/C insurers who serve the farm and ranch market. HSB also supplies a full range of specialized services...

Farmers Offers New Discount to Tenn. Customers

Apr 21 2004 // Farmers Insurance announced that its customers in Tennessee may qualify for a special discount on Home insurance when they also have a Farmers New World Life Insurance Company policy. “The Home Life Discount is...

Small Firms Strengthen South Central Economy

Apr 19 2004 // In 2002-2003, gross domestic product continued to rise nationwide, while growth in employment remained slow to recover. Small businesses continued to be a source of economic strength. According to the Small Business...

HSB Introduces Packaged Equipment Breakdown Coverage for Insurers Serving Farm and Ranch Owners

Apr 14 2004 // Farms have changed, and so have the risks. The addition of computer-controlled technology to traditional farm equipment has significantly increased exposures, yet many farms lack insurance protection when equipment breaks...

Changes In Federal Crop Insurance Regulations Affect Montana Farmers

Apr 9 2004 // Changes in federal crop insurance regulations will prevent farmers in the region from collecting two full losses for crops planted on the same ground in a single crop year, a federal agriculture official said.The changes...

Farmers Appoints Galitski to Director of Government Affairs Post for Texas

Apr 6 2004 // Veteran Texas business and insurance lobbyist Frank V. Galitski, of Austin, has been appointed director of Government Affairs for Farmers Insurance Co. Farmers said the appointment is effective March 31, 2004.Galitski will...

Science, Technology Deal a Tough Hand in Agribusiness Market

Apr 5 2004 // From chicken to fish farms, orange groves to bean stocks, the agribusiness market has high-stakes for farmers, agents and insurers. Changing trends, additional exposures and advanced technology comparable to “Buck...

Science, Technology Deal a Tough Hand in Agribusiness Market

Apr 5 2004 // From chicken to fish farms, orange groves to bean stocks, the agribusiness market has high-stakes for farmers, agents and insurers. Changing trends, additional exposures and advanced technology comparable to “Buck...

Agents Cry Foul Over Crop Insurance Premium Discounts

Apr 5 2004 // Independent agents are up in arms over the federal government’s decision to expand a pilot program they say threatens to cut them out of the crop insurance loop.The Risk Management Agency (RMA), the U.S. Department...