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