Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Agents Learn about Opportunities, Challenges at Agribusiness Conference
Apr 5 2004 // The Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) and Insurance Skills Center sponsored the 17th Annual Agribusiness Conference held March 17 and 18 in Sacramento. The nation’s largest agricultural conference...
The Sad Case of the Mad Cow
Apr 5 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...
Matsen Insurance Brokers Hires Farmiloe and Schofield
Mar 25 2004 // Santa Rosa, Calif.-based Matsen Insurance Brokers has appointed Steve Farmiloe as vice president of sales. Farmiloe will increase the existing team of sales professionals as well as grow the company through acquisitions....
Texas Farmer Convicted in Crop Insurance Scheme
Mar 23 2004 // United States Attorney Jane J. Boyle announced that in early March 2003 a federal jury in Wichita Falls, Texas, convicted Wendell Lynn Mints, on all counts of all 25 counts of an indictment that charged him with one count...
USDA EXPANDS CROP COVER:
Mar 8 2004 // Farmers in 13 states now have the opportunity to reduce the cost of their crop insurance by up to 10 percent, in an innovative program approved recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Crop1 Insurance Inc....
Farm/Ranch Program
Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. is offering a Farm and Ranch program aimed at insuring cattle and crop farms, including fruit and nut trees, grapes, avocado, grain, and vegetables. Farm package...
Farmers Cuts N.D. Homeowners Rates Up to 15%
Feb 26 2004 // Captive agency carrier the Farmers Insurance Group of Cos. announced the introduction of the new home/life discount for its North Dakota homeowners customers. Customers who have both a life insurance policy and a...
USDA Expands Discounted Crop Insurance
Feb 24 2004 // Farmers in 13 states now have the opportunity to reduce the cost of their crop insurance by up to 10 percent, in an innovative program approved recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Crop1 Insurance Inc....
More than Dairy Farms and Cotton Plantations
Feb 23 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Arkansas at 2,673,400. Approximately 75 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 17 percent had...
Insurance Skills Center to Host Agribusiness Conference March 17-18
Feb 17 2004 // Insurance Skills Center will hold a two-day insurance conference for continuing education credits focusing on Farm and Agribusiness Insurance Risks, scheduled March 17-18, 2004 in Sacramento, California. The 17th Annual...
Agribusiness/Specialty Equine
Feb 9 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Allen Financial Insurance Group Inc. and The Equestrian Group are offering a market for agribusiness and specialty equine insurance. Dollars: Policy limit $4 million. Minimum premium is $500. Carrier:...
Agribusiness and Specialty Equine
Jan 27 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Allen Financial Insurance Group Inc. and The Equestrian Group are offering a market for agribusiness and specialty equin Dollars: Policy limit $4 million. Minimum premium is $500. Carrier: American...
EMC Sub to Exit Nonstandard Auto
Jan 26 2004 // Iowa-based EMC Insurance Group Inc. announced that Farm and City Insurance Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary, will discontinue writing nonstandard risk automobile insurance business and institute non-renewal procedures on all...
Agribusiness and Specialty Equine Insurance
Jan 26 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Allen Financial Insurance Group Inc. and The Equestrian Group are offering a market for agribusiness and specialty equine insurance. Dollars: Policy limit $4 million. Minimum premium is $500. Carrier:...
Rain and Hail L.L.C. Joins Trusted Choice
Jan 23 2004 // Rain and Hail L.L.C., a national crop insurance underwriter, is the newest company partner of Trusted Choice —the national branding initiative created for independent agents and brokers that highlights the benefits they...
Farmers Offers Multiple Lines Discount to Va. Customers
Jan 14 2004 // Farmers Insurance announced that customers in Virginia “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...
MUNICH RE U.N. REPORT ESTIMATES WEATHER COST $60 BILLION IN 2003:
Jan 12 2004 // Delegates attending a recent meeting of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in Milan heard a report, prepared by Munich Re, estimating the cost of natural disasters, most of which were weather-related, was more...
Weather-Related Disasters Cost $60 Billion in 2003
Dec 11 2003 // Delegates attending the current meeting of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Milan heard a report, prepared by Munich Re, estimating that the cost of natural disasters, most of which were weather-related...
38 Canadian Farm Mutuals to Purchase “WebWriter BackOffice”
Dec 2 2003 // Thirty-eight Canadian farm mutual insurance companies have committed to group purchase the next generation WebWriter BackOffice insurance solution, said a company announcement. 44 insurers in North America and the...
