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Georgia Estimates $250M in Insured Losses from Hurricane Michael
Oct 23 2018 // The Georgia Department of Insurance has estimated insured property losses from Hurricane Michael will reach $250 million, according to a statement Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. In figures released Oct. 18,...
Land O’Lakes, Gravie to Expand Farmer Health Insurance Plan in Minnesota
Oct 22 2018 // Land O’Lakes Inc. and Gravie will expand their Farmer Health Insurance Plan in next year in Minnesota. When a law was passed in Minnesota last year allowing agricultural co-op members to band together to purchase...
Mad Cow Disease Confirmed on UK Farm – First Case Since 2015
Oct 19 2018 // Mad cow disease has been found on a U.K. farm for the first time since 2015, raising concern that some countries may move to limit imports of British beef. The disease, also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy or...
Update: Cyclone Luban Hits Yemen, Injuring Dozens, Destroying Property
Oct 17 2018 // A tropical storm has battered eastern Yemen, with three days of heavy rainfall and flooding injuring dozens of people, destroying property and killing livestock, Yemeni officials and the United Nations said Tuesday. They...
North Carolina Approves $400M in Florence Recovery Funds
Oct 17 2018 // The sharp partisanship that’s typified North Carolina’s government was buried temporarily on Monday as legislators approved spending $400 million to quickly help people and communities reeling from flooding...
Georgia Working to Restore Power to Thousands After Hurricane Michael
Oct 15 2018 // Power outages caused by Hurricane Michael are likely to linger into early this week for some of the hardest hit communities in southwest Georgia. More than 188,000 homes and businesses still didn’t have power Friday....
Iowa Farm Bureau Unveils Unregulated Limited Health Plan
Oct 15 2018 // Health coverage offered by the Iowa Farm Bureau through a new option approved by the Iowa Legislature will allow people to be turned away if they have pre-existing conditions. The farm bureau has unveiled details of its...
North Carolina Agriculture Chief Requests $300M in Aid for Florence Recovery
Oct 10 2018 // North Carolina’s agriculture agency asked state legislators Monday for over $300 million to address cleanup and recovery after Hurricane Florence, with most going toward direct payments to farmers who lost crops and...
Lawsuit Alleges Salmonella from Ground Beef; FDA Reports Cases in 16 States
Oct 8 2018 // A Kentucky woman is suing the U.S. arm of Brazil’s JBS SA, alleging she was hospitalized after consuming ground beef produced by the company that was tainted with Salmonella, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday in...
Update: Florida Calls Emergency Ahead of Expected Hurricane Michael
Oct 7 2018 // Michael, the tropical storm that’s been chugging toward the Florida panhandle, is now a hurricane, threatening to bring driving rain and high winds to the region’s agricultural and tourism industry. While Gulf...
South Carolina Issues Emergency Order to Insurers, Updates Hurricane Florence Data Call
Oct 1 2018 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance has issued two Hurricane Florence-related notices to all property and casualty insurers doing business in the state. SCDOI Director Ray Farmer issued an emergency regulation Sept....
Flooding Forecast in Some South Carolina Communities Not as Dire as First Feared
Sep 28 2018 // The last community in the way of Hurricane Florence’s floodwaters as they slowly flow to the sea got some good news Wednesday – the predictions aren’t as dire as they once were. And it appears the Waccamaw...
Florence Crop Damage to Farms in the Carolinas Could Cost Billions
Sep 24 2018 // Hurricane Florence is testing the resolve of farmers in the Carolinas, who could face billions of dollars in agricultural damage while still feeling the sting from Hurricane Matthew almost two years ago. After last...
Carolinians Must Wait for Flood Waters to Recede to Assess Florence’s Damage
Sep 17 2018 // Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, 9:55 am — Record-setting, still-rising floods covering much of eastern North Carolina are preventing companies, regulators and environmental groups from making a comprehensive assessment of damage...
South Carolina Issues Hurricane Florence Data Call, Emergency Order to Insurers
Sep 17 2018 // The South Carolina Department of Insurance has issued two Hurricane Florence-related notices to all property and casualty insurers doing business in the state. SCDOI Director Ray Farmer issued an emergency regulation...
Partner Re Celebrates Its First 25 Years– When Everything and Nothing Has Changed
Sep 17 2018 // During PartnerRe’s first 25 years as a reinsurer, everything has changed and nothing has changed. From its roots as a pure catastrophe player, PartnerRe has dramatically evolved–or diversified–over the...
Florence Floods Cause Sewage, Coal Ash Spills
Sep 16 2018 // A Duke Energy Corp. landfill near Wilmington, North Carolina, failed under the assault of Tropical Storm Florence, spilling about 2,000 cubic yards of coal ash that can carry toxic mercury, arsenic and lead. Authorities...
Update: Category 1 Hurricane Florence Lands in Carolinas, Threatening Floods, Tornadoes, Power Outages
Sep 14 2018 // Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina, leaving more than half a million people without power and facing at least another day of heavy rain and wind. Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach Friday as a Category 1...
Looming Florence Heaps Despair on Rural U.S. Towns Ravaged by Matthew
Sep 13 2018 // When Hurricane Matthew submerged the small town of Fair Bluff, North Carolina, two years ago, Eve Waddell thought she had witnessed a once-in-a-lifetime disaster. “You’ll never see that again,” she...
North Carolina Tobacco Crop at Risk from Hurricane Florence
Sep 13 2018 // Tobacco crops in North Carolina, the top U.S. producer, are right in the projected path for Hurricane Florence, which threatens to cause plants to rot, whether they’re still in the fields or have already been...
