Agricultural News

Key Facts and Provisions of U.S.-South Korea Trade Deal

The United States and South Korea are working to resolve beef and auto trade issues blocking U.S. congressional approval of a free trade agreement while President Barack Obama is in Seoul for the Group of 20 summit. An announcement is …

How Insurance Companies Can Live to Be 100 and Beyond

Companies that seek longevity in the insurance industry should not focus solely on increasing profits. That’s the assessment of Robert P. Hartwig, president and economist for the Insurance Information Institute. In his evaluation of centenarian insurance companies and species for …

Oregon State to Assist Crop Insurance Program

An innovative climate and weather monitoring system developed at Oregon State University in Corvallis will soon be used to help underwrite and verify claims of crop losses, both to improve services to farmers across the nation and prevent abuse in …

Florida Republicans Eye Special Session to Revisit Crist Vetoes

Incoming Republican legislative leaders said they are considering calling a special session in the coming weeks to override some of Gov. Charlie Crist’s vetoes. Crist’s veto of a property insurance bill could be on the list of vetoes to be …

Republican Scott Wins Florida Governor Race; Atwater Elected CFO

Floridians woke up this morning without knowing for certain who will be their next governor, although Republican healthcare executive Rick Scott held a slight edge over Democrat Alex Sink. Sink waited until final results were in and finally conceded the …

Kentucky Farm Bureau Grows to 500K Members

Kentucky Farm Bureau (KFB) in October surpassed the half-million membership mark for the first time in the organization’s 91-year history. Attracting 500,316 member families in fiscal year 2010, KFB increased its membership total from last year by 16,964 and became …

The ‘Secrets of the Ancients’

How Insurance Companies Can Live to Be 100 and Beyond Companies that seek longevity in the insurance industry should not focus solely on increasing profits. That’s the assessment of Robert P. Hartwig, president and economist for the Insurance Information Institute. …

Navigators Launches Specialty Reinsurance Business

The Navigators Group has established Navigators Re, a unit focused on developing specialty assumed reinsurance business. “As a global specialty insurer, there are certain product lines and geographies where a reinsurance approach is a more efficient and practical manner in …

How Insurance Agents Help Keep the Scare In Halloween Events

Halloween is scary fun for kids—and for some insurance agents, too. These insurance professionals make sure their clients who manage haunted houses, corn mazes, pumpkin patches and other Halloween attractions are protected should any of their tricks or treats turn …

Report Concludes Invasive Species, Climate Change, Form ‘Deadly Duo’

Climate change is set to drive the spread of invasive plant and animal species, threatening forests, fisheries and crops, in a double blow to nature and livelihoods, a World Bank-funded report said on Friday. The study by Nairobi-based Global Invasive …