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Farmers Insurance Unit to Assume Zurich Small Business Renewals
Mar 5 2008 // Truck Insurance Exchange, a unit of Farmers Insurance Group, reports it will purchase the rights to access renewals on Zurich North America Commercial’s Small Business Solutions (SBS) $800 million book of...
Norway’s Prime Minister Opens Seed Vault in Arctic
Feb 27 2008 // A “doomsday” seed vault built to protect millions of food crops from climate change, wars and natural disasters opened deep within an Arctic mountain in the remote Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. “The...
Georgia to Limit Landowners’ Hunter and Tourist Liability
Feb 24 2008 // Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue has filed legislation that will limit liability for landowners who open their property to hunters and agri-tourists. The measure would protect landowners who allow individuals to hunt on their...
The Promise of NAFTA Not Quite Fulfilled
Feb 24 2008 // It’s been a long, frustrating process for most participants In February 2002, Insurance Journal reported that Congress and the Bush Administration had reached a deal whereby the trucking provisions of the North...
Mich. Schools Say Recalled Beef Had Been Served to Students
Feb 21 2008 // Portage Public Schools is reporting that hamburger from the largest beef recall ever in the United States had earlier been served to its students, and some other Michigan districts say they also got meat now involved in...
Farm Losses from Tennessee Tornadoes Top $29 Million
Feb 18 2008 // Agriculture officials say storm-related farm losses in Tennessee’s Macon County could surpass $29 million. The county’s livestock and tobacco industries were particularly hard-hit by the tornado that claimed at...
Ga. Law to Relieve Landowners of Hunter and Tourist Liability
Feb 14 2008 // Gov. Sonny Perdue filed legislation that will limit liability for landowners who open their property to hunters and agri-tourists. The proposal will protect landowners who allow individuals to hunt on their property from...
Farmers Hires Ruggiero as VP Legislative/Regulatory Affairs
Feb 11 2008 // Farmers Insurance Group, Inc., announced that Denise Ruggiero has joined the company as vice president, legislative and regulatory affairs. “Denise will be a key player in the legislative and regulatory arenas in all...
Farmers Insurance Mobile Claims Team at Sites of Tenn. Tornadoes
Feb 7 2008 // Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has mobilized additional claims personnel to the areas impacted by the recent tornadoes in Tennessee. As of Wednesday Farmers has received more than 100 claims in Tennessee. The Farmers...
AIR Analyzes ‘China’s Worst Winter Weather in 50 Years’
Feb 6 2008 // A report from Boston-based AIR Worldwide, analyzes the havoc caused by a series of winter storms that have been sweeping across China for nearly a month. AIR described them as the “China’s worst winter storms...
Lawmakers Look to Help December Flood Victims
Feb 4 2008 // There’s silence in John Brunoff’s Washington dairy farm, except for the sound of a lone worker hosing an empty 5,000-gallon milk tank. Just nine weeks ago, more than 270 cows filled this organic dairy farm with...
Farmers to Add 400 Agents in Wis.
Jan 31 2008 // Farmers Group Inc. says it plans to recruit and train 400 new agents in the Milwaukee and Madison areas in an expansion that the insurer says could ultimately create 1,000 new jobs in Wisconsin. The company will invest...
Ascension to Acquire Calif.-based Pan American Underwriters
Jan 28 2008 // Ascension Insurance Inc. signed an agreement to acquire the assets of the California -based insurance agency, Pan American Underwriters Inc. Pan American is a wholly owned subsidiary of PAULA Financial (Pink Sheets:PFCO)....
PartnerRe January P/C Renewals around $2 Billion
Jan 25 2008 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that during the January 1 renewal season it expects to write and bind approximately $2.0 billion of Non-Life premium. The figure ” does not include PartnerRe’s Non-Life...
Corvallis Earns Farmers’ Secure City Award
Jan 24 2008 // Corvallis, Ore., has been named the “Number One Most Secure Place to Live in the U.S.,” according to a 2007 survey released by Farmers Insurance Group. The survey, divided into three groups, found that...
China- New Zealand Trade Pact Said to Cover Insurance But Details Scarce
Jan 23 2008 // New Zealand Trade Minister Phil Goff said this week he’s hopeful China and New Zealand have completed formal talks to finalize a free trade agreement between the two states — the first such deal by China with an...
La. Ag Commissioner Pulls Agency Employees off Construction Projects
Jan 17 2008 // Louisiana’s new agriculture commissioner, Mike Strain, wasted no time in ending his department’s much criticized use of non-construction employees for major building projects. The state’s Office of Risk...
Declarations
Jan 13 2008 // Very Bad News “America’s job-creators pay attention to the Judicial Hellholes report. This is very bad news for Oklahoma, and it is the latest in a long list of damaging publicity Gov. Henry created for our...
Farmers Appoints Executive VP/CFO
Jan 11 2008 // Los Angeles-based Farmers Group Inc., announced the appointment of Scott Lindquist, currently controller of Genworth Financial, to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer. Lindquist will take...
Mass. Horse Farm Charged with Workers’ Comp Premium Fraud
Jan 10 2008 // Update: On Nov. 3, 2008, Christopher Mersereau and his corporation, Stoneymeade Farm LLC, located in Concord, Mass., entered into an agreement with the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley resolving charges originally...
