Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Farming More Dangerous Than Mining in Virginia, Data Shows
Feb 21 2006 // Coal mining, logging, firefighting represent just a handful of the dozens of jobs that spring to mind when it comes to dangerous work. Farming isn’t often one of them. But data shows agriculture is outpacing mining...
Farmers Insurance Debuts Documentary for African-American History Month
Feb 21 2006 // To honor African-American History Month, Farmers Insurance Group will debut the “Freedom’s Song” program along with various elected officials at the California African American Museum in downtown Los...
Penn Millers’ Management to Focus on Agribusiness, General Commercial
Feb 21 2006 // Penn Millers Insurance Company, based in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., has created business units to focus on agribusiness and general commercial business. “The creation of dedicated business units enables us to align specific...
FARMERS FINED $1 MILLION
Feb 20 2006 // Farmers Insurance Group has been fined $1 million following settlement negotiations about how it handled consumer claims. Farmers, consisting of Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange, Mid-Century Insurance...
Meetings
Feb 20 2006 // Introduction to Insurance Glendale Community College (Calif.) has added new credit courses for training in the insurance industry. Courses were developed as part of a $1.2 million President’s Community-Based Job...
Meetings
Feb 19 2006 // Glendale Community College (Calif.) has added new credit courses for training in the insurance industry. Courses were developed as part of a $1.2 million President’s Community-Based Job Training Grant involving 16...
Former Calif. Farmers Agent Sentenced for Premium Theft
Feb 16 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced that Gary Calcagno, 48, of Carlsbad, Calif., has been sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay $13,460 restitution for stealing premiums from 20...
Okla. House Committee Votes to Protect Agriculture from Frivolous Lawsuits
Feb 10 2006 // If you overeat and gain weight, you’ll have to rely on diet and exercise – not a lawsuit – to solve the problem under legislation approved by an Oklahoma House of Representatives committee. House Bill...
Agribusiness Conference – Sacramento
Feb 8 2006 // The nation’s largest two-day conference focusing on farm and agribusiness insurance risks will be held March 15-16, 2006 in Sacramento, CA at the beautiful Radisson Resort Hotel. This 19th Annual Agribusiness...
Satellite Images Used to Detect Crop Fraud
Feb 6 2006 // Satellite Images Used to Detect Crop Fraud When thinking of satellite images most think of in terms of space exploration, but not as showing up in courtrooms to help prosecutors prove crop insurance fraud. Now the...
Harvesting value: revaluation revolution comes to farms lines
Feb 6 2006 // Is the valuation revolution coming to farm insurance? For several years now, residential and commercial property insurance specialists have been employing new automated systems to refine their calculations of the value of...
TREASURY CLARIFIES LIABILITY UNDER TERRORISM REINSURANCE
Feb 6 2006 // Insurers writing monoline farm policies and incidental professional liability coverage may face additional work to clarify coverage for their insureds under the federal terrorism reinsurance program. Officials of the U.S....
Satellite Images Used to Detect Crop Fraud
Feb 5 2006 // Fraud Roundup When thinking of satellite images most think of in terms of space exploration, but not as showing up in courtrooms to help prosecutors prove crop insurance fraud. Now the Agriculture Department’s Risk...
Spotlight: Farm & Ranch
Feb 5 2006 // Harvesting value: revaluation revolution comes to farm lines Bringing changes to valuations has been complicated because farm are such unique collections of structures Is the valuation revolution coming to farm...
Treasury clarifies liability under terrorism reinsurance
Feb 5 2006 // Insurers writing monoline farm policies and incidental professional liability coverage may face additional work to clarify coverage for their insureds under the federal terrorism reinsurance program. Officials of the U.S....
Insurance Skills Center Hosts Agribusiness Conference
Feb 2 2006 // Insurance Skills Center, Huntington Beach, Calif., will be hosting a two-day Annual Agribusiness Conference on March 15-16, 2006, in Sacramento, Calif., at the Radisson Resort Hotel. This 19th Annual Agribusiness...
Jury Acquits Minnesota Family in Agriculture Fraud Case
Feb 1 2006 // A federal jury deliberated about a day before returning acquittals for members of a Minnesota family accused of criminal charges in a large agricultural fraud case, the Associated Press reported. The defendants had been...
Farmers Assists with Black History Educational Initiative
Jan 31 2006 // Farmers Insurance Group has partnered with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) to bring an African-American documentary film — “Freedom’s Song: 100 years of...
NAMIC Works with Indiana Farm Mutuals to Correct Tax Code Mistake
Jan 27 2006 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and the Mutual Insurance Companies Association of Indiana are working together to address a mistake in Indiana’s 2002 tax code revision which erroneously raised...
Farmers Insurance Group Fined $1 Million in Settlement
Jan 24 2006 // Farmers Insurance Group has been fined $1 million following settlement negotiations about how the company handled consumer claims. Farmers, consisting of Farmers Insurance Exchange, Fire Insurance Exchange, Mid-Century...
