Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
June Hailstorms Total $18 Million in N.D. Insured Damages
Jun 28 2005 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jim Poolman reported that severe weather that ripped through the Dickinson area in Western North Dakota and the Langdon and Walhalla areas in Eastern North Dakota earlier this month has...
Hair Joins Utah’s Workers Compensation Fund
Jun 14 2005 // Dan Hair joined Workers Compensation Fund as senior vice president, safety and underwriting. Hair began his insurance career with the State Compensation Insurance Fund of California in 1976, and he recently ended a 25-year...
Okla. AG Sues Poultry Companies
Jun 14 2005 // Citing the protection of Oklahoma lakes and streams, drinking water and public health, Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson announced his office has filed a lawsuit against several out-of-state poultry companies for...
Zurich FSG Appoints Farmers Tutoki as Group Chief Claims Officer
Jun 8 2005 // Zurich Financial Services Group has announced the appointment of Jane Tutoki, 46, to the new position of Group Chief Claims Officer for the General Insurance business. She will be reporting directly to John Amore, CEO of...
INSURER GETS CLAIM FOR 20 HEIFERS:
Jun 6 2005 // Vermont State Police are investigating the theft of about 20 heifers from the Chaput Family Farm in North Troy between February and earlier this month. Farm owner Reg Chaput said he suspected theft in February, but...
News Briefs
Jun 6 2005 // MASSACHUSETTS Workers Comp Rates Up 3%: Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler has approved a 3.0 percent overall average rate reduction in workers’ compensation rates, a savings of $32.6 million in...
People
Jun 6 2005 // North Canton, Ohio-based insurer Hartville Group Inc. announced that the company’s board of directors have accepted the resignation of chief executive officer Russell Smith III. The board has also accepted the...
EU Trade Commissioner Urges More Action by WTO on Doha Round
Jun 1 2005 // Peter Mandelson, the European Union’s Trade Commissioner, has expressed his concern about the slow progress being made towards the liberalization of trade barriers. The “Doha Round” (named after the...
Rodney Pierson
May 23 2005 // Twig Branch Seattle, Wash.-based Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company has announced that Rodney A. Pierson has been named senior vice president, CFO and treasurer. Pierson’s long history in finance includes his...
Aon Secures First Agricultural Reinsurance Contract in China
May 20 2005 // Aon Re China Limited, a unit of Aon Corp., has secured 100 percent placement of the first agricultural reinsurance contract in China. The contract was awarded by the Shanghai Anxin Agricultural Insurance Co. Ltd. (AAIC),...
The Family That Farms Together, Sells Insurance Together
May 9 2005 // Suydam Agency Firmly Planted in Community It Serves They could sweep me out of my office and I know that the business would continue just fine. But what am I going to do if I’m not here? I’m not going to work...
Farmers Announces Another California Workers’ Comp Rate Reduction
Apr 26 2005 // The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced a 10 percent rate reduction in workers’ compensation rates for its California business customers. Since 2004, Farmers has slashed its workers’ compensation...
Lloyd’s Celebrates 20 Years of Support to Univ. of Ky. Veterinary Science Department
Apr 21 2005 // Lloyd’s of London is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a supporter of the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Since the mid-1980s, Lloyd’s of London underwriters, brokers and their Kentucky agents have given...
Saving Pittsburgh’s Summer
Apr 18 2005 // With Rates Climbing and Underwriting Tightening, Outdoor Groups Try to Hang On So often, the industry hears about issues from the side of its own insurance agents or underwriters. This is a tale from the perspective of...
SEED MAKERS’ LIABILITY SOUGHT:
Apr 18 2005 // The Vermont Senate has approved a bill that would make seed manufacturers rather than farmers liable for damages from genetically modified crops. The measure is designed to help farmers recover losses from the accidental...
Vermont Senate Seeks ‘Strict Liability’ for Seed Makers of Genetically Engineered Crops
Apr 3 2005 // The Vermont Senate last week gave preliminary approval to a bill that would make seed manufacturers rather than farmers liable for damages from genetically modified crops. As the measure heads for a final vote, an...
SECURA to Unveil Farm Rating Program for Agents
Mar 28 2005 // Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance Cos. announced that it will soon introduce a desktop farm rating software program for its agents. The program, called AgRate, will be downloaded through its Web site. Agents will...
FARMERS TO LOWER RATES FOR COLO. AUTO CUSTOMERS:
Mar 21 2005 // Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced it will lower rates for its auto customers in the state of Colorado. Effective April 1, 2005, Farmers’ customers in Colorado will see a rate decrease that will average...
Wells Joins HRH Insurance Services
Mar 18 2005 // The Fresno, California office of Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Insurance Services recently hired Kaye Wells as marketing director. Wells brings 21 years of industry experience to HRH having worked in various areas of insurance...
Farmers to Lower Rates for Colo. Auto Customers
Mar 7 2005 // Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced Monday it will lower rates for its auto customers in the state of Colorado. Effective April 1, 2005, Farmers’ customers in Colorado will see a rate decrease that will...
