Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Farmers Exchange Sues Calif. Body Shop
Jul 17 2002 // Farmers Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange began serving summons and complaints July 16 upon a Contra Costa County, Calif. body shop and its owners, accusing them of taking part in a large scale scheme...
Farmers Unveils Y.E.S. Discount in Texas
Jul 15 2002 // The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has made available the “You’re Essential to Safety” (Y.E.S.) Program in Texas. The Y.E.S. program was developed to educate young drivers and their parents or...
Farm Bureau Mutual to Merge with Kan., Neb. Farm Bureau Affiliated P&C Insurers
Jul 9 2002 // Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company announced that the Farm Bureau property-casualty affiliates in Kansas (Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, Inc.) and Nebraska (Farm Bureau Insurance Company of Nebraska) will merge...
Coverage Difficult to Find for Farm Supply Operations
Jun 26 2002 // Farm supply cooperatives and grain elevators in the Midwest are in a difficult situation regarding insurance, according to an Associated Press report, as those operations face skyrocketing premiums even if they are able to...
Farmers Offers Auto Policy Discount in Virginia
Jun 18 2002 // Farmers Insurance Group announced that it will offer special discounts on its auto insurance rates to Virginians who also have a Farmers New World Life Insurance Company policy. “The discount is part of an effort by...
Ind. Farm Bureau Insurance Cos. Acquires Agway Insurance Co.
Jun 17 2002 // Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Companies has reached a definitive agreement with Agway Inc. to acquire 100 percent of the stock of New York-based Agway Insurance Company, in a deal valued at $21 million. The transaction is...
Farmers Home Group Offers Identity Theft Protection Plan
May 16 2002 // Minnesota-based Farmers Home Group is partnering with PromiseMark, ™ Inc. of Fairfax, Va., to offer the comprehensive Identity Theft Protection Plan through the FHG Network at www.farmershome.com. Farmers Home said the...
Farm & Ranch Package
May 13 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: American Reliable Insurance Company has available a program for farm and ranch. General agency or direct retail agent appointments. Also write excess policy and farm administrative certificate...
Acceptance Insurance Suffered 1stQ Losses
May 8 2002 // Iowa-based Acceptance Insurance Companies Inc., an insurance holding company providing agricultural risk management products and services throughout the U.S., announced a net after-tax loss of $4.3 million, or $0.30 per...
INTEREST IN PASTURE COVER GROWS
Apr 29 2002 // Federal agriculture officials are looking at the possibility of a national insurance program to permit ranchers to insure both pasture and rangeland against losses resulting from drought and other disasters, according to...
FARMERS TO REFUND MILLIONS
Apr 29 2002 // Farmers Insurance Group and the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) reached an agreement April 15 that stipulates the carrier will refund approximately $15 million to auto policyholders who paid the company too much in...
IIABA Talks Crop Insurance Issues With New RMA Administrator
Apr 22 2002 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) Crop Insurance Task Force met last week with new Risk Management Agency (RMA) Administrator Ross J. Davidson Jr. to discuss concerns with...
Ranchers Hope Insurance Coverage Grows
Apr 18 2002 // Federal agriculture officials are looking at the possibility of a national insurance program to permit ranchers to insure both pasture and rangeland against losses resulting from drought and other disasters, according to...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Cattle Loom Large on the Farm & Ranch Scene
Apr 15 2002 // Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies It’s your misfortune, and none of my own. Whoopee ti yi yo, git along little dogies, For you know Wyoming will be your new home. That trail song, used by historian Walter...
Farm and Ranch Package
Apr 15 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: American Reliable Insurance Company has available a program for farm and ranch. General agency or direct retail agent appointments. Also write excess policy and farm administrative certificate policy....
Selma Resident Jailed, Must Pay $65,951 in Workers’ Comp Restitution
Mar 27 2002 // Ricky Lee George, 47, a resident of Selma, Calif., was sentenced to three years in state prison for his conviction of one count of workers’ compensation insurance fraud. The charges were the result of an...
Agribusiness Conference Set for March 21-22 in Sacramento
Mar 14 2002 // Debi Summerlin, AAIS vice president of insurance lines, will cover the aspects of this property program designed for more than 80 classes of agribusiness during the 15th Annual Agribusiness Conference March 21-22 in...
S&P Lowers Farmers Insurance Exchange
Mar 11 2002 // Standard & Poor’s lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Farmers Insurance Exchange group to “A” from “AA-.” The outlook is stable. S&P also lowered its...
The View from Up There-Insurers Embrace Space Age Technologies
Feb 25 2002 // In the summer of 2001, a U.S. District judge in Arkansas ruled against several farmers accused of filing false crop insurance claims totaling approximately $244,000. Key evidence in the lawsuit—filed on behalf of the...
