Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Leaman Named to Post at Farmers
Aug 7 2001 // Stephen Leaman has been named executive vice president of property and casualty operations at Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Group. In this position, he will oversee the business focus for the property and casualty...
Mediator Named in Mold Case; Farmers Pulls Plugon HO-B Policies
Aug 6 2001 // A Travis County judge has named Austin lawyer and former Texas Supreme Court candidate Karl Bayer to mediate a settlement in a mold-related lawsuit in which the jury slapped Farmers Insurance Group with a $32 million...
Farmers Introduces New Parents Program in Utah
Aug 3 2001 // Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced a special discount program for new parents in the state of Utah. New parents will be eligible to earn discounts on auto insurance. Farmers has also arranged for new parents to...
FARMERS ADJUSTERS GET OVERTIME
Jul 30 2001 // An Oakland, Calif., jury awarded a record-setting claim for overtime to a group of Farmers Insurance Adjusters participating in a class action suit. More than 2,000 adjusters working for Farmers Insurance Exchange will...
New Livestock Insurance Could Spare Repercussions of an Unexpected Loss
Jul 27 2001 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, a major insurer of livestock, has created a new insurance program to target the fast-growing fish farming business. Whether a fish farm is an indoor or outdoor operation, The Hartford...
Texas Farmers Plead Guilty to Crop Insurance Fraud
Jul 23 2001 // Three Nolan County, Texas, farmers pleaded guilty in a Lubbock federal court July 12 to filing over $540,000 in fraudulent crop insurance claims with the federal government. According to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, the...
Farmers Issues Statement in Response to
Jul 13 2001 // Farmers Insurance Exchange, a member company of the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, stated it is disappointed and concerned about the recent verdict against it rendered by the jury in Alameda County (Calif.) Superior...
Calif. Jury Rules in Favor of Farmers Adjusters
Jul 12 2001 // A jury has awarded a record-setting claim for overtime for a class of Farmers Insurance Adjusters in the final amount of $90,009,208 for overtime pay in a class action suit in Oakland. More than 2,000 adjusters working for...
Homeowners, Insurance Industry Clash on Mold Issues
Jul 9 2001 // Homeowners turned out in force to testify and listen, and to applaud when they agreed with what they heard, at a June 26 Texas Department of Insurance (DOI) public hearing on issues related to toxic mold and insurance...
Jury Sends Message to Insurance Industry in Toxic Mold Case
Jun 25 2001 // A recent jury decision should put up red flags for insurers: Take care of toxic mold claims adequately and promptly, or risk being assessed millions of dollars. That warning came in the form of a $32-million award to a...
New Officers and Directors of the Los Angeles Chapter of CPCU Installed
Jun 22 2001 // Keynote Speaker, Bruce Williams, CPCU, National President of CPCU Society Past LA Chapter President Sharon Heard, CPCU, Farmers Insurance, handing over the gavel to newly installed LA Chapter President David Keleher, CPCU,...
Jury Sends Message to Insurance Industry in Toxic Mold Case
Jun 18 2001 // Travis County District Court jury to the insurance industry: take care of toxic mold claims adequately and promptly or risk being assessed millions of dollars. That warning came in the form of a $32-million award to a...
U.S.-China Reach Compromise on WTO
Jun 11 2001 // Meetings in Shanghai between U.S. trade representative Robert Zoellick and China’s Foreign Trade Minister Shi Guangsheng have apparently produced “a consensus on major issues” further clearing the way for...
Penn. Agrees to Ag Insurance Measure
Jun 8 2001 // The Pennsylvania State Senate earlier this week gave unanimous approval to an amendment proposed by Sen. Noah Wenger (R) which would give farmers continued access to state funds for subsidized crop insurance. Wenger aimed...
Gramm-Leach: The Devil’s Rope
Jun 4 2001 // All the recent talk about the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act got me to thinking about privacy and particularly privacy on the Internet. That led me to The Devil’s Rope—the invention of Joseph Glidden, the Father of Barbed...
Crop Policies on U.S. Cotton Increase
Jun 4 2001 // A study conducted by an agricultural economist with Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan. found a 3.7 percent increase in the number of crop insurance policies taken out on the U.S. cotton crop in 2001. According to...
Symons International Group to Sell Crop Insurance Assets to Acceptance Insurance Cos.
May 30 2001 // Symons International Group, Inc., a nonstandard automobile insurer, and Acceptance Insurance Companies Inc. signed a definitive agreement for American Agrisurance® and other Acceptance affiliates to purchase the crop...
Study Regards Software Solutions for Farmers Alliance Claims Processing Department
May 24 2001 // Farmers Alliance Mutual Insurance Company and AcroSoft Corporation have reached a definitive agreement that will allow AcroSoft to conduct a Business Needs Analysis (BNA) starting in the Claims Processing Department. The...
Study Notes Increase in Crop Policies Taken Out
May 16 2001 // According to a study conducted by an agricultural economist with Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kan., in 2001, there has been a 3.7 percent increase in the number of crop insurance policies taken out on the U.S....
As Farming In America Changes, Crop Insurance Is Everyone’s Concern
Apr 23 2001 // In 1790, farmers made up about 90 percent of labor force. “Farming has changed so much. The old guy wearing his overalls, holding a pitchfork and standing with his wife in front of the barn—there just aren’t...
