Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Anxiety Over Foot-and-Mouth Creates Upswing in Coverage Inquiries
Apr 23 2001 // Parts of Europe continue to be ravaged by two devastating livestock diseases: foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), or hoof-and-mouth; and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as “mad cow” disease. In the...
Corralling The Horse Market
Apr 23 2001 // In today’s steady economy, equine insurance could be one of the best markets you’ve never thought about tapping. Then again, if you don’t know the front end of a horse from the back, it could also be the...
Farmers, 21st Century Request Premium Increases
Apr 21 2001 // According to California Department of Insurance (CDI) filings, Farmers Insurance and 21st Century Insurance have requested premium hikes averaging 6.9 percent for their property policies. Farmers Insurance and 21st Century...
Anxiety Over Foot-and-Mouth Creates Upswing in Coverage Inquiries
Apr 20 2001 // Parts of Europe continue to be ravaged by two devastating livestock diseases: foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), or hoof-and-mouth; and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as “mad cow” disease. In the...
Farmers Insurance Offers New Service to SoCal Agents and Customers
Apr 17 2001 // Farmers Insurance Group will soon begin providing policy processing and customer service to Southern California agents and customers. To gain visibility in the Pocatello (Id.) community, Farmers is hosting an Insurance...
CROP RIP-OFF’
Apr 16 2001 // A North Texas independent crop adjuster has pleaded guilty to one charge of presenting false claims to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Crop Insurance Corp. The fraud charges stem from a West Texas crop insurance claim...
American National Completes Acquisition of
Apr 12 2001 // American National Insurance Company (American National) and Farm Family Holdings Inc. (Farm Family ) announced that American National had completed its acquisition of Farm Family, a transaction valued at approximately $280...
