Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
American National to Acquire Farm Family
Apr 6 2001 // American National Insurance Co. has received a nod from the New York State Insurance Department to acquire Farm Family Holdings. With this approval, the companies have received all of the approvals they need to complete...
FARMERS CLOSES SOME DOORS
Mar 26 2001 // In a decision that will affect roughly 130 employees, Farmers Insurance Group is closing its Southern California service center in Carlsbad. The process of closing the office officially began March 15. Along with the...
Farmers, Ulico Enter Exclusive Agreement
Mar 22 2001 // Farmers Insurance Group has signed an exclusive agreement to offer its products and services to labor union members through local and national union leadership affiliated with Ulico Insurance Group. “We are honored...
Zurich Financial’s Farmers Forms Alliance With Bank of America
Mar 20 2001 // Zurich Financial Services, the Swiss-based Group that owns Farmers Insurance, announced that it had concluded a strategic alliance with Bank of America “to develop and market integrated banking and insurance...
Farmers Closes Doors In Southern California
Mar 16 2001 // In a decision that will affect roughly 130 employees, Farmers Insurance Group is closing its Southern California service center in Carlsbad. The process of closing the office officially began yesterday. Along with the...
Crop Insurance: A State of the Industry Report
Feb 5 2001 // Last year was an eventful one for the crop insurance industry with a new farm package including modifications such as an $8 billion subsidy package and a $7.1 billion bailout for farmers hurt by depressed crop prices. It...
Gentlemen & Farmers
Feb 5 2001 // In fact, that’s much of the problem with many a bankrupt rancher, he’s got beef! If he sells it, he loses money and if he keeps it, he loses money. It’s the reality of hard economic times in agriculture...
Evolving Weather Risk Market Attracts Growing Number of Participants
Feb 5 2001 // Since its emergence just three years ago, the market for weather risks has become a significant new development on the radar screen of the reinsurance industry. “Weather is essentially a new class of risk that is now...
Managing The Risk From Climate Change
Jan 22 2001 // Whether it is the dry desert heat of El Paso or the humid sauna of Houston, people who grew up in Texas know that its summers are naturally hot. For people in Dallas, last summer was no exception. After 44 days in the...
Impasse In Geneva Between China/WTO
Jan 19 2001 // Talks between Chinese and World Trade Organization negotiators in Geneva appear to have stalled due to the inability to reach agreement on whether China will be accorded “developing nation” status for its...
Workplace Injuries in California at Lowest Rate Since 1971
Jan 18 2001 // Job-related nonfatal injury/illness rates in 1999 continued to decrease, reaching a record low of 6.3 workers injured out of every 100, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of...
Two Plead Guilty To Defrauding Metlife Subsidiary
Jan 9 2001 // Two former Metlife subsidiary executives have confessed to swindling the company of $2.4 million. Howard Dale Kartchner, 55, and Jeffrey K. McLean, 49, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Spokane, Wash. to...
