Latest Agribusiness Headlines
All the headlines from our Agribusiness Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Farmers Insurance to Pull out of North Carolina Homeowners’ Market
Aug 14 2008 // Farmers Insurance Group notified its North Carolina agents that the insurer will pull out of the homeowners’ market across the state before year’s end. Independent agent Greg Reeder of Reeder Insurance Services...
North Carolina-based Montgomery Insurance Harvests Farm Business
Aug 6 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based Montgomery Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, introduced its farm line of business on Commercial IQ — a web-based application for quoting and application...
Tokio Millennium Re to Use AIR’s U.S. Crop Model
Aug 5 2008 // AIR Worldwide Corporation announced that Bermuda-based reinsurer Tokio Millennium Re Ltd. has licensed the use of AIR’s Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) model for use in AIR’s CATRADER® system, which...
Florida Farm Bureau’s Proposed Rate Hike Meets Disapproval
Aug 5 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said the Office of Insurance Regulation issued a notice of intent to disapprove the June 20 rate filing submitted by Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies – Farm Bureau...
Ohio Casualty Offers Farm Business on Commercial IQ in Kentucky, Ohio
Aug 4 2008 // Ohio Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, today announced the introduction of its farm line of business (ISO Division Four) on Commercial IQ, its web-based application for quoting and application...
Iowa Gov. Culver: $1.2 Billion in Flood Damages Unmet by Aid
Aug 4 2008 // Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said July 22 that state officials have identified $1.2 billion in flood damage that hasn’t been met by disaster aid, and he’s asking Congress to move quickly to provide more...
Big Island Volcanic Smog Leads to Disaster Declaration
Aug 1 2008 // The federal government approved a disaster declaration to cover the losses Big Island farmers have suffered as a result of volcanic smog (vog), from Kilauea, Hawaii. The move will allow Big Island farmers to apply for...
Sierra Specialty Appointed Exclusive Underwriter for Topa Insurance Company’s Growers’ Service Insurance Program
Jul 31 2008 // Clovis, CA, July 31, 2008 – Topa Insurance Company, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA is an admitted property and casualty specialty insurer writing personal lines, commercial lines and programs. Topa has partnered...
French Agriculture Minister: China, India Thwarted WTO Negotiations
Jul 31 2008 // France’s agriculture minister said Wednesday that “big emerging countries” were to blame for the collapse of World Trade Organization talks on opening up the global economy. The president of a leading...
Doha Round Talks on Global Trade Fail to Reach Agreement
Jul 30 2008 // Marathon talks for a new global trade deal collapsed Tuesday after a clash over agriculture between the United States, the world’s biggest economy, and emerging heavyweights. The breakdown came on the ninth day as...
World Trade Talks Stall as Troubles Grow
Jul 29 2008 // Progress towards a global trade deal ground to a halt on Monday as the United States clashed with China and India over access to their rapidly growing markets and key European Union states demanded better...
Farmers Adds Pets to Auto Policies
Jul 29 2008 // Cats can have their nine lives and a deductible, too. An insurance company is allowing Utah customers to add pets to their auto policies. If their dog or cat is injured in an auto accident, the medical treatment can be...
Developing Countries Split over WTO Farm Protection
Jul 28 2008 // The world’s poorer countries are divided over proposals for a new global trade deal, with developing country food importers pitted against exporters pushing for greater liberalization. The differences turn on two...
Indiana Farmers Seek More Flood Control for Kankakee River
Jul 25 2008 // A group of northwestern Indiana farmers who say some of their cropland flooded this spring because state officials failed to repair a breached river bank are pushing for more local control over the region’s...
Iowa Gov. Culver: $1.2 Billion in Flood Damages Unmet
Jul 24 2008 // Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said July 22 that state officials have identified $1.2 billion in flood damage that hasn’t been met by disaster aid, and he’s asking Congress to move quickly to provide more...
Farmer Charged With False Crop Insurance Claims
Jul 21 2008 // A San Joaquin County, Calif., farmer has been indicted for allegedly filing false claims for crop insurance benefits. Federal investigators say 47-year-old Gregory Peter Torlai Jr. of Stockton, Calif., filed six false...
Salmonella Discovery Prompts Food Recall in North Carolina
Jul 21 2008 // North Carolina officials announced a recall of fresh jalapeño peppers and avocados distributed in North Carolina after samples from a food distributor tested positive for salmonella. The N.C. Department of Agriculture and...
Appeals Court Dismisses Nebraska Crop Insurance Company’s Lawsuit
Jul 17 2008 // A federal appeals court has dismissed the remaining portions of a lawsuit filed by a Nebraska crop insurance company against the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. American Growers Insurance Co. filed a lawsuit against FCIC in...
Montana Hail Insurance Deadline is August 15
Jul 16 2008 // Montana is reminding farmers and ranchers that the deadline to purchase state hail insurance is Aug. 15, 2008. Montana is the only state to offer state-administered hail insurance, which for many farmers supplements crop...
AIG Targets Agribusiness Market
Jul 14 2008 // AIG Landmark, a unit of AIG Commercial Insurance, said it will begin offering multi-line insurance products to the agribusiness industry segment, including grower/packer/shippers, processors, handling and storage...
