Latest Agribusiness Headlines
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Marsh UK Advises on Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak
Aug 9 2007 // Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) in cattle is a costly and tragic disaster – for the farmers and related industries, as well as the cows. A bulletin from Marsh’s London office notes that the “2001 outbreak...
Farmers Dispatching Claims Team to Help with Montana Fire
Aug 8 2007 // The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies’ said its claims personnel are on the scene near Seeley Lake, Mont., today assisting Farmers’ customers who may have been evacuated or suffered damage from the...
Farmers rethinks homeowners rate hike in Texas
Aug 6 2007 // Texas regulators indicated they would turn down a proposal by Farmers Insurance for a 6.6 percent statewide increase in homeowners rates, so in late July 2007, the company said it will revise its plan. Ben Gonzales, a...
Farmers Opens Servicepoint Center in Oregon
Aug 2 2007 // Farmers Insurance Group of Companies announced it is opening a new ServicePoint operations Center in Hillsboro, Ore. The ServicePoint call center will be open by mid-year 2008 and will initially house more than 500...
Farmers Insurance Adding 600 New Agents to Grow in Ohio
Aug 1 2007 // The Farmers Insurance Group is tired of being a minor player in Ohio, one of the most lucrative insurance markets in the country. The nation’s No. 3 property and casualty insurer, part of global giant Zurich...
Farmers Wins Landmark Body Shop Fraud Lawsuit
Jul 27 2007 // Following a jury trial, a Los Angeles judge signed a $163,387 award to Farmers Insurance Exchange in a body shop fraud lawsuit with future hearings expected to double the monetary award. The Court also issued an injunction...
State Rejects Fla. Farm Bureau Home Insurance Rate Increase
Jul 23 2007 // The state will deny a planned home insurance rate increase by Florida Farm Bureau’s two property insurance companies, which have about 140,000 homeowners policies, the Office for Insurance Regulation said. Florida...
PA. BILL LIMITS FARM OWNERS’ LIABILITY FOR HUNTING ACCIDENTS
Jul 23 2007 // A bill limiting Pennsylvania farmers’ liability for hunting accidents on their properties has flown through the House and Senate and been sent to Gov. Edward Rendell for signing. The measure was backed by...
Pa. bill limits farm owners’ liability for hunting accidents
Jul 23 2007 // A bill limiting Pennsylvania farmers’ liability for hunting accidents on their properties has flown through the House and Senate and been sent to Gov. Edward Rendell for signing. The measure was backed by...
Makers of 2,4-D Deny Ark. Cotton Growers Crop-damage Claims
Jul 19 2007 // Five manufacturers of the herbicide 2,4-D have denied claims made in a suit by a group of 82 cotton growers in northeast Arkansas who say the companies’ products harmed last year’s crop. The lawsuit filed June...
Farmers Pulls Plan for Homeowners Rate Hike in Texas
Jul 18 2007 // Farmers Insurance will revise its plan for an increase in homeowners rates because Texas regulators indicated they would turn down its initial proposal, officials said. Farmers, the third largest home insurer in Texas,...
Montana Cautions Against Hail Damage
Jul 17 2007 // With the Farmers Almanac predicting an active storm season for remainder of summer, and recent thunderstorms that pounded eastern Montana, Montana State Auditor John Morrison is reminding should serve as a reminder to crop...
Farmers Acquires Right to Use Subordinated Notes for Severe Cat Losses
Jul 12 2007 // Farmers Insurance Group has entered into a committed capital facility providing the company the right to issue $500 million of regulatory capital to cover catastrophic losses over the next five years in the United States....
Ore. Storm Damages Crops
Jul 11 2007 // A severe thunderstorm damaged alfalfa, potato and strawberry crops in southern Oregon. Several alfalfa fields in Malin, where the crop had been more than 4 feet tall, were sheered, as though cut by mowers, the (Klamath...
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Drought Leads Tenn. Gov. to Ask for Disaster Declaration
Jul 9 2007 // Crop and livestock losses in Tennessee caused by this year’s drought has prompted the governor to ask for federal emergency farm relief for the second time this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has already...
Farmers Offers New Parent Auto Discount in Neb., Mich., S.D.
Jul 6 2007 // The Farmers Insurance Group of Cos. recently announced that it will recognize new parents in the Midwestern states of Nebraska, Michigan, and South Dakota by offering a new parent discount auto insurance policy. The...
Farmers Insurance Group Acquires Bristol West Holdings
Jul 6 2007 // Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Group has completed its acquisition of non-standard auto insurer, Bristol West Holdings Inc., based in Davie, Fla. Farmers officials described the acquisition as a “great...
Bill Limiting Pa. Farm Owners’ Liability for Hunting Accidents On Gov.’s Desk
Jul 5 2007 // A bill limiting Pennsylvania farmers’ liability for hunting accidents on their properties has flown through the House and Senate and been sent to Gov. Edward Rendell for signing. The measure was backed by...
Soybean Crop Disease Found in La. Parishes Avoyelles and Rapides
Jun 26 2007 // Researchers say they’ve found Asian soybean rust, which can spread quickly and heavily damage crops, in central Louisiana. It’s the first time this growing season that the disease has been found on soybeans,...
