Edleman, Weill Named Directors at Acceptance Insurance Cos.

Nebraska-based Acceptance Insurance Companies Inc., an insurance holding company providing specialized crop insurance products throughout the U.S., named Myron L. Edleman and Richard L. Weill as directors of the company.

Edleman, 58, owns and operates Edleman Ranches and Split Rock Cattle Company in Willow Lake, S.D., and raises soybeans, corn and other crops. He is a past chairman and a director of AgAmerica Farm Credit Bank, the Farm Credit Council, the Farm Credit Foundation and a member of numerous agricultural trade associations.

Weill, 58, is Vice Chairman of MBIA Insurance Corporation in Armonk, N.Y., and is responsible for insured portfolio management; investor and government relations; and other MBIA operations.