Kenya Seeks More Crop Insurance to Cover Small Farms from Climate Change Risks February 25, 2021 By Eric Ombok Kenya’s agriculture ministry has opened bids for crop insurance providers to cover more smallholder farmers from the risks and shocks...
New Rules for Idaho Potato Field Quarantines January 6, 2021 By Keith Ridler U.S. officials have released a new plan involving methods to deal with a microscopic pest in southeastern Idaho that threatens...
Sompo Acquires Diversified Crop Insurance, Forms AgriSompo North America December 29, 2020 Sompo International Holdings Ltd. (SIH), a Bermuda-based specialty provider of property/casualty insurance and reinsurance, has acquired Lenexa, Kan.-based Diversified Crop...
Insuring Cannabis Summit: There Were Crop Risks Aplenty in 2020 December 21, 2020 By Don Jergler Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal’s 2020 Insuring...
Midwest Farmers Receive Record Federal Aid, Crop Insurance Payments Under Trump October 20, 2020 By Mark Weinraub U.S. President Donald Trump is assuring a bumper year for farmers as the Nov. 3 election approaches, with record government...
New Mexico Lawmakers Say Farmers Shortchanged on Disaster Aid October 19, 2020 By Susan Montoya Bryan New Mexico’s congressional delegation is calling for more oversight of a federal agency after some farmers and ranchers were shortchanged...
Dry Weather Worsening in Colorado, 17% in ‘Exceptional Drought’ October 14, 2020 The summer drought that lingered throughout Colorado has become worse. The entire state is currently experiencing abnormally dry conditions and...
Western Wildfires Taint Vineyards With Taste Of Smoke September 25, 2020 By Andrew Selsky Smoke from the West Coast wildfires has tainted grapes in some of the nation’s most celebrated wine regions with an...
Sompo International’s AgriSompo, Invivo Group to Offer Crop Insurance in France September 8, 2020 The global agriculture platform of Sompo International Holdings, AgriSompo, has entered into a strategic broking relationship with InVivo Group, a...
As Harvest Losses Continue, German Farmers Seek Insurance Subsidy August 18, 2020 Germany’s 2020 grain harvest will fall below average for the third year in a row as farmers grapple with extreme...