Rain Leaves Midwest Veggie Farmers Struggling With No Aid on Horizon June 18, 2019 By Scott McFetridge Like farmers throughout the Midwest, this spring’s torrential rains turned Andrew Dunham’s land into sticky muck that set him back...
Climate Change and the Reinsurance Implications June 13, 2019 By Don Jergler Climate change presents “high exposure risk” to insurers and their policyholders on many fronts: General liability claims for third-party bodily...
U.S. May Allow Flooded Farmers Filing Insurance Claims to Also Get Trade Aid June 11, 2019 By Karl Plume The U.S. Department of Agriculture is looking into ways to allow farmers who have been unable to plant crops due...
Severe Weather Impacting Oklahoma’s Canola, Wheat Crops May 30, 2019 Oklahoma’s canola and wheat harvests could be smaller and come later than expected due to recent severe weather, agriculture officials...
U.S. Farmers Face Insurance, Aid Decisions as Persistent Rains Prevent Planting May 28, 2019 By Michael Hirtzer Kansas farmer Mark Nelson has until Saturday to plant his corn or lose the insurance that protects him from a...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Australian Insurance Broker AgriRisk Services May 2, 2019 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Australian insurance broker AgriRisk Services Pty Ltd. Terms of the transaction...
Tokio Marine’s ProAg to Acquire AmTrust Financial’s Crop Insurance MGA April 22, 2019 Producers Ag Insurance Group Inc. has agreed to acquire Leawood, Kan.-based managing general agent AmTrust Agriculture Insurance Services. The deal,...
Farmers Grow to Like Crop of Technologies Helping Them Manage Weather Risk April 16, 2019 By Lydia Mulvany and Brian K. Sullivan When surprise hailstorms hit the 6,000 acres Trevor Scherman plants each year with peas, wheat, canola and lentils, his first...
Census: Number of Kansas Farms Drops 5% in 5 Years April 15, 2019 The government’s latest Census of Agriculture for Kansas shows the number of farms in the state has dropped 5% from...
Lloyd’s Syndicate Ascot Insures Farmers in 16 Nations Against Crop-Price Volatility April 11, 2019 By Nigel Hunt Farmers can now for the first time insure their produce against price volatility as easily as insuring their homes, with...