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7,000 Farmers Suing Syngenta in GMO Corn Dispute About to Get Day in Court
Farmers have to deal with threats to their crops from nature all the time. Thousands of Kansans, though, argue that Syngenta AG posed an even bigger threat by failing to prevent its genetically ...
The Latest Launches From Marsh, QBE, Willis
Marsh launched an aircraft financing product. QBE introduced a crop management tool. Willis has partnered with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty to enhance its agribusiness programs. *** Marsh ...
Everest Re Closes $49M Sale of U.S. Crop Insurance Subsidiary
Everest Re Group has closed the sale of its U.S. crop insurance subsidiary, pocketing $49 million in the process. Plans for CGB Diversified Services to buy Heartland Crop Insurance were first ...
Northeast Drought Could Have Staying Power Through Fall
At Lavoie's Farm in New Hampshire, beans and corn haven't broken through the ground yet and fields of strawberries are stunted. The drought that has taken hold in the Northeast is especially felt at ...
Everest Re Will Unload U.S. Crop Insurance Subsidiary, Provide Reinsurance Cover
Everest Re Group, Ltd. plans to sell its U.S. crop insurance subsidiary, but still keep a hand in the business through reinsurance. The deal, announced July 25, calls for CGB Diversified Services ...
Zurich Closes $700M Acquisition of Crop Insurer from Wells Fargo
Zurich Insurance Group closed its acquisition of America's leading agriculture insurer, a deal that gives it a much larger stake in the sector at a time when it is trying to diversify operations. ...
What is Driving the Big Players Away from U.S. Crop Insurance?
The U.S. crop insurance market has been abandoned by some of its largest companies as lower agricultural prices crimp revenue, and uncertainty about federal aid clouds the business's future. Cargill ...
Aspen Buys AgriLogic, Bringing More Changes to U.S. Crop Insurance
Aspen Insurance Holdings snatched up AgriLogic Insurance Services, a Kansas-based crop insurer and agriculture consultant, bring more changes to a sector that has already seen a spike in buying and ...