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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
July 2, 2010
Crop insurers said late Thursday the industry and the crop insurance program will be able to "withstand" the severe cuts in subsidies imposed on the program by the Agriculture Department.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
July 1, 2010
Independent insurance agents are blasting a decision by the U.S. Agriculture Department to impose a crop insurance contract on the industry that includes restrictive caps on agent commissions.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 28, 2010
The National Flood Insurance Program would get yet another short-term extension--this time until Sept. 30.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 28, 2010
The National Flood Insurance Program would get yet another short-term extension--this time until Sept. 30--under expedited procedures legislation approved last week by the U.S. House of Representatives on a unanimous vote.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 23, 2010
The nation's crop insurers warned that the industry's "back is against the wall" as they reiterated objections to a planned 30 percent cut to the federal crop program.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com, Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 21, 2010
Agent associations joined the National Crop Insurance Services in criticizing the Obama administration's decision to cut the federal crop insurance program by $6 billion over the next 10 years.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
June 15, 2010
The federal government's $6 billion cut in the crop insurance program last week received a strongly negative response from the association representing the insurers.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 1, 2010
Crop insurance carriers and independent agents say the U.S. Agriculture Department's latest proposed cuts in subsidies in the program as well as a "soft cap" on agents' commissions are both unwarranted and hurtful.
