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By Melissa Hillebrand, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 25, 2012
The Federal Crop Insurance Program began nearly 75 years ago. Now a public/private partnership, agents write more than 1 million crop insurance policies. As Congress looks at a 2012 farm bill, learn what agents need to know about this “growing” industry.
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By Staff Writers |
April 13, 2012
ACE's Evan Greenberg on government regulation, the Fed's Ben Bernanke on AIG and the "shadow-banking" system, Willis' Joseph Plumeri with advice for risk managers, and more.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 19, 2012
Insurance companies and agents joined together Thursday in asking Congress “to do no harm” to the existing crop-insurance-subsidy program, citing concerns with Obama-administration proposals that call for further cuts.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 1, 2012
Both crop insurers and agents are questioning President Obama’s 2013 budget proposals to make cuts to subsidies provided to the industry.
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By Ted Besesparis |
February 27, 2012
When Congress is clear, bureaucrats shouldn’t second-guess it
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 2, 2012
Leaders in personal lines discuss challenges and opportunities in the market in 2012.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 30, 2012
National Crop Insurance Services says indemnity payments surpassed $9 billion for the first time in history in 2011, and Moody’s Investors Service says this development could put smaller, geographically concentrated insurers at risk.
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By Randy Heffernan |
January 19, 2012
In the world of reinsurance, accurately determining risk is critical. Reinsurance policies are typically taken out on the largest of risks, those that are too big for an individual insurance company to handle alone. Risk embodies the very nature of the business, and actuaries who work in reinsurance must therefore...
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By Reuters |
December 1, 2011
U.S. corn and soybean growers will pay lower rates from crop insurance in 2012 -- down by an average 7 percent for corn and 9 percent for soybeans, the federal overseer said.
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By Laura Mazzuca Toops, AA&B editor |
December 1, 2011
With a host of state and federal legislative issues up for grabs (NFIP, NARAB II, health care reform and more), insurance trade associations are busier than ever representing the needs of their members to legislators. Find out about what the industry’s top associations have in store for 2012 and beyond.
