crop insurance industry

• Crop Insurers, Agents Dismayed at New Proposed Cuts

  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.

• Expensive to Defraud the U.S.

  By Barry Zalma  |  January 1, 2011

  Barry Zalma discusses a case which involves an insurance agent assisting a farmer in insurance fraud.

• Direct Aid Program For Farmers Opposed By Crop Insurers

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 17, 2010

  Officials from the crop insurance industry are voicing opposition to a proposal by an Iowa State University professor that the current system be replaced with a direct subsidy program.

• Support a Crop Insurance Program That Works

  By Robert Parkerson  |  May 6, 2010

  The crop insurance industry is in the midst of a major transformation. Last December, the USDA and the Risk Management Agency (RMA) released the first draft of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA)

• Crop Insurers Challenge USDA Profitability Study

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 7, 2010

  Crop insurers are challenging a new study on their profitability commissioned by the U.S.D.A., saying it is misleading and should not be used to set the rate of return for crop insurers participating in the Federal Crop Insurance Program.

• PIA To Hold Legislative Conference

  By Staff Writer  |  March 10, 2010

  The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents said it will hold its annual Federal Legislative Summit March 17-18 in Washington, D.C.

• Insurers Slam Crop Insurance Program Cuts

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 21, 2010

  Proposed cuts for the U.S. Agriculture Department's subsidy to the crop insurance program are excessive and will likely lead to more consolidation in a shrinking private crop insurance industry, an insurers' representative told the agency.