Starr Indemnity & Liability Company, a unit of Starr International, is entering the crop-insurance market.

The company announced Wednesday that it has received approval from the Risk Management Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture to participate as an approved insurance provider in the federal multi-peril crop-insurance program for 2013.

Starr is one of two new insurers to enter the market recently. The other is XL, based in Dublin.

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