Category: Specialty Insurance

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Business insurance claims denied to vendors at hugely popular farmer’s market

Julie Campbell
st jacob farmers market fire business insurance

Some of the sellers at the St. Jacob’s Farmers’ Market which was destroyed by a fire will not receive a payment. The start of September brought devastation to a farmer’s market so unique that every year, it brings in crowds from around the world, but business insurance couldn’t save some vendor from the losses that were incurred from a massive fire that destroyed the main building. Early on Labor Day morning, flame engulfed the sprawling two-story building, leaving only rubble behind. Now, several St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market vendors are being…

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Crop insurance products prepared for growers in the Philippines

H. Cutner
Crop climate change Insurance

The World Bank’s private sector funding arm is working on new protection for farmers. The private sector funding branch of the World Bank, The International Finance Corp. (IFC), is currently working with a number of its partners in order to create new crop insurance products that are meant to provide farmers in the Philippines with protection against the considerable losses that they incur from typhoon damages. It has been estimated that farmers in the country have lost $2.5 billion to damaging weather since 2009. The IFC reported this statistic, last…

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Insurance news made by Lance Armstrong in fraud lawsuit

Julie Campbell
Lance Armstrong insurance news lawsuit

The former Tour de France title holder is being ordered to answer doping questions by a Texas judge. A Texas judge is making insurance news as he has ordered Lance Armstrong to answer questions regarding his doping, particularly with respect to who knew about the behavior and when they became aware of it. These questions could possibly include the discovery of whether or not Armstrong’s ex-wife and attorneys knew. The insurance news making questions are being required as a part of an effort to obtain information in a lawsuit from…

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Oil insurance ruling for BP withdrawn by appeals court

Julie Campbell
insurance news Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 2010

The petroleum giant now faces a tremendous setback as the decision was not made in its favor. A federal appeals court has now reversed an oil insurance ruling that had previously been made in favor of BP in a multimillion dollar dispute, which has now provided the petroleum giant with a massive setback, at least temporarily. BP will now be forced to have to look elsewhere in its attempts to defray some of its tremendous disaster expenses. The energy giant is still trying to deal with the ongoing and astronomical…

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Crop insurance report criticizes federal incentives

H. Cutner
private Crop Insurance

An environmental group has released the data which has indicated FCIP’s structure is flawed. A report has just been released by the National Resources Defense Council, which has criticized the very structure of the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP), despite the fact that the payments that the program has been making are vital to the financial survival of farmers across the country. Last year’s drought brought about payments that reached record heights, breaking the $17.3 billion mark. The National Resources Defense Council report contained the results of a study. It…

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