SEN. MCCASKILL: OVERHAUL NEEDED TO CURB TAX DOLLAR WASTE IN CROP INSURANCE...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 13, 2007 ;     481 words ......with a vote of 32 - 63. "Crop insurance companies should not be padding...Accountability Office (GAO), crop insurance companies are earning profits that...essentially subsidizing crop insurance companies' enormous profits. If...

WASTE AND FRAUD IN THE CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM:STEVE ELLIS

Congressional Testimony;  May 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ......representatives of crop insurance companies and agents. To...is that a few insurance companies and agents - not...Expensive `` The crop insurance program has its...Post analysis, crop insurance companies made a record...

FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM:TOM HARKIN

Congressional Testimony;  April 21, 1999 ;     487 words ......to a fair, reliable crop insurance program is necessary...role in the federal crop insurance system: 1) the farmers, 2) the crop insurance companies, 3) the independent...Agency or the private insurance companies were given an opportunity...risk-sharing load ...

New Farm Bill Maintains Criticized Crop Insurance

NPR Weekend All Things Considered;  December 15, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Criticized Crop Insurance Host: ANDREA...the federal crop insurance program. Crop insurance companies earn billions...the GAO, crop insurance companies take 40 cents...the crop insurance industry...longtime crop insurance agent ...

Rating Crop Insurance Policies with Efficient Nonparametric Estimators...

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......when we allow insurance companies to strategically...recently fashioned crop insurance as the cornerstone...marketing of crop insurance policies, previously...include private insurance companies in an attempt...pricing of the crop insurance policies ...

CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM:RICHARD G. LUGAR

Congressional Testimony;  March 10, 1998 ;     700+ words ......producers, federal crop insurance is an important...covered by crop insurance. Of these...protection. The crop insurance delivery system...billion on crop insurance in 1998 even...payments to insurance companies, and only...the crop insurance ...

Fall crop insurance deadline nears.(Brief Article)

Top Producer;  September 7, 2005 ;     234 words ......federally subsidized crop insurance policies. Those disasters...reconsider just how much crop insurance they need. For most...existing policies. The crop insurance industry has already...last year, allowed crop insurance companies to quickly respond...possible. ...

Farmers demand safety net that works; Crop insurance, meant to help wean...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 26, 1999 ;     700+ words ......County. But his crop insurance isn't covering...expensive. Crop insurance doesn't work...even though crop insurance is subsidized...according to crop insurance executives...with private insurance companies to sell crop insurance and to ...

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT: A$100,000 study for crop insurance.

M2 Presswire;  March 23, 1999 ;     347 words ......A$100,000 study for crop insurance (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...establish a multi-risk crop insurance scheme for Australian...first time, Australian insurance companies are looking seriously...closely with leading insurance companies, and I'm very heartened...findings ...

Risky business.(Moneywise)(crop insurance industry)(Editorial)

Top Producer;  January 1, 2004 ;     385 words ...At a time when crop insurance coverage is growing rapidly, the number of agencies selling crop insurance is shrinking, notes Rodney Clark, general...well farmers are served, he argues. When crop insurance was privatized in 1983, local crop insurance agents had a host of ...

Credit linked crop insurance.

Economic Review;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......landed gentry is inhibiting private insurance companies to go in a big way for crop insurance. Nonetheless, the public sector National...insurance scheme, the five top other insurance companies-Adamjee Insurance, Eastern Federal...

WASTE AND FRAUD IN THE CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM:LISA SHAMES

Congressional Testimony;  May 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation...administering the crop insurance program, including...with private insurance companies that sell and...was paid to insurance companies for their participation in the crop insurance program. USDA...USDA and the ...

FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE:ROBERT A. ROBINSON

Congressional Testimony;  June 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation...administering the crop insurance program, including...with private insurance companies that sell and...was paid to insurance companies for their participation in the crop insurance program. USDA...USDA and the ...

Big Profits From Crop Insurance Criticized; Lawmakers Urge Major Changes...

The Washington Post;  May 4, 2007 ;     576 words ......poorly designed crop insurance program for farmers...D-Calif.) said the crop insurance system is "a textbook...established federal crop insurance during the Depression...Congress expanded crop insurance subsidies in 2000...investigators found that crop ...

Less Costly Crop Insurance

The Washington Post;  January 26, 1998 ;     440 words ......characterization of the crop insurance program is misleading...end in 2002. The crop-insurance program will be...to farmers and insurance companies under this program...making affordable crop insurance available to every...But like farming, crop insurance ...