Iowa 2016 Projected Prices: Corn – $3.86 Volatility Factor – .17 Soybean – $8.85 Volatility Factor – .12 The 2016 CY projected prices are approved for the following plans of insurance: Yield Protection, Area Yield Protection, Revenue Protection, Area Revenue Protection, Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion and Area Revenue Protection – Harvest Price Exclusion. The… Read More »
As the 2016 crop insurance year approaches, it is important that crop growers know the various deadlines which must be met to qualify their acreage and crops throughout the year. We will update this list when required. Here are the 2016 Rain & Hail MPCI/Crop Insurance deadlines for Mahaska and surrounding counties. The schedule will apply… Read More »
Author: Bob Walton | February 18, 2016 | Ryan Walton is the new Assistant Manager of Walton Insurance Agency, effective today. Ryan “has paid his dues learning the agency business and he can now apply those skills in his new position. It’s time.” So says the current Agency President, Bob Walton. Ryan graduated from Oskaloosa… Read More »
Author: Lyle Adriano, with our editorial comments enclosed within [brackets] This post is a work in progress and is updated as the story unfolds. In response to some lively conversation about the OMB, new paragraph 4 was added. | February 22, 2016 | President Obama wants a 10-year $18 billion cut to the federal crop insurance program as part of his budget… Read More »
PROPRIETORS, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY MEMBERS, LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERS, AND PARTNERS. A proprietor, limited liability company member, limited liability partner, or partner who is actively engaged in the proprietor’s, limited liability company member’s, limited liability partner’s, or partner’s business on a substantially full-time basis may elect to be covered by the workers’ compensation law of this… Read More »
Author: Bob Walton | February 10, 2016 | Updated March 15, 2016 To: All Agency Clients Re: Dean Strawn’s Long Illness For those of you who are not aware, Dean Strawn had arterial surgery December 2, 2015 at Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa. Actually, three surgeries to repair blocked leg/groin arteries were performed early on and… Read More »
Author: Caitlin Bronson | Jan 14, 2016 | Self-driving cars have been hailed as the future of transportation – one that would involve the revolution and perhaps the death of the auto insurance product – but continued technical problems may cause some to reconsider. This week, Google shared that drivers have had to intervene… Read More »
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 | © Copyright 2015 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP | Posted January 12, 2016 | According to the US Department of Labor, “most workers are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s broad definitions.” The debate over classification of workers as employees versus independent contractors has yet another chapter. Last month,… Read More »
Author: Bill Wilson, for Virtual University | Posted: January 11, 2016 | Although most auto collision damage waiver (CDW) or loss damage waiver (LDW) fees are considered outrageous, the insured is best advised to purchase the CDW/LDW for short-term rentals. This is not only in the best interest of the insured, but also the agent… Read More »
Authors: Ross Larsen, Jan-Henrik Förster and Katherine Chiglinsky | December 21, 2015 | Zurich Insurance Group AG agreed to buy a Wells Fargo & Co. crop-insurance business for as much as $1.05 billion as the Swiss company puts to work excess cash left over from a separate takeover bid that it abandoned this year. The… Read More »