VANE Agricultural Insurance Solutions, a leading provider of custom agricultural insurance, has appointed Clayton Becker as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for overseeing the company’s day-to-day operations, driving business development, and accelerating sales growth while ensuring operational excellence. Becker brings a wealth of experience in agriculture, with over two decades at Syngenta, and most recently, as President of Farmers National, a …
ZimmCast 742 – Cattle and Crop Insurance
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. In this episode I’m going to share some interviews with last week’s CattleCon 2025 and CIRB Annual Mtg. I was in San Antonio while Cindy was in Bonita Springs, FL. This is definitely the busy time! So, let’s get started with CattleCon. I talked with Colin Woodall, CEO, NCBA who says they were going …
Meet the Tenth CIRB Emerging Leaders Program Class
There are 19 members in the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau’s (CIRB) 2024-2025 class of the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), which is designed to build the next generation of crop insurance and reinsurance leaders. Now in the tenth year, the program offers extensive educational programming, valuable networking opportunities, and active engagement in Washington, D.C., to provide each class with a …
CIRB Protecting the Crop Insurance Industry
With a new Congress and a new administration, there are lots of new people who need to be educated about the importance of crop insurance and CIRB has its work cut out for it this year. “Obviously we are hoping to get a farm bill again this year,” said Tara Smith, Deputy Executive Vice President of the Crop Insurance and …
Critical Time for Crop Insurance at CIRB Annual Meeting
Members of the Crop Insurance Reinsurance Bureau (CIRB) are holding their annual meeting this week in Florida at a critical time for the industry. “This meeting is very important just with the current political landscape, the change changing of the guards, if you will for multiple agencies across the the government with the Risk Management Agency being one of them,” …
CIRB Announces Tenth Class of Emerging Leaders
The Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau (CIRB) has named 19 industry professionals to its 2024-2025 Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) class. The 2024-2025 CIRB Emerging Leaders Program class includes: Anthony Kubik, American Farm Bureau Insurance Services Sara Hamm, American Farm Bureau Insurance Services Tanner Schroder, AgriSompo North America Shay Foster, AgriSompo North America Craig Fenster, Aon Carissa Lozier, COUNTRY Financial Luke …
CIRB Celebrates 60 Years Serving Farmers
At it’s annual meeting this week in Scottsdale, Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau (CIRB) is celebrating 60 years of serving farmers with safety net products to help them keep feeding the world. The numbers show that crop insurance is more important than ever for farmers. “A four billion dollar industry 15 or 20 years ago is now an 18 billion …
Crop Insurance Emerging Leaders Heading to the Hill
The 8th Annual CIRB Emerging Leaders Program Class will be heading to Capitol Hill next week for their Spring Fly-In and Policy Conference to talk with policy makers about the importance of crop insurance as a risk management tool for farmers. This year’s class is the largest yet with 17 participants from 10 different companies. At CIRB’s 59th annual meeting, …
CIRB Watching Farm Bill Discussions
Farm bill is on the mind of those attending the 59th annual Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau (CIRB) annual meeting this week in Florida. Friday’s agenda included a Farm Bill Panel moderated by CIRB Deputy Executive Director Tara Smith with two veteran farm policy experts – Joe Shultz, Executive Director of the Platform for Agriculture and Climate Transformation (PACT); and …
Welcome to the 2023 CIRB Annual Meeting
The Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau (CIRB) 2023 Annual Meeting officially kicked off in Bonita Springs, Florida today with a welcome from chairman Brian Young, Crop Risk Services. “Of course this annual meeting program is set against the back drop of another year of unique challenges to our industry and America’s farmers and ranchers,” said Young. “It’s been a year …