A Bermuda-based insurance holding company acquired Heartland Crop Insurance, a Topeka, Kan.-based managing general agent, as its builds its business into “shorter tail specialty lines.”

A worldwide insurer with its U.S. operations based in New York announced its acquisition of a U.S. insurance operation to further diversify its business.

The Obama Administration’s plan for handling crop insurance commissions marks a sea change that one property-casualty insurance trade group does not like.

QBE the Americas completed its acquisition of NAU Country Insurance Co., a writer of crop insurance business based in Ramsey, Minn.

Three national insurance agents’ groups are voicing their opposition to proposed agent commission soft caps and profit-sharing proposals as part of the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP).