Farm & Ranch Underwriting Guidleines

ELIGIBLE
The Farm & Ranch program is intended for risks actively involved in:
  • Owner occupied farms/ranches, with a primary residence.
  • Absentee owned, under management, working farms/ranches.
  • Growing and marketing field crops, fruits, nuts, vegetables or wholesale nursery stock growers.
  • Raising or keeping of livestock and animals.
  • Milking Dairy's only, no processing or creamery operations.
  • Packing, sorting, grading, boxing operations. (apples, onions, potatoes, etc.)
  • Will consider "gentleman farms" that are operating, or have a caretaker, and are not unprotected homeowners risks in the country. Quality property meeting our guidelines is necessary as well.
  • Preference is for the total account, monoline property may qualify.
  • Horse operations with boarding, training, breeding, pleasure, may be eligible under the new equine program.
INELIGIBLE
  • Principally engaged in commercial operations other than farming or ranching.
  • Dude ranches and all resorts, including religious retreats, weight loss resorts and camps.
  • Fishing or hunting guides, perserves, outfitting services with or without ownership or lease of land.
  • Public riding academies, riding arenas, riding trails, pony rides, arena's for rent.
  • Commercial feedlots, stockyards, or sale barns.
  • Vacant farms or ranches.
  • Retail nursery operations.
  • Commercial grain elevators, feed dealers, hay dealers, fertilizer/seed/herbicide dealers.
  • Poultry hatcheries, eggs for incubating, commercial poultry operations, poultry floaters
  • Custom farming, unless incidental, no application of sprays.
  • Farm labor contractors, Farm Management entities.
  • "Hobby Farms", with no farm exposure.
  • Principal dwelling is older than 1980 and is of mobile/modular construction.
  • Grazing associations
  • Exotic/specialty animals/crops (ie. Emu, ostrich, buffalo, llama, fish, turf, flowers, worms, pheasants, etc.) are referral only.
  • Horses rented for riding, pony rides, petting zoo, and operations for jumping and fox chasing.
  • Insurance on growing crops.
  • Non-profits. (Vacant land, non-profits actively farming) Discussion warranted.
  • Bankruptcies, any chapter filing, new business only.

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