A rural insurance specialist is warning farmers not to underestimate the dangers of quad bike use, as figures reveal 26 all-terrain vehicle (ATV)-related deaths since 2010. Matt McWhirter, Branch Manager for Farmers & Mercantile Insurance Brokers, is urging farmers to avoid “subconscious thinking” and to take extra care to ensure their safe use – or…
A flood insurance expert and Fishlake flooding victim are warning of the dangers of being underinsured and cautioned that thousands of businesses risk ‘losing everything’ if they are hit. Chris Jenkins, of Farmers & Mercantile Insurance Brokers (FMIB), and Pam Webb, whose spa business and home were destroyed in the recent Fishlake flooding, are urging…
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Farmers have been advised how they can protect themselves from vegan activism in the wake of Channel 4’s controversial programme ‘How to Steal Pigs’. The show has been criticised for glamorising intimidation and criminal activity while others feel the presenters are bringing serious societal and environmental concerns to the masses. Subsequently, UK farmers are being forced…
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With flytipping incidents rising to over one million incidents last year, FMIB’s Hannah Hubbard warns of the hidden financial and emotional cost of flytipping. Flytipping is a scourge on the farming community and private land-owners, such as farmers, are suffering in silence. New figures from Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) showed…
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Farmers risk losing thousands of pounds by underinsuring their livestock, warns an agricultural insurance expert in the wake of a spike in rural crime. Farmers & Mercantile Insurance Brokers (FMIB) fears many farmers may have gaps in their insurance and may be opting to cover the value of only a proportion of their livestock in…
Many people have become smallholders by accident – property owners with large gardens or adjacent land on which they’ve chosen to keep a few animals, grow crops or store agricultural equipment in outbuildings. In such cases, the distinction is often not made between domestic animals and livestock or between agricultural machinery and garden tools. What…