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Disability
Long-Term Care
Renters/Tenants Retirement Plans/IRA's
Workers Compensation Annuities
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Life

 

Farmers Package Insurance

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We will help you protect your most valuable asset...your farm! The farmowners policy is designed for farmers who own acreage and engage in some degree of farming or own livestock. This is a package policy offering property coverage for your farmhouse and its contents, barns, storage buildings, other outbuildings and their contents, machinery and equipment, stored crops, plus personal liability protection. Help us design the right coverage for your needs at the right price!

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Renters/Tenants Insurance

If you are farming on a rented property, we can provide property protection for your owned equipment and livestock plus personal liability protection. Just because you do not own the farm doesn't mean you have less to lose or a lower probability of loss. Protect yourself and your property properly with the right farm tenant insurance protection.

Request a Farm Renters quote


Workers Compensation Insurance

State law requires Workers Compensation (WC) coverage for all of your employees. Whether part-time or full-time, employees are covered on the job for work-related injuries and lost time from work. WC rates are affected by:

  • job classification
  • total payroll for each job class
  • experience
Request a Farm Workers Comp. quote


Commercial Auto Insurance

Most farmers use pickup trucks in their daily operation. Sometimes, those pickups can be covered under a personal auto policy. However, if the farmer owns larger vehicles or specialized trucks (cattle trucks, grain haulers, etc.), we can insure those vehicles on a farm commercial auto policy. Commercial auto rates, in part, are affected by:

  • the size of the vehicle
  • the operating radius
  • the driver and his record
Request a Farm Commerical Auto quote


Life Insurance

Life insurance provides financial protection for you and your family. It is used to cover debt obligations (mortgages, home equity loans, car loans, credit card debts, etc.) and provide cash flow in the case of an unexpected and premature death of one or more of the family breadwinners. Life insurance comes in several forms and can also be used for estate planning purposes. Forms of life insurance include term, universal, variable universal, and permanent.

Term:
  • lower initial cost
  • protection for a specific time period
  • covers a specific need
  • option to include income stream
  • option to convert to permanent life insurance
Universal:
  • flexible premiums
  • flexible coverage amounts
  • flexible term
  • guaranteed interest rates in a tax-deferred vehicle
  • opportunity to accumulate cash value
  • access to cash value
Variable Universal:
  • same benefits as universal
  • investment subaccounts (mutual funds) to accumulate cash value
Permanent:
  • policy guarantees
  • protection for your entire life
  • access to cash values
  • higher initial premium
  • tax-deferred vehicle with guaranteed interest rate
Request a life insurance quote

Health Insurance

Health insurance provides financial protection against a catastrophic medical expense. You can tailor a program of comprehensive major medical coverage to include networks (PPO's) or traditional (any provider) plans. You select your deductible, coinsurance, and options for yourself and family including maternity, prescription drug card, dental, accidental medical expense, and a Health Savings Account (HSA) for the self-employed. Group plans are available for two or more employees.

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Disability Insurance

Disability insurance replaces lost wages due to a long-term health condition that prevents you from working and earning wages. Provide for your family with the disability insurance needed to continue paying your everyday living expenses. Select your level of income, deductible period, term of benefits and options.

Request a disability insurance quote

Long-Term Care Insurance

Long-Term care insurance can encompass nursing home and home health care protection. With the cost of nursing home care exceeding $75,000 annually, life-long savings can be depleted in short order. Nursing home and home health care insurance can supplement one's income to pay the full costs associated with a nursing home or home care stay. You can tailor a package of care to provide for a nursing care and/or home health care protection. Choose from many options including daily benefits ($50 - $500), length of coverage (1,2,3,4,5,6 years, or lifetime), elimination/deductible period (0,7,20,30,50,60,90,100,180 or 365 days), inflation protection (none, 5% simple or 5% compound increase), and home health care benefits.

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Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA's)

Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA's) are available to any employed or self-employed person who receives earned income or compensation. Contributions to an IRA may reduce your taxable income and earnings may accumulate tax-deferred. The principal and interest of your IRA are not taxable income until they are withdrawn, usually upon retirement or mandated by the IRS after age 70 1/2. Early withdrawals (prior to age 59 1/2) may incur a 10% penalty.

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Annuities

Annuities are insurance company products. They are an investment vehicle used to provide an income stream at some future date. You may make a lump-sum contribution or periodic contributions over time to the annuity. You select the future date when the annuity's principal and interest are repaid to you. Annuities are popular investment vehicles for IRA's, allowing income to be paid in the future over several years, thus reducing the tax impact.

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