> Farm Bureau has an interesting tactic to increase their political
> clout. If you want to buy insurance from them -- have to, even, as
> rural insurance is hard to get -- you must enroll as a 'member.'
>
> I expect that the majority of Farm Bureau 'members' are nothing more
> than policy holders who had to become members to buy a policy, but
> it allows Farm Bureau to say "We respresent x million members who (of
> course) all think just like us..."
That's OK. They were the only company I could find in North Carolina
who would sell me product liability insurance for my market gardening
microfarm. And the price was right too. Good people to do business with.
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