Fewer Hail Claims Reported So Far

Manitoba farmers have filed about 220 hail insurance claims so far this season, according to the July 3 report from the Canadian Crop Hail Association, an insurers’ group. That’s not much more than half last year’s level of almost 400 claims in 2008, considered to be an “about average” year. No severe hail-storms have been

Province’s hail claims above average

Manitoba farmers filed over 3,500 insurance claims for hail damage during the 2008 growing season, which according to the Canadian Crop Hail Association is above the province’s five-year average. Manitobans can expect about $16 million in paid-out claims for the $46 million they paid in premiums, making their average payout per claim “much lower” than