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Actuarial Methodology
For those reports not available electronically below, single copies are available to domestic addresses on a limited basis. To obtain a copy, please email teresa.ballard@rma.usda.gov. Include your name, address, and title of the study in your email.

• A Comprehensive Review of the RMA APH and COMBO Rating Methodology: Draft Final Report. Oct 2009. Comments related to this report can be directed to actuarial@rma.usda.gov through Jan 19, 2010.
• Actuarial Documentation of Multiple Peril Crop Insurance Ratemaking Procedures. Milliman & Robertson, Inc./Distributed with permission. Aug 2000.
• An Independent Actuarial Review of Credibility Theory in Rate Determination. Milliman & Robertson, Inc./Distributed with permission. Apr 2002.
• An Independent Actuarial Review of Quality Adjustment. Jun 2002.
• Hail and Fire Exclusion Analysis Final Research Report. 2006 National Crop Insurance Services. Nov 2006.


• Implied Rate Relativities for Smaller Crops. Oct 2006.
• Implied Rate Relativities for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat. Dec 2002.
• Implied Rate Relativities for Barley, Canola, Cotton, Grain Sorghum, Rice and Sunflowers. Nov 2004.
• RMA Revenue Rating: An Analysis of the Combo Rating Method. Jul 2009.
• Reference Yield Update Methodology Study. ©2006 Signal Solutions. Sep 2006.
• Review of County Yield Trending Procedures and Related Topics. Feb 2008.
• Variable Unit Discount Study. May 2004.

Price Election Methodology

• Durum Wheat Methodology. Nov 2009.
• Grain Sorghum Pricing Methodology. Nov 2009.

2011 Standard Reinsurance Agreement

• Historical Rate of Return Analysis. Milliman, Inc. Aug 2009.
• Table 8. Updated Oct 2009, posted Dec 2009.
• Rate of Return Update - 2008: Reasonable Rate of Return. Milliman, Inc. Jun 2009.

See also Other USDA Risk Reports

Crop Insurance

• 2000 Revenue Crop Insurance Plans. Dec 1999.

Education/Training

• Train-the-Trainer Handbook. 1997.

Perennial Crops

• Perennial Crops, Pecans and the Federal Crop Insurance Program. Jul 2009.

Program Integrity/Compliance

• Risk Management Agency Program Compliance and Integrity Annual Report to Congress: January-December 2004. Dec 2007.
• Risk Management Agency Program Compliance and Integrity Annual Report to Congress: January-December 2003. Jan 2006.
• Risk Management Agency: Preventing Fraud. Protecting Farms. Program Compliance and Integrity Annual Report to Congress: January-December 2002. Nov 2004.
• Risk Management Agency Program Compliance and Integrity Annual Report to Congress: June 2000-December 2001. Sep 2002.
• 4-RM FSA RMA Handbook: FCIC Program Integrity. Aug 2008.

Risk Management

• Building a Risk Management Plan: Risk Reducing Ideas That Work | PDF version.
  Aug 1998. MP-36.
• Introduction to Risk Management | PDF version. Dec 1997. MP-35.
• Introducción al Manejo de Riesgos (Introduction to Risk Management). Jun 1999.
• Risk Management and the Crop Insurance Program. Apr 2004.

Specialty Crops

• Report on Specialty Crop Insurance. May 2004.
• 2002 Report to Congress: New and Specialty Crops. Dec 2002.
• 2001 Report to Congress: New and Specialty Crops. Mar 2002. Executive Summary.
• 1999 Report to Congress: New and Specialty Crops. Jan 2000. Executive Summary. Tables | Charts.

• Crop Insurance for Nurseries.
• Crop Insurance Options for Vegetable Growers.
• Crop Insurance Works for Organic Producers.
• Getting Acreage Reporting Right.
• Good Farming Practices Protect Your Investment in Crop Insurance.
• How to File a Crop Insurance Claim.
• Risk Management Checklist.
• Risk Management Glossary.
• Strengths, Weaknesses, Oppportunities, and Threats Analysis.
• What to Expect from Your Crop Insurance Agent.

For more information, contact Shirley Pugh.