PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BULLETIN: PM16-035




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Date

June 29, 2016

To:

All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties

From:

Thomas W. Worth, Acting Deputy Administrator /s/ Thomas W. Worth    6/29/2016

Subject:

2017 Appendix III - Standard Reinsurance Agreement and Livestock Price Reinsurance Agreement
Background

The 2017 Appendix III to the Standard Reinsurance Agreement and the Livestock Price Reinsurance Agreement (Appendix III) has been updated with approved modifications. Appendix III is available electronically via the Risk Management Agency (RMA) website at https://www.rma.usda.gov/tools/ under the Appendix III/M13 directory.

Modifications in the 2017 Appendix III include:

  • New P19B WFRP Farm Reports Sub Detail Record;
  • New Accounting Files:
    • 1-12 CAT Conservation Compliance Report CCC001, and
    • 1-13 CAT Conservation Compliance Report by Billing Date CCC002;
  • Appendix III narrative changes that included the following:
    • Reinsurance Year (RY) 2017 Common Land Unit (CLU) targeted reporting requirements percentages are 100 percent for insurance plans 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06; a 40 percent reporting requirement for all other insurance plans, and
    • Implementing the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Information Security Standards and Guidelines section.

Questions or comments regarding Appendix III content can be submitted using “comments” in the subject line to appendixiii.comments@rma.usda.gov.

DISPOSAL DATE:
December 31, 2017.

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