MGR-17-018: Arbitration Filing Process
Background
On October 4, 2012, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) issued MGR-12-003.1 regarding the Arbitration Filing Process for Section 20(a) of the Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions.
Since issuance of MGR-12-003.1, various new crop insurance programs have been implemented such as Whole Farm Revenue Protection, and Pasture, Rangeland, Forage. Questions have been raised regarding whether MGR-12-003.1 applies to these new insurance programs.
Actuarial Release 17-042
As of December 20, 2017 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
- 2018 Actuarial Data Master for the 10/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
Users can find this information in the following directories:
- 2018 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2018 directory
Additional notes and details regarding this data release:
MGR-17-017: 2018 Crop Year County Spring Crops Program Expansion
Background
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation has expanded the number of counties where certain crops are insurable for the 2018 crop year. The following attachment, 2018 Expansion of Existing Spring Crops Programs, lists the expansion by crop, state, and county for permanently-established (non-pilot) programs.
Action
Approved Insurance Providers should advise agents and in turn producers of the expanded county crop programs for the 2018 crop year to allow producers the opportunity to purchase crop insurance.
IS-12-006
The Risk Management Agency has identified situations where plant prices listed on sales receipts are substantially lower than plant prices listed in the policyholder’s nursery
catalog or price list. According to section 6(e)(1) of the Nursery Crop Insurance Provisions, the insurable price for each plant is the lower of the Plant Price Schedule
price or the lowest wholesale price in the policyholder’s nursery catalog or price list submitted in accordance with section 6(k).
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