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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved implementation of the Crop and Livestock Income Protection (CLIP) crop insurance program, under section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act, on November 21, 2024.
Per section II (a)(9), the Livestock Price Reinsurance Agreement requires a periodic review of approved insurance providers (AIPs) operations to confirm program compliance and the integrity of the Federal crop insurance program. On August 17, 2017, the United States Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency (RMA) issued COM-17-004 establishing an AIP Performance Review (APR) of each AIP associated with the Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA) approximately once every three years.
The Department of Agriculture (USDA), Risk Management Agency (RMA) has become aware of arrangements between Insurance Agencies that service Federal Crop Insurance Policies and third-party financial institutions that offer exclusive premium funding agreements to policyholders. This memo is to remind Federal Crop Insurance Program participants that rebating and inducements to purchase crop insurance are strictly prohibited by the Federal Crop Insurance Act (Act), the Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA), and the Livestock Price Reinsur
The 2026 Appendix III to the Standard Reinsurance Agreement and the Livestock Price Reinsurance Agreement (Appendix III) has been updated with approved modifications. Appendix III will be available tomorrow electronically via the Risk Management Agency (RMA) website at www.rma.usda.gov/Policy-and-Procedure/Appendix-III-M13-Handbook-Index under the Appendix III/M-13 directory.
Modifications in the 2026 Appendix III include the following crop insurance program changes:
