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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amended the HIP-WI Endorsement for the 2025 and succeeding crop years in all counties with an April 30, 2024, contract change date, or later, with the following changes:
As of April 23, 2024 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
As of April 04, 2024 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
Since the fall of 2023, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) received helpful feedback on Hurricane Insurance Protection - Wind Index (HIP-WI) Tropical Storm Option (TS). The most common request was for more information about how the policy works. In response, to facilitate increased understanding of HIP-WI and TS, RMA created additional tools for farmers, agents, and Approved Insurance Providers.
Updated tools, including a video and podcast, are available on the RMA website at the links below. Please share these links with your agents and customers.
Adjacent counties for the Hurricane Insurance Program - Wind Index (HIP-WI) are determined in accordance with the definition contained within the HIP-WI Endorsement.
Adjacent county - Counties identified in the US Census County Adjacency File located at www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/county_adj acency.txt or successor location, unless modified in the actuarial documents.
In accordance with Section 8(e) of the HIP-WI Endorsement and the Hurricane Data Provisions, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) reviewed the NOAA CPC dataset and preformed a re-analysis of the 2023 cyclones up to September 2, 2023. The approved counties will have an updated payment flag and triggering event date available by close of business today in the following formats:
As of October 02, 2023 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
In accordance Section 8 of the HIP-WI Endorsement and the Hurricane Data Provisions, approved counties will have an updated payment flag and triggering event date available by close of business today in the following formats:
When provided in the actuarial documents, the HIP-WI Endorsement is available for both Catastrophic (CAT) and additional coverage for Common Crop Insurance Policy Basic Provisions policies.
The following changes are applicable for the 2024 and succeeding crop years:
On May 15, 2023, the International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) updated the dataset for the 2022 hurricane season. In accordance with Section 9(d) of the HIP-WI Endorsement and the Hurricane Data Provisions, approved counties will have an updated payment flag and triggering event date available by close of business today in the following formats:
