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Nursery

OA-20-001

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has received several questions about the Wildfire Hurricane Indemnity Program (WHIP) and Wildfire Hurricane Indemnity Program+ (WHIP+) administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA). Specifically, RMA has been asked if the Occurrence Loss Option (OLO) available under the Nursery Value Select (NVS) pilot program can be used to meet linkage requirements under WHIP and WHIP+.

MGR-20-009

Background

Many state and local governments have issued “stay at home” orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which may preclude agents from meeting with policyholders or potential policyholders to obtain signatures associated with various reporting requirements, written agreements, and the purchase of new coverage or adjustments to current policy elections.

Actuarial 20-014

As of March 25, 2020 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 9/30, 11/30, 1/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2020 Special Provisions for the 1/31 Filing Date.
Users can find this information in the following directories:
  • 2020 Actuarial Data Master are in the References/Actuarial_Data_Master/2020 directory.
  • 2020 Special Provisions are in the Special_Provisions/2020 directory.

Additional notes and details regarding this data release:

Actuarial 20-011

As of February 28, 2020 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2019 Actuarial Data Master for the 8/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 6/30, 11/30, 1/31, 2/28 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2020 Special Provisions for the 11/30, 1/31, 2/28 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:

Actuarial 20-008

As of February 19, 2020 the following information is now available on the FTP site:

  • 2020 Actuarial Data Master for the 4/30, 11/30, 1/31 Filing Date, YTD, and Daily Files.
  • 2020 Special Provisions for the 1/31 Filing Date.

Users can find this information in the following directories:I am

PM-20-010

On November 15, 2019, Nursery Value Select (NVS) was approved for implementation by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Board of Directors. The Risk Management Agency (RMA) developed NVS to make nursery crop insurance more attractive and effective for producers nationwide, along with incorporating feedback from stakeholders on the current program’s shortcomings.