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The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) amended the HIP-WI Endorsement for the 2026 and succeeding crop years in all counties with an April 30, 2025, contract change date, or later, with the following changes:
In accordance with Section 8(d) of the HIP-WI Endorsement and the Hurricane Data Provisions, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) reviewed the NOAA IBTrACS dataset for Helene 2024 and performed a re-analysis. By close of business today, the approved counties will have an updated payment flag and triggering event date available in the Actuarial Information Browser (AIB) and Actuarial Data Master (ADM) in the following formats:
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) developed HIP-WI in 2020 and TS in 2023. Since implementation, these programs have paid over $1.5 billion within a few weeks after each tropical cyclone. In 2024 alone, five hurricanes triggered $770 million in payments across nine states (Hurricanes Beryl, Debby, Francine, Helene, and Milton).
In accordance with Section 8(d) of the HIP-WI Endorsement and the Hurricane Data Provisions, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) reviewed the NOAA CPC dataset and performed a re-analysis of the 2024 tropical cyclones that occurred up through September 30, 2024. The approved counties will have an updated payment flag and triggering event date available by close of business today in the following formats:
In accordance with Section 8(d) 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 2024 cyclones up to August 31, 2024. 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 28, 2024 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
In accordance with 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:
As of October 11, 2024 the following information is now available on the FTP site:
Users can find this information in the following directories:
In accordance with 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:
Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. There are also continuing impacts from Hurricane Debby in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. If you were impacted by Debby, Helene or Milton and have Federal Crop Insurance, contact your crop insurance agent as soon as damage to your crop or livestock is suspected.
