Mike Gaynier Awarded the Crop Insurance Industry Outstanding Service Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 2011 OVERLAND PARK, KAN… Mike Gaynier, Spartan Crop Insurance, Ithica, Mich., is the recipient of the 2011 Crop Insurance Industry Outstanding Service Award in recognition for outstanding service and outreach to small, limited resource, and socially disadvantaged farmers. Steve Harms, Chairman of the National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) Board of […]
Crop Insurance Deadline Nears
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2011 OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – January 24, 2011 – Farmers Encouraged to See Agent Soon With a February 28 crop insurance deadline looming for producers of most spring‐planted crops across the south, staying eligible for FSA’s crop disaster program (SURE) will be on the minds of most farmers. All insurable […]
Crop Insurance Industry Agrees USDA’s Good Performance Program Benefits Farmers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2011 OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – January 24, 2011 – The private insurance industry supports USDA’s decision to implement a good performance‐based program for famers. “The Good Performance Refund (GPR) program has its merits, and we were pleased to see the savings resulting from the renegotiation of the 2011 Standard Reinsurance […]
Bob Parkerson to retire as NCIS President on August 31 Tom Zacharias to be named President
NATIONAL CROP INSURANCE SERVICES 8900 Indian Creek Parkway, Suite 600 Overland Park, KS 66210 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2010 For more information contact Laurie Langstraat at (913) 685-2767 Bob Parkerson to retire as NCIS President on August 31 Tom Zacharias to be named President OVERLAND PARK, Kansas – August 24, 2010 – National Crop […]
STATEMENT OF ROBERT PARKERSON, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL CROP INSURANCE SERVICES, BEFORE THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON GENERAL FARM COMMODITIES AND RISK MANAGEMENT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2010 Mr. Chairman, Mr. Ranking Member and other Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for inviting the National Crop Insurance Services to appear at today’s hearing to discuss the Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA) and its implications for the future of the crop insurance industry. I will briefly describe the role […]
Crop Insurance Industry Testifies Before House Committee on Agriculture Hearing Comes on Heels of Crop Insurance Companies Signing SRA, Industry Remains Concerned About Preserving Farm Safety Net
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 22, 2010 OVERLAND PARK, KAN, July 22, 2010… Bob Parkerson, president of National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS), testified today on behalf of the crop insurance industry before the U.S. House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. “The federal crop insurance program is the largest part of the federal […]
Crop Insurance Industry to Testify Before House Committee on Agriculture, Press Availability for Bob Parkerson
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19, 2010 OVERLAND PARK, KAN…The crop insurance industry announced today that Bob Parkerson, president of National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) has been invited to testify before the House Committee on Agriculture Thursday about the state of the crop insurance industry, including implications of the recently signed Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA) and […]
Negotiations May be Complete, but Industry Remains Vexed By the Funding Reductions in Final SRA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2010 OVERLAND PARK, KAN… The crop insurance industry and the program will withstand the $6 billion reduction in funding handed to them by the USDA’s final Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA) contract released on June 29, 2010. Companies have until July 12th to sign the agreement. “Our hands are tied,” said Bob […]
Crop Insurance Companies Still Very Concerned with Components of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2010 Industry Hopeful that Continued Negotiations will Protect the Key Safety Net for America’s Farmers and Ranchers OVERLAND PARK, KAN…The crop insurance industry is surprised that even after repeated requests by Congress, producers and the Industry, the Administration still plans to cut the crop insurance program by $6 billion over […]
NCIS Statement Regarding Professor Bruce Babcock’s ACRE Plan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2010 Testimony of Professor Bruce Babcock released in advance of the House Committee on Agriculture hearing scheduled for May 14, 2010, on the 2012 Farm Bill, raised the idea of providing protection to farmers from systemic risk by using an area-based revenue plan. The plan would presumably cover all producers, […]
