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Participants at the North Carolina A&T State University Small Farms Week Kickoff.

Tom Zacharias addressed the attendees at the
"Harvesting Farm Bill Perspectives" Farm Bill
Summit in March.

their companies as subject matter experts and
are tasked with discussing and moving recommendations through to the NCIS Program Development Committee, or sending them back to
the respective regional/state committee for more
information. The committees also discuss other
issues at these meetings, and most have monthly
or quarterly conference calls to stay on top of issues or changes as they arise.
Highlights from the standing committee
meetings include:
* The MPCI Underwriting and Operations
(U&O) Committee held a joint discussion
with RMA during part of their meeting to
discuss unit structures, draft APH regulation,
perennial crop issues, policy and procedure
updates for 2018, Regional Office Exceptions
Scorecard initiative, 508(h) products, Conservation Compliance, and other topics.
* The Crop-Hail Policy, Procedures and Loss
Adjustment (CHPPLA) Committee discussed
Crop-Hail provisions and loss adjustment, the
Crop Adjuster Proficiency Program (CAPP),
and watched the new NCIS program integrity
and professional conduct videos.
* The Technology and Information Processing (TIP) Committee discussed Crop-Hail
issues, including 2016 processing, 2016 data
review results, 2017 updates and 2018 pending changes. The group also met with RMA
to discuss actuarial updates, production data
transmission, new product processing issues,
ACRSI, draft Resource Land Unit data stan-

dards, Common Land Unit shapefile release
frequency, and several other items.
* Outreach activities to educate farmers and
other industries about crop insurance, including several risk management education
sessions in Alabama, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Delaware, and Maryland were discussed during the Communications & Outreach Committee meeting held in early May.
* The Crop-Hail Actuarial & Statistics (A&S)
Committee reviewed results of the 2018 Final
Average Loss Cost (FALC) filing analyses for
several states, as well as Production Plan factor methodology and Rain Insurance.

Training Conferences

potatoes, and adjuster licensing.
* 2018 Train the Trainer Fall Conference
More than 240 participants attended this
important national conference designed for
NCIS training contacts and company training personnel. Updated technical information and training materials needed to prepare
and conduct company fall training for the
2018 crop year were provided Guest speakers
Christy Seyfert, RCIS, and Stephen Frerichs,
Rain and Hail, gave an "Update from the Hill"
and Alex Offerdahl, Watts and Associates,
gave an update on Margin Protection.
* 2018 Train-the-Trainer Spring Conference
The NCIS Train-the-Trainer Spring Conference was held November 8-9 and focused
on new or updated policy and handbook
information. NCIS speakers presented information on Whole-Farm Revenue Protection
(WFRP), crop provisions, the Document and
Supplemental Standards Handbook, and Basic Provisions. RMA presented on Conservation Compliance and "Back to Basics-Perennials." Guest speakers included Jonathan
Coppess, Illinois Department of Agriculture
and Economics, and Kurt Henke, Henke
Bufkin Law Firm. Mr. Coppess presented a
farm bill update and Mr. Henke discussed
WFRP from a legal perspective. NCIS staff,
Frank Schnapp, Matt South, and Tom Zacharias, presented information pertaining to the
SRA, GAO report, and the historical performance of the program.

NCIS also held three training conferences for
member company trainers, underwriters, and supervisors to learn about new or changing policies
and procedure for the upcoming crop year.
* 2017 Claims Manger Conference
More than 155 claims and compliance managers, RMA participants and NCIS staff met
in mid-January for the annual Claims Manager Conference. The guest speakers included
Heather Manzano, RMA Compliance, who
addressed the improper payment rate, AIP
performance reviews, and the 2017 monitoring programs.  Chris Daly from Oregon
State University and Ryan Spellman from the
National Wildlife Federation, were also guest
speakers.  Chuck Lee, NCIS, Kurt Henke,
Henke-Bufkin Law Firm, and Brad Meyer,
Rain and Hail counsel, led a legal panel discussion focused on crop insurance disputes.  Crop Insurance Annual
Presentations by RMA and NCIS staff includ- Convention
ed Crop-Hail and MPCI Loss Handbooks,
The 2017 Crop Insurance Industry Annual
LAM updates, research results, precision ag, Convention was held in Bonita Springs, Florida,
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