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Mission Statement: Working to improve crop insurance through unity and leadership.
Purposes: CIRB's purposes are to:
- act as a liaison between member companies and regulatory agencies,
- educate Congress on all aspects of crop insurance,
- work with Congress in the passage of legislation that strengthens the crop insurance program,
- protect private hail insurance from federal regulations that weaken or destabilize it,
- promote crop insurance to the general public,
- provide educational support to members, to develop educational products for members and the general public,
- work cooperatively with other trade groups and associations,
- and other purposes as determined by the Executive Committee.
Membership: Open to all direct writers of crop insurance, reinsurance companies, reinsurance brokerages, foreign companies, agricultural groups and associations and other groups and individuals with an interest in crop insurance.
Full Membership: Restricted to direct writers, reinsurance companies and reinsurance brokerage groups. Dues are established annually and based upon direct written premium for insurance companies and a flat rate for reinsurance operations.
Associate Membership: Open to all others with an interest in crop insurance. Dues are a flat rate.
Year Founded: 1964
Location: CIRB is centrally located in Overland Park, KS, a southwestern suburb of Kansas City, MO. CIRB's federal affairs functions are located in Washington, DC.
Address:
Crop Insurance Research Bureau, Inc.
10800 Farley Street - Suite 330
Overland Park, KS 66210
Phone: (913) 338-0470
Fax: (913) 339-9336
E-Mail: paulh@cropinsurance.org
denicec@cropinsurance.org
Staff: CIRB has an extremely well qualified staff headed by its president, Paul L. Horel, with over twenty years of crop insurance trade association experience. Mr. Horel has represented CIRB before Congress and has spoken at both national and international conferences on crop insurance.
CIRB's Operations Manager, Denice Cajigas, has extensive experience working for not-for-profit trade groups, meeting planning and office management.
CIRB retains the services of Mike Torrey to handle the association's federal affairs work. Mr. Torrey has extensive experience in both USDA and on the Hill. His legislative experience includes being on the staff of former U.S. Senator Bob Dole. Most recently he was a member of the Bush administration as deputy assistant secretary for congressional relations at USDA.
Additionally, CIRB retains W. Kurt Henke, one of the industry's most qualified legal experts. Mr. Henke's experience with regulatory and legal matters specific to crop insurance is unequaled in the business.
Structure: CIRB is governed by a Board of Directors representing each full member company and the Executive Committee that directs and works with the president. Additionally several standing committees exist to provide a forum for discussion and recommendations on education, research, public relations, compliance, policy, procedure, federal affairs, and reinsurance.
Annual Meeting: CIRB holds an annual meeting for membership and others in January or February. The purpose of the meeting is to provide speakers and presentations of national repute on subjects of interest to membership.
Congressional Staff Briefing: Several years ago CIRB initiated Congressional briefings for staff members of both House and Senate Agriculture Committees to educate them about crop insurance as well as communicate current issues. Due to the success of these briefings, they are now conducted every two years following the bi-annual election cycle.
To show its commitment in augmenting membership, the CIRB Executive Committee has approved a reduction of fifty-percent in first year dues for full membership to those companies and organizations who have not previously been a member of CIRB. read more...
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