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• Agents, Feds Clash Over Proposed Cap On Crop Insurance Commissions

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 16, 2010

  Independent agents and underwriters sparred with U.S. Agriculture Department representatives over agent commission caps put forth as part of the mandated cuts to the federal crop insurance program during a recent House subcommittee hearing.

• Agents, RMA Spar Over Cap On Crop Insurance Commissions

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 22, 2010

  Agents and underwriters sparred with Agriculture Department (USDA) representatives over agent commission caps put forth as part of the mandated cuts to the federal crop insurance program at a House subcommittee hearing.

• Insurer, Agents Groups Slam $6B Proposed Cuts In Crop Insurance Program

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com, Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 21, 2010

  Agent associations joined the National Crop Insurance Services in criticizing the Obama administration's decision to cut the federal crop insurance program by $6 billion over the next 10 years.

• Insurance Agents Angry Over U.S. Crop Program Changes

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 1, 2010

  Crop insurance carriers and independent agents say the U.S. Agriculture Department's latest proposed cuts in subsidies in the program as well as a "soft cap" on agents' commissions are both unwarranted and hurtful.

• Insurers Slam Crop Insurance Program Cuts

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 21, 2010

  Proposed cuts for the U.S. Agriculture Department's subsidy to the crop insurance program are excessive and will likely lead to more consolidation in a shrinking private crop insurance industry, an insurers' representative told the agency.