Featured News
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NAU Country is Committed to Keeping You Covered During a Partial Government Shutdown
Due to the partial government shutdown, NAU Country wants to reassure you of our continued commitment to supporting our agents and policyholders. Many services within the agricultural sector are considered essential and will remain available to AIPs, agents, agencies, and policyholders. Learn how this may affect you and your policyholders. October 01, 2025 -
NAU Country is Prepared to Keep You Covered in the Event of a Government Shutdown
In an effort to demonstrate our dedication to agents and policyholders, NAU Country wants to reassure you that, in the event of a government shutdown, we will continue to fund losses and commissions with our own funding for the time being. This is made possible by the financial strength of our parent company, QBE. We remain committed to ensuring that our efforts and financial stability help keep the safety net active. September 25, 2025 -
USDA to Issue One-Time Mandated ADD PAY II Payment to Approved Insurance Providers
The USDA and Risk Management Agency (RMA) recently announced a one-time Congressionally mandated payment to Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) administering eligible crop insurance contracts for 2022 and 2024 reinsurance year specialty crops through the Additional Payment Program II (ADD PAY II). August 13, 2025
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USDA Announces Expansion and other Improvements to Hemp Crop Insurance
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it is expanding the pilot Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) plan for hemp. The expansion, as well as other improvements to the plan, will begin in the 2021 crop year. Read more. November 30, 2020 -
USDA Introduces Enhanced Coverage Option Crop Insurance Product
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) today announced that a new Federal Crop Insurance product, the Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO), will be available for 31 spring-planted crops for the 2021 crop year and is expected to be available for additional crops starting in the 2022 crop year. November 16, 2020 -
Explore the Agent Portal
Our new Agent Portal showcases a modern look and feel that is simplistic and easy-to-use. The new web-based system offers a robust engine, sleek user interface, and strategic business management tools that will help you daily. Find out more information on how to access! October 30, 2020 -
RMA Update: COVID-19 FSA Acreage Reporting Date changes
Given the current situation surrounding COVID-19, the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced additional information on the FSA Acreage Reporting Date as well as Manager's Bulletin MGR-20-015 that was issued on May 28, 2020. July 13, 2020 -
USDA improves crop insurance policies with new options
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced changes to several crop insurance policies improving options for producers, including introducing a new Quality Loss Option, a new unit structure assignment option for Enterprise Units (EU) and new procedures for Multi-County Enterprise Units (MCEU). July 13, 2020 -
NAU Country Connection Webinars
We have created a webinar training series titled “NAU Country Connection” focusing on how to best utilize NAU Country systems during the crop insurance cycle, being relevant to the appropriate time of year. This series has an emphasis around how to provide customer service excellence, while practicing social distancing. May 13, 2020 -
RMA Information on COVID-19 and Dumped Milk on Dairy Revenue Protection and Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy Policies
As we continue to face challenges due to COVID-19, the USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) has issued multiple bulletins and updates. Please see below for highlights of the most recent bulletins. April 13, 2020 -
COVID-19 and NAU Country Crop Insurance
When customer service and social distancing compete in a world dealing with COVID-19, NAU Country Insurance Company offers service and technology that can help! We know that there is nothing better than hands-on, face-to-face service with your farmer, but during the sensitive time that we are living in, we want to give you options. Thankfully, our systems are already equipped to handle these situations. Click on this news piece to view an outline on the functionality available to serve your farmer from a distance, a friendly reminder on all the processing features available during this time of year, and resources for support and training. April 08, 2020 -
RMA information regarding COVID-19
Because of challenges facing our nation due to COVID-19, RMA is extending multiple important dates. April 03, 2020 -
Hurricane Insurance Protection – Wind Index (HIP-WI) Endorsement is now available
The Hurricane Insurance Protection – Wind Index (HIP-WI) Endorsement covers a portion of the deductible of the underlying crop insurance policy when the county, or adjacent county, is within the area of sustained hurricane-force winds from a named hurricane that is published by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). March 10, 2020