Featured News
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QBE North America Promotes Jordan Atkinson to President of NAU Country Insurance Company
QBE North America today announced that Jordan Atkinson has been named President of NAU Country, effective August 18. NAU Country Insurance Company is QBE North America’s $4 billion Crop insurance business, specializing in multiple-peril crop insurance (MPCI). July 18, 2025 -
FSA/USDA Announces Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP)
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced that agricultural producers who suffered eligible crop losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can now apply for $16 billion in assistance through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP). July 10, 2025 -
Stay Ahead of the Storm: Get Hail Alerts for You and Your Farmers
As an NAU Country Agent, you have access to powerful tools like Hail Probability Alerts and EASYview Weather. Did you know your farmers can get alerts too? Help your farmers stay informed by encouraging them to sign up for Insured Hail Notifications - a service that sends alerts when hail or high winds may have impacted their fields. May 14, 2025
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NAU Country’s Agency Appreciation Week
Join NAU Country on Monday, August 15, 2022, through Thursday, August 18, 2022, for our Agency Appreciation Week! This week is about celebrating the tremendous relationship NAU Country and our agencies have worked to establish since the 1980s. To say thank you, we have planned an array of social media events and activities with some AWESOME prizes to show our appreciation. August 08, 2022 -
Streamlined Delivery of Emergency Relief Programs Is Win-Win for USDA and Agricultural Producers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has processed more than 255,000 applications for the new Emergency Relief Program (ERP). USDA has made approximately $6.1 billion, to date, in payments to commodity and specialty crop producers to help offset eligible losses from qualifying 2020 and 2021 natural disasters. By breaking-down agency barriers, using existing data across USDA and pre-filled applications, USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) in cooperation with the Risk Management Agency (RMA) has been able to expediently provide economic relief and save producers and staff over a million hours of time. August 08, 2022 -
Deadline Extended and More Pre-Filled Forms For 2020 and 2021 Disasters on the Way
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that it will indefinitely extend the deadline for producers to return the pre-filled applications for Phase One of the Emergency Relief Program (ERP). A new deadline will be announced after the last Phase One applications are mailed and provide at least 30 days following the mailing. August 05, 2022 -
USDA Makes It Easier for American Farmers to Grow Food, Ease Burdens for American Families
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reducing the economic risk of raising two crops on the same land in one year by expanding double crop insurance opportunities in nearly 1,500 counties where double cropping is viable. This action is part of a broader set of commitments made earlier this year by President Biden and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to increase domestic food production amid potential global food shortages related to the invasion of Ukraine. August 05, 2022 -
Top 6 Emergency Relief Program Checklist Items for Eligible Farmers
Have questions about the Emergency Relief Program (ERP)? Review the USDA/FSA's top six ERP checklist items for eligible farmers. June 19, 2022 -
Reminder: 2023 COI, DRP, and Livestock (LGM, LRP) rollover to 2023 EASYwriter Pro®
As a reminder, beginning with the sales closing date of Friday, July 1, 2022, processing for 2023 Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) and Livestock (LGM, LRP) will take place in NAU Country's 2023 EASYwriter Pro® (EWP) system. EASYquote® will also be available for 2023 DRP. June 08, 2022 -
Recognizing excellent customer service
Providing obsessive customer service to our NAU Country Agents and Farmers is our top priority. It is important for us to know when an NAU Country employee has gone above and beyond, so we can acknowledge them and continue to excel. June 08, 2022 -
Flexibilities to Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Released by USDA
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will allow Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) participants who are in the final year of their CRP contract to request voluntary termination of their CRP contract following the end of the primary nesting season for fiscal year 2022. June 06, 2022 -
Technological Advances Are a Boon for Farmers, So Long As They Have The Right Insurance Partner
NAU Country’s deep knowledge of the agricultural sector, combined with its savvy approach to technology, make it a stalwart risk management partner for the American farmer. June 01, 2022 -
New Emergency Relief Program (ERP) released by USDA
The U.S Department of Agriculture announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020 and 2021 will soon begin receiving emergency relief payments totaling approximately $6 billion through the Farm Service Agency’s new Emergency Relief Program to offset crop yield and value losses. May 18, 2022