Federal Law Does Not Bar Windstorm Underwriting Association From Imposing Deadlines, Miss. Judge Rules

JACKSON, Miss. — Federal law does not bar the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association from imposing a deadline for its members to revise their Multiple Peril Crop Insurance data for the purpose of calculation of MPCI premiums, a federal judge has ruled.

On April 30, Judge Carlton W. Reeves of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi explained that the MWUA’s imposition of the deadline does not constitute the unlawful collection of MPCI premiums.

Greenwich Insurance Co. sells MPCI in Mississippi. The MWUA aggregates funds from its property insurer members, including Greenwich, and buys reinsurance. When its …