Federal Law Does Not Bar Windstorm Underwriting Association From Imposing Deadlines, 5th Cir. Affirms

NEW ORLEANS — Federal law does not bar the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association from imposing a deadline for its members to revise their Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) data for the purpose of calculation of MPCI premiums, a federal appeals court has affirmed.

In a Dec. 15 opinion, the 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals explained that the Federal Crop Insurance Corp. (FCIC), which regulates crop insurance, did not intend to preempt all state-based regulation of companies that sell federally reinsured crop insurance. As such, the FCIC does not bar MWUA from imposing and enforcing its true-up deadline, the appellate …