Members of the Crop Insurance Reinsurance Bureau (CIRB) are holding their annual meeting this week in Florida at a critical time for the industry.
“This meeting is very important just with the current political landscape, the change changing of the guards, if you will for multiple agencies across the the government with the Risk Management Agency being one of them,” said CIRB Chair Lindsey Rinkenberger with COUNTRY Financial. “Definitely important for us to continue to be sure that our voices are heard to protect and preserve the crop insurance program as it exists.”
Critical to the future of the crop insurance industry is CIRB’s Emerging Leaders Program, now in its tenth year, which has 19 participants this year. “We’ve graduated about 80 emerging leaders so far and in times like we’re in today, we need more boots on the ground,” said Rinkenberger. “And it’s just great to see so many people that are, you know, passionate about crop insurance and the way that the majority of us are.”
Listen to an interview with Lindsey here:
Interview with Lindsey Rinkenberger, CIRB Chair (3:31)