National Crop Insurance Services

What National Crop Insurance Services does

National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS), legally National Crop Insurance Services, Inc., is a U.S. non-profit service organization founded in 1989 and headquartered at 8900 Indian Creek Parkway, Suite 600, Overland Park, Kansas. Its membership comprises all approved insurance providers (AIPs) participating in the federal crop insurance program administered by USDA's Risk Management Agency, and following industry consolidation the membership stands at 14 AIPs. NCIS is the only organization representing every company writing crop insurance in the United States and the only entity fully supporting both the state-regulated (crop-hail) and federally-regulated (MPCI) lines.

The organization's core product surface is industry infrastructure rather than consumer-facing insurance. NCIS develops science-based crop loss adjustment procedures through industry-funded agronomic research at major U.S. agricultural universities; operates CAPP® (Computer Assisted Policy Processing) and IMAP platforms for policy processing and geospatial analysis; functions as the industry actuarial statistical agent by pooling member-company data into a unified industry-level statistical database; and delivers standardized training through Loss Adjustment Schools, Competency Exams, conferences, and an Education Hub, supported by a regional committee system of senior field and loss-adjuster staff. In 2025 these standards and procedures underwrote an industry handling 2.54 million policies, 561 million acres of farmland, $159.3 billion in crop liability, and $40.2 billion in livestock liability.

NCIS funds its operations through membership dues and active participation of member companies, in a non-profit subscription-style model. The go-to-market motion is sales-led at the industry level: NCIS represents the sector on policy development, actuarial analysis, training, and public relations, with member companies delivering crop insurance products downstream to U.S. farmers and ranchers. End-customers are overwhelmingly SMB agricultural producers, but NCIS does not contract with them directly; the contractual customer is the AIP membership.

Name

National Crop Insurance Services

Legal name

National Crop Insurance Services, Inc.

Website

https://ag-risk.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) is a U.S. non-profit service organization whose members are all 14 approved insurance providers in the federal crop insurance program. It develops loss-adjustment standards, operates CAPP® and IMAP platforms, pools industry actuarial data, and delivers standardized training to support crop and livestock insurance delivery.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Crop Insurance Industry Services

NAICS

Other Insurance Related Activities (52429), Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities (5242)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Insurance Agents, Brokers & Service (6411), Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance (6331)

akta.pro primary industry

Crop & Farm Property Insurance (FSAJACAK)

Keywords

• Crop insurance services
• Actuarial analysis
• Loss adjustment standards
• Agricultural risk management
• Insurance industry training

Headquarters

HQ city

Overland Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues and Services: NCIS is a non-profit service organization that operates through the financial support and active participation of member companies. The organization provides services to crop insurance industry members including actuarial support, analytical services, training, and industry infrastructure support.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) is a non-profit service organization that provides actuarial and analytical support, policy and procedural development, crop loss adjustment standards, and industry-wide training to approved insurance providers (AIPs) participating in the U.S. federal crop insurance program. The organization supports both the federally-regulated crop insurance business administered by USDA's Risk Management Agency and the state-regulated crop-hail insurance segment, serving as the industry's actuarial statistical agent and advisory body.

Product overview

National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) is a non-profit service organization that provides a comprehensive suite of products and services to the U.S. crop insurance industry. The organization supports both the state-regulated and federally-regulated lines of crop insurance business. Its core offerings include actuarial and analytical support, policy and procedural development, crop loss adjustment standards, and industry-wide training. The main product lines are Federal Crop Insurance Services (supporting the RMA-administered federal program) and Crop-Hail Insurance (state-regulated segment). Supporting platforms include CAPP® for policy processing and IMAP for mapping/analysis. Training services encompass Loss Adjustment Schools, Competency Exams, Conferences, and an Education Hub, delivered through a network of regional committees that provide grassroots infrastructure support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Federal Crop Insurance Services
• Crop-Hail Insurance Support NCIS supports the state-regulated crop-hail insurance segment, serving as the industry actuarial statistical agent and advisory organization for this line of business, providing FALC files, policies, loss adjustment resources, reporting manual, and statistical reports.
• CAPP® (Computer Assisted Policy Processing) CAPP® is NCIS's Computer Assisted Policy Processing system, a platform for policy processing and management within the crop insurance workflow, used by member insurance companies.
• IMAP IMAP is NCIS's internal mapping and analysis platform for crop insurance operations, supporting geographic and operational analysis across the industry.
• Training Services NCIS provides industry-wide training for company staff and industry loss adjusters, including Loss Adjustment Schools, Competency Exams, Conferences, and an Education Hub, with hands-on training schools for crop-hail and MPCI loss adjustment across various crop types and regions.
• Regional Committee System NCIS operates a Regional Committee System that provides grass-roots infrastructure and ground-truthing through regional committees composed of senior company field and loss adjuster staff, supporting industry policy and procedural development.

Quantifiable outcome

• 561 million acres of farmland protected in 2025
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNCIS works with USDA's Risk Management Agency which administers the federal crop insurance program. NCIS supports the federally-regulated crop insurance business through policy and procedural development, actuarial analysis, and training.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• American Farm Bureau Federation: Largest U.S. general agriculture trade organization representing farmer and rancher interests. Comparable as an adjacent agricultural advocacy and service body that interacts closely with the crop insurance ecosystem and frequently partners on farm policy.
• National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC): Largest U.S. property/casualty insurance trade association with significant mutual-company membership, including several crop insurance providers. Comparable as a broad P&C industry association that supports member education, advocacy, and operational standards.
• Reinsurance Association of America (RAA): Trade association for U.S. reinsurers, many of whom provide capacity behind crop insurance carriers. Comparable as a broader insurance industry advocacy body that shares overlapping constituencies and policy interests with NCIS.
• Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (APCIA): Major U.S. trade association for property and casualty insurers, the broader industry category that crop insurance falls under. Comparable as a large industry advocacy and standards body, though it operates across all P&C lines rather than specializing in crop insurance.

Others

• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS): Not-for-profit research and standards organization supporting the auto insurance industry. Comparable in operating model — industry-funded research, standards development, and loss-prevention content — though operating in a different line of insurance.
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC): U.S. state-based regulatory body governing insurance. NCIS regularly interfaces with NAIC member departments on state-regulated crop-hail insurance, making NAIC a key counterpart organization rather than a commercial peer, but functionally comparable as a centralized insurance coordination body.
• Farm Credit Council: Trade and advocacy body for the Farm Credit System, the largest agricultural lender network. Comparable as an adjacent agricultural finance infrastructure organization serving U.S. farmers, with overlapping policy interests in crop insurance and farm risk management.

Direct peers

• National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI): Industry service organization for U.S. workers' compensation insurers that, like NCIS, develops ratemaking data, loss cost standards, and advisory services pooled across member carriers. It is the closest analog in operating model (statistical agent, advisory body, member-funded) outside the crop insurance niche.
• Workers Compensation Insurance Organizations (WCIO): An association of statistical agents and advisory organizations for workers' compensation. Functionally similar to NCIS in its role as a coordinating body for industry-wide data, classification, and training across member insurance organizations.
• Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau (CIRB): Trade association representing reinsurers and other participants in the U.S. crop insurance market. CIRB is the closest functional parallel to NCIS, both serving as industry-wide representative bodies for crop insurance, making it directly comparable in mission, membership model, and policy advocacy role.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ag_risk
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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