Crop Insurance Professionals Association

Name

Crop Insurance Professionals Association

Legal name

Crop Insurance Professionals Association

Website

https://cipatoday.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Lorenzo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: CIPA generates revenue through various membership tiers including Full Membership, Associate Membership, Allied Membership, Platinum Friend Membership, and Supporting Membership. Supporting membership is priced at $10.00 per year. The association provides member benefits including access to exclusive resources, member directory, newsletters, and legislative/regulatory updates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Crop Insurance Professionals Association (CIPA) is a national non-profit professional trade association of crop insurance agents that delivers tiered membership services (Full, Associate, Affiliate Agent, Allied, Platinum Friend, and Supporting) for agents, agencies, Approved Insurance Providers, and industry supporters. The association provides collective advocacy with Members of Congress and federal agencies on crop insurance legislation and regulation, member-only resources, bi-weekly newsletters, a national member directory, scholarships, and industry events such as the annual Spring Meeting.

Product overview

CIPA is a professional membership association for crop insurance agents, not a technology product company. The organization offers membership tiers (Full, Associate, Allied, Platinum Friend, and Supporting) with member benefits including access to resources, industry information, networking, scholarships, and advocacy for the crop insurance industry. No distinct software products, platforms, or modules are offered.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CIPA Full Membership Voting membership tier for individuals, partnerships, and corporations directly engaged in managing an insurance agency involving Federal Crop Insurance, providing access to advocacy, member directory, newsletters, and industry resources.
• CIPA Associate Membership Membership tier for crop insurance professionals participating within the CIPA structure, providing access to association resources and networking.
• CIPA Affiliate Agent Membership Membership tier for agents who are employees or associates of voting Full or Associate members in good standing, providing professional development and networking within the crop insurance industry.
• CIPA Allied Membership Membership tier for individual agents or agencies within the structure of a General Agency, Managing General Agency, cooperative, captive AIP structure, or Farm Credit organization involved in delivery, servicing or managing of Federal Crop Insurance.
• CIPA Platinum Friend Membership Membership tier for Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs), SRA holders, and companies involved in the marketing and servicing of Federal Crop Insurance policies, providing industry advocacy and stakeholder engagement.
• Supporting Membership Membership tier for entities and individuals supporting the crop insurance industry, including banks, reinsurance providers, commodity organizations, and individual supporters, priced at $10.00 per year.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Wild ApricotminorOthersWild Apricot provides membership software powering the CIPA website and member management system. Members can log in using Google, Microsoft, or Apple credentials.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS): Trade association representing the crop insurance industry, including AIPs and reinsurers. Directly comparable to CIPA as a peer advocacy body for the U.S. crop insurance ecosystem, with a similar Washington, DC orientation but a different constituent base (insurers vs. agents).
• American Association of Crop Insurers (AACI): National association for crop insurance professionals, including agents and AIPs. Closest peer to CIPA — overlapping mission of representing agents and Approved Insurance Providers to Congress and USDA/RMA.
• Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau (CIRB): Industry association focused on crop insurance and reinsurance issues globally. Directly comparable advocacy and member-services mission within the crop insurance space.

Regional players

• National Farmers Union: Farm advocacy organization that also engages on crop insurance policy in Washington, DC. Adjacent advocacy player — represents farmer-members rather than agent-members, but influences the same legislative and regulatory agenda CIPA engages on.
• American Farm Bureau Federation: The largest U.S. farmer/rancher advocacy organization, which actively lobbies on the Federal Crop Insurance Program. Operates in adjacent advocacy space rather than direct competition, but overlaps with CIPA on the policy front.

Broad incumbents

• Professional Insurance Agents (PIA): National association representing independent insurance agents across multiple lines of business. Comparable member-services and advocacy structure to CIPA, though broader in scope and not crop-insurance-specialized.
• Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (Big I): Large national trade association for independent insurance agents and brokers across all P&C and specialty lines. Comparable as a peer association model serving insurance agents with advocacy, education, and member benefits, but with a far broader scope than crop insurance.
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC): U.S. state-based regulatory body governing insurance. Adjacent to CIPA in the insurance ecosystem — sets the regulatory framework within which crop insurance agents operate — though it is a regulator rather than a membership association.
• National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC): Trade association for mutual and stock insurance companies. Peer-level association model with advocacy, education, and member services, but oriented toward insurer members rather than individual crop insurance agents.

Others

• Reinsurance Association of America (RAA): Trade association for reinsurance companies operating in the U.S. Adjacent ecosystem participant — its members are platinum-friend sponsors and counter-parties in the crop insurance delivery chain, making it a thematically related peer rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cipatoday
• YouTubeyoutube.com/watch?v=v8SxfKd_t0Q&t=4s
• Facebookfacebook.com/CIPAToday
• Instagraminstagram.com/cipaoday
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/professional-crop-insurance

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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