April 28, 1998
     
     
     
     INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-98-015
     
     TO:            All Reinsured Companies
                    All Risk Management Field Offices
               
     FROM:          Tim B. Witt           /s/ TIM B. WITT
                    Deputy Administrator
     
     SUBJECT:       Revenue Assurance--Loss Adjustment Supplemental Handbook
     
     BACKGROUND:
     
     Iowa Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company (IFBMIC) has revised the
     Revenue Assurance Coverage Loss Adjustment Supplemental Handbook.  The
     revised handbook contains procedures for Revenue Assurance (RA) corn and
     soybeans unique to RA.  It also provides instructions for using existing
     Production Worksheets and Proof of Loss forms to document RA claim
     calculations.  All production determinations for RA corn and soybeans
     are identical to traditional multiple peril crop insurance;
     therefore,existing loss adjustment manuals are applicable to RA. 
     However, RA provisions regarding whole farm and enterprise units and
     provisions that require the conversion of production information into
     dollar values resulted in IFBMIC developing supplemental loss
     instructions.
     
     ACTION:
     
     In conjunction with IFBMIC, the Risk Management Agency (RMA) is making
     available to all insurance providers the RA Loss Adjustment Supplemental
     Handbook for corn and soybeans.  The RA Loss Adjustment Supplemental
     Handbook may be obtained from the Reporting Organization (RO) Server in
     the "/Revenue_Assurance" directory as "98RABOOK.WPD." 
      
     If you have questions related to the RO Server, please contact Herb
     Solomon at (816) 926-1608. If you have questions related to the content
     of the handbook, please contact Don Bonne of the Product Development
     Division at (816) 926-6276.