October 22, 1998


INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-98-054

TO:      	All Reinsured Companies
  		All Risk Management Field Offices

FROM:    	Tim B. Witt                          /s/ Vondie O'Conner, Jr. (for)
  		Deputy Administrator

SUBJECT: Group Risk Income Protection (GRIP) Policies and Related Documents for the 1999
         Crop Year Are Now Available on the Reporting Organization Server


The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has placed on the Reporting Organization (RO) Server
the GRIP Basic Provisions, Corn Crop Provisions, Soybean Crop Provisions, Underwriting
Rules, and Questions and Answers.  These files are available on the RMA WebSite at
http://www.act.fcic.usda.gov/actuarial/index.html under the FTP Download directory, MISC
directory, and PDF files directory (PDF format) or WPD files directory (WPD format). 

If you have any questions, please contact David Clauser, Product Development Division at
(816) 926-7730.

DISPOSAL:

This bulletin is effective until the expiration date of November 30, 1999.