INFORMATIONAL MEMORANDUM: R&D-99-042

TO:          All Reinsured Companies
             All Risk Management Agency Field Offices

FROM:        Tim B. Witt	/s/ Tim B. Witt
             Deputy Administrator

SUBJECT:    Mint Pilot Program Underwriting Standards Guidelines

BACKGROUND:

The Mint Pilot Program Underwriting Standards Guidelines are being updated to better define and more accurately determine the sample size used for adequate stand determinations. The revision is a result of field research completed recently. Other minor changes have been made. All changes have been designated by redlining.

ACTION:

The revised Mint Pilot Program Underwriting Guidelines are available in WordPerfect and PDF formats as document mintgud2 at:

ftp://ftp.rma.usda.gov/pub/Policies/2000/pilot/wpd/

ftp://ftp.rma.usda.gov/pub/Policies/2000/pilot/pdf/.

If you have any questions about this pilot program, please contact Janet Naglich of the Research and Evaluation Division at (816) 926-6365 or by fax at (816) 926-7343.

DISPOSAL:

This Informational Memorandum is for the purpose of transmitting information and the expiration date is December 31, 1999.