Dr. James Driscoll – Lead Underwriter and Head of Underwriting Department
- Head of the Watts and Associates, Inc. Underwriting Department and responsible for underwriting guidelines on new crop insurance products in excess of 20 years;
- Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University;
- Performed analysis and advised management of FCIC on the structure of the 1990 and 1998 Standard Reinsurance Agreements, including gain/loss share parameters, fund designation, and limitations on fund allocations.;
- Successfully completed the examinations for CPCU 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9;
- Successfully completed the examinations for ARM 54 and 56;
- Successfully completed coursework in Basic Reinsurance Principles and Advanced Reinsurance Principles;
- 30 years of analytical work experience with USDA;
- 20 years experience in multiple peril crop insurance, with substantial underwriting and actuarial responsibilities;
- Seven years experience as senior actuary for United States Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency, with responsibility for FCIC’s ratemaking methodology;
- Principal Investigator for numerous United States Department of Agriculture, Risk Management Agency funded projects;
- Extensive experience seeking innovative answers to crop insurance issues raised by Congressional, producer, and other interests;
- Seeks pragmatic and effective solutions, both procedurally and customer oriented, to problems and issues in crop insurance; and
- Lead Underwriter and Principal Investigator for the following USDA-RMA funded development efforts:
- Named Peril Weather Insurance,
- Research and Development of a Pilot Crop Insurance Program for Silage Sorghum,
- Christmas Tree Research and Development Insurance Program,
- Revenue Insurance Program Development,
- Pasture and Rangeland Program Insurance Development,
- Group Risk Plan Rangeland Program New Index Research & Development,
- Sweetpotato Pilot Program Development,
- Development of a Risk Management Program for Pasture/Rangeland and Forage, and
- Development of a Pilot Program for Indexing for Category B Crops (Declining Yields) (Subcontractor)
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