NATIONAL
CROP INSURANCE SERVICES
8900 Indian Creek
Parkway, Suite 600
Overland Park
,
KS
66210
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2007
For more information,
please contact Laurie Langstraat – 913.685.2767.
Agent Presented with Crop Insurance Industry
Outstanding Service Award
Photo Caption – Robert
Parkerson, President, NCIS (left) and Randy Tronnes, Chairman of the
NCIS Board of Directors and President of Rural Community Insurance
Services (right), present Arthur Carroll, The Arthur Carroll Insurance
Agency (center), with the Crop Insurance Industry Outstanding Service
Award.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan…Arthur Carroll, The Arthur Carroll
Insurance Agency, Limerick, ME, was presented the Crop Insurance
Industry Outstanding Service Award in recognition for outstanding
service and outreach to small, limited resource, and socially
disadvantaged farmers. Randy Tronnes, Chairman of the National
Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) Board of Directors and President of
Rural Community Insurance Services, and Robert Parkerson,
President of NCIS, presented the award to Mr. Carroll at the 2007
Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention.
Arthur Carroll has been involved in the farming community his
whole life. Art was raised on his family’s poultry and dairy
farm. After college, Arthur again worked in his family’s farming
operation and later served as State Executive Director for Maine’s
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), (now
known as the Farm Service Agency), from 1977 to 1981. In 1981, he
became the District Director for the Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation (FCIC), and worked three years covering four states in
New England. In 1984, Art left the FCIC to start his own agency
and began writing crop insurance. Today, Art is licensed to write
crop insurance in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and Florida, and writes
insurance on over 15 different crops.
Many of these crops and the producers now serviced by Art are
located in areas that are considered “underserved” according
to the Risk Management Agency’s (RMA) designation. Art is always
quick to embrace new pilot programs and coverage options. In an
area where crop insurance needs extraordinary representation, Art
is recognized by many growers, extension specialists, RMA
employees and elected officials as the expert. Art takes seriously
his responsibility and commitment to service the crop insurance
needs of all producers. His dedication to crop insurance and to
the farmers in this area of the country is appreciated by everyone
who knows him.
In addition to providing quality crop insurance protection for
many New England growers, Art continues to be involved in several
related associations and commodity groups. Currently, Art is the
Secretary/Treasurer of the National Association of Crop Insurance
Agents (NACIA). He is also active in the Cape Cod Cranberry
Growers Association, New England Small Fruits & Vegetable
Growers Association, Massachusetts Apple Growers Association, the
Connecticut and Maine Phonological Societies, and the Connecticut
Nursery and Greenhouse Growers Association.
The entire crop insurance industry thanks Mr. Carroll for his
hard work and dedication to the industry and congratulates him on
his success.
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