Livestock Crop Policy Requirement for eDAS - Exhibit 119

June 28, 2007

Exhibit 119

FCIC-Appendix III

LIVESTOCK CROP POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR eDAS
Format/Edits
Section/Attribute

CROP_POLICY

Description/Edit

“CROP_POLICY” is the title of this section. It identifies the opening and
closing of this xml section. This document provides additional reporting
requirements of data under this section.
Policy precedes Crop_Policy.
The process flag and/or change flag submitted for this section will be inherited
unless otherwise indicated. Example: .
A Livestock policy cannot be active for both products (LGM and LRP) for
a commodity at the same time within the same reinsurance year. This
does include cattle for LGM & LRP.

CHANGE_FLAG (ATTRIBUTE)

If Process Flag = 2 or 5 certain data will be allowed to change after initial
acceptance. Tags have been identified by flags below. Flag of ‘1’ will only be
allowed to change data identified by ‘1’. Flag of ‘2’ will be allowed to change
data identified by ‘1 or 2’. Flag of ‘3’ will be allowed to change any data.
Valid flags:
1 = general
2 = company approval
3 = RMA approval
Change flag will default to 2 unless otherwise indicated.

PROCESS_FLAG (ATTRIBUTE)

Valid flags:
1 = original
2 = modify
3 = delete
4 = validate (original)
5 = validate (modify)
6 = quote (only applicable for premium)
7 = retrieve
8 = cancel (only applicable for Livestock crop policy)
9 = re-instate (only applicable for Livestock crop policy)
Process flag will default to 1 unless otherwise indicated.

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LIVESTOCK CROP POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR eDAS
Format/Edits
No.

Tag

Key

Level of
Change

1

Y

NA

Y/Y

REQ

4

X(04)

2

Y

NA

Y/Y

REQ

2

9(02)

3

NA

Y/Y

REQ

4

9(04)

4

Y

2

Y/Y

REQ

3

9(03)

Crop/Commodity Code, edit
with ADM 2. Valid codes are:
0801 = feeder cattle (LRP);
0802 = fed cattle (LRP);
0803 = cattle (LGM);
0815 = swine (LRP & LGM).
Insurance Plan Code. Must = 81
(LRP) or 82 (LGM), edit with
ADM 2.
Must = Reinsurance Year.
Format YYYY.
Edit with FIPS County Table.

Y

3

Y/Y

REQ

3

9(03)

Type Code, edit with ADM2.

5

IN/
OUT

REQ/
OPT/
CON

Max
Size

Picture

Description/Edit

Valid codes for LRP are:
809 (steers under 600 lbs),
810 (steers 600 lbs and over),
811 (heifers under 600 lbs),
812 (heifers 600 lbs and over),
813 (Brahman under 600 lbs),
814 (Brahman 600 lbs and over),
815 (dairy under 600 lbs),
816 (dairy 600 lbs and over),
for 0801 (feeder cattle);
820 (steers & heifers) for 0802
(fed cattle);
997 for 0815 (swine).
Valid codes for LGM are:
804 (farrow to finish),
805 (finishing),
806 (SEW pig finishing),
for 0815 (swine);
807 (calf finishing),
808 (yearling finishing),
for 0803 (cattle).

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Exhibit 119

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LIVESTOCK CROP POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR eDAS
Format/Edits
No.

Tag

Key

Level of
Change

6

Y

3

7

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2

IN/
OUT

N/Y

REQ/
OPT/
CON

REQ

Max
Size

3

Picture

9(03)

Description/Edit

For LRP as output and will equal
‘997’.

Y/Y

For LGM Swine (0815) as
input/output. Valid codes are:
801 (Jan - June),
802 (Feb – July),
803 (Mar – Aug),
804 (Apr – Sep),
805 (May – Oct),
806 (June – Nov),
807 (July – Dec),
808 (Aug – Jan),
809 (Sep – Feb),
810 (Oct – Mar),
811 (Nov – Apr),
812 (Dec – May).

Y/Y

For LGM Cattle (0803) as
input/output. Valid codes are:
901 (Jan - Nov),
902 (Feb – Dec),
903 (Mar – Jan),
904 (Apr – Feb),
905 (May – Mar),
906 (June – Apr),
907 (July – May),
908 (Aug – Jun),
909 (Sep – Jul),
910 (Oct – Aug),
911 (Nov – Sep),
912 (Dec – Oct).

Y/Y

REQ

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10

X(10)

Insured Signature Date of the
current application. Format
MM/DD/YYYY. Numeric with
slashes. Cannot exceed current
date or modified sales closing
date, which ever is applicable.

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LIVESTOCK CROP POLICY REQUIREMENTS FOR eDAS
Format/Edits
No.

Tag

Key

Level of
Change

IN/
OUT

REQ/
OPT/
CON

Max
Size

Picture

8

2

Y/Y

REQ

9

X(09)

9

2

Y/Y

REQ

10

X(10)

10

2

Y/Y

CON

5

9(05)

11

NA

N/Y

REQ

1

X(01)

Description/Edit

Agent ID Code of the agent that
is responsible for this
information and accepted on the
agent database for the above
insurance plan.
Agent Signature Date of the
current application. Format
MM/DD/YYYY. Numeric with
slashes. Cannot exceed current
date.
Authorization Number provided
by Reinsurance Services
Division (RSD) approving the
original, change or deletion.
Change Flag must = 3 and
Process Flag must = 1, 2, 3, 4 or
5. If changing a “Key” field
with Level of Change = 2,
Authorization Number assigned
by administrative screen and
Change Flag must = 2.
If section accepted, flag = Y. If
rejected, flag = N. If deleted,
flag = D. If cancel, flag = C.

Notes: Key fields: Crop Commodity Code (field 1), Insurance Plan Code (field 2), Location County (field 4),
Type Code (field 5), Practice Code (field 6)
Key fields with Level of Change = 2 requiring a change to that field, company will use an
administrative screen to identify this change. eDAS will use this information to verify the data when
submitted.
Information regarding column headers:
1) ‘Tag’ identifies the naming convention used in creation of XML.
2) ‘Key’ identifies the tags that are key to the validation/storage of data.
3) ‘Level of Change’ identifies the data that is allowed to change and at what level according to Change
Flag.
4) ‘IN/OUT’ identifies the direction of data, IN for input and OUT for output with flags ‘N’ (NO) and ‘Y’
(YES).
5) ‘REQ/OPT/CON’ identifies if the data is required (REQ), optional (OPT), or conditional (CON). If
optional or conditional and there is no data to report the tag is not used.
6) ‘Max Size’ is the maximum size of data allowed for that tag.
7) ‘Picture’ identifies the type of data expected.
8) ‘Description/Edit’ gives additional information.

On an update, only the key fields that define the sections are required plus any changed fields or new sections.

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