Melanie Parker

Crop exposure changes much more frequently than property exposure, with crop rotation practices leading to changes as often as every year.

Hail is a significant driver of crop damage in Canada, leading to an average CAD 200 million of losses per year to the private crop hail insurance industry in the Prairie Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba alone. How can crop hail insurers better prepare for seasons to come?

Last year the U.S. saw several crop-damaging hailstorms. Two of these—both in Nebraska—were particularly significant.