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Steve Wilson Receives Crop Insurance
Industry Leadership Award
Corporation (FCIC). He then became an independent agent for nine years,
before finally moving towards the company side in 1989. Wilson has held
the positions of adjuster, agent, office manager, quality assurance director,
Federal contract development manager, and claims manager. In addition
to his professional career, he has continued to run the family farm in south
central Iowa. These experiences have helped shape him into a well-rounded
leader, helping provide guidance and insight to those around him.
As a leader, Wilson is well respected by his peers within the industry. He
Steve Wilson was presented with a 2022 Crop Insurance Industry
Leadership award by Kendall Jones (left) Chair of the National Crop
Insurance Services Board of Directors, and Tom Zacharias (left),
President of National Crop Insurance Services.
Steve Wilson is a recipient of the 2022 Industry Leadership for consistently
serving the industry and providing outstanding leadership to National
Crop Insurance Services (NCIS) and the crop insurance industry. The
award was presented during the 2022 Crop Insurance Industry Annual
Convention last week in Indian Wells, California.
Wilson has been in the crop insurance industry since 1975 and has
served in many different roles, starting with the Federal Crop Insurance
is continually looking to help grow the industry and everyone within it. He
can look at issues from all perspectives of the insured, agent, and AIP, which
has helped provide the industry with a unique perspective. Steve has served
on the NCIS MPPPLA in past years and has helped lead countless industry
and procedural trainings.
In his prior role with another company, Wilson played a big part in the
push for acceptance of precision ag data. Technology continues to change
agriculture and policyholders as well as the companies that continue to benefit
from increased adoption throughout the country. Making sure that the
industry has the correct procedures in place to maintain the health of the
program is a must, and Wilson has played a big role in helping continue to
push the industry and program forward.
As with any other industry, there is always a point in time where one generation
passes the torch to the next. Wilson has made the industry stronger
because of his leadership and desire to train the next group of leaders. He
leaves a legacy throughout the industry.
Teri Steppel Receives Crop Insurance
Industry Leadership Award
Teri Steppel is a recipient of the 2022 Industry Award for consistently
serving the industry and providing outstanding leadership to National Crop
Insurance Services (NCIS) and the crop insurance industry. The award was
presented during the 2022 Crop Insurance Industry Annual Convention last
week in Indian Wells, California.
Steppel began her career in crop insurance working at the Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation (FCIC) in 1978. Her career spanned multiple administrations,
Farm Bills, Standard Reinsurance Agreements, Common Policies, and
endless changes to the Federal crop insurance program. She has watched farming
practices change and technology change significantly over the last four decades.
Through all of this change, there has been a constant need for policy, procedure,
and reality to find a common ground. Steppel thrives in this environment
and her passion and dedication has benefited all participants, companies, and
the Risk Management Agency.
Steppel's involvement in NCIS Standing Committees and workgroups over
the years has been tireless. The objective of the first committee she participated
in was to develop something the industry knows as the Actual Production
History (APH) plan. She served on the original NCIS Policy Procedure & Loss
(PPLA) Adjustment Committee that started in the mid-1990s and has served as
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Teri Steppel was presented with the 2022 Crop Insurance Industry
Leadership award by Kendall Jones (left) Chair of the National Crop
Insurance Services Board of Directors, and Tom Zacharias (left),
President of National Crop Insurance Services.
a member, Chair and Co-Chair of the MPCI PPLA, Data Mining Steering Committee,
and multiple working groups for most of her career. She is still an active
member of the MPCI PPLA Committee and has been co-chair since 2005.
Her contributions and leadership to NCIS committees is that she actively
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