Agent Training

Are you new to crop insurance and wanting to expand your knowledge? Are you an experienced agent looking for a refresher?

These two-day courses will cover all major plans of insurance, the application process, mapping, acreage reporting, claims, premium billing, and much more.

Online Courses - Register

Upcoming dates: June 14 & 16

Held regularly throughout the year, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CT

In-Person Course: West Des Moines - Register

August 30 & 31

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CT each day

Ethics Training - Register

These one-day trainings provide three Continuing Education credit hours. Jana Dingeman hosts interactive Ethics webinars that include ethical theories and insights to keep you on the right path.

Upcoming date: June 8
Held regularly throughout 2022.

2023 Livestock Training - Register

June 1: Dairy Revenue Protection
June 7: Experienced Livestock Agent
June 8: Livestock Risk Protection
June 9: Livestock Gross Margin

We will host one live webinar for each training. All trainings after that will be available through Saba beginning June 20.

New to the livestock side of crop insurance? For any policy type you are interested in selling/servicing in the 2023 reinsurance year, you need to take the corresponding three-hour training course. For example, if you want to sell LRP and DRP in 2023, you will need to take the three-hour LRP training and the three-hour DRP training. Following completion of each, you will also need to take the corresponding exam.

Didn’t sell livestock in 2022, but want to sell again in 2023? Please register for the three-hour training corresponding to the policy type(s) you will sell/service. If you are selling more than one policy type, make sure to register for each corresponding three-hour training. Reach out to our Agency Services team (AgAgencySvs@sompo-intl.com) to see if you need to take any livestock exams.

Sold livestock policies in 2022? You want to register for our Experienced Livestock Agent course. This course provides one hour of information on each policy type, including updates for 2023. Reach out to our Agency Services team (AgAgencySvs@sompo-intl.com) to see if you need to take any livestock exams.

All trainings 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT
Three FCIC hours offered; no State CE hours offered.

Prevented Planting In-Depth - Register

This two-hour session takes a deep dive into Prevented Planting. If you're new to crop insurance, or haven't dealt with PP for a bit, this session is for you! Offers two state CE hours.

May 25 at 1 p.m. CT

AgriNet Training - Register

These webinars will offer brief overviews of the different components within the AgriNet program, teaching agents and employees everything they need to know to master the AgriNet workflow. A different topic will be covered each week.

Upcoming topic: Acreage Reporting (May 25)
2 p.m. CT