The Montana State Hail Board is preparing for the upcoming season, looking into new reinsurance options just in case to see a bad hail year.

While last year was average, 2013 was a record hail year.

Officials said the program to provide farmers coverage has been around for almost 100 years. Farmers can insure crops against hail damage, but to keep the program funded, the state said it needs to update it.

"How we will make sure that every claim is covered for the 2015 season. So we need to just re-evaluate how we are going to be paying those and make sure that the program will be financially sound so that all of those claims will be paid," said Jana Mertens with the Montana State Hail Board.

The Montana State Hail Insurance Program was created in 1917 to provide basic hail insurance coverage for any crop grown in Montana.

Source - http://www.nbcmontana.com/