Crop-loss band · Arkansas
Chicot County, Arkansas — crop-loss band
- 1.87Low end of the filed band
- 2.75Middle of the filed band
- 3.91High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (4.78)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Chicot County is in the series below, from 2015 to 2024. Read across those years the county’s annual loss ratio — indemnity divided by premium — runs from 1.87 at the low end to 3.91 at the high end, with 2.75 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2024, at 4.78. The band points are years the county actually ran, never a figure interpolated between two of them.
The county’s year-by-year record
| Year | Premium | Indemnity | Liability | Policies | Policies with a loss | Loss ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $1,574,990 | $2,944,786 | $16,581,483 | 255 | 253 | 1.87 |
| 2016 | $2,173,065 | $5,978,031 | $19,420,146 | 295 | 294 | 2.75 |
| 2017 | $1,976,919 | $3,998,634 | $13,596,232 | 178 | 174 | 2.02 |
| 2018 | $987,236 | $3,667,508 | $12,220,491 | 185 | 184 | 3.71 |
| 2019 | $3,864,232 | $12,774,562 | $42,902,317 | 437 | 434 | 3.31 |
| 2020 | $2,385,277 | $9,318,010 | $24,966,574 | 359 | 346 | 3.91 |
| 2021 | $2,109,168 | $6,007,249 | $30,157,762 | 240 | 233 | 2.85 |
| 2022 | $3,697,754 | $8,770,786 | $30,374,736 | 253 | 253 | 2.37 |
| 2023 | $1,833,329 | $4,985,072 | $19,837,734 | 165 | 165 | 2.72 |
| 2024 | $2,748,822 | $13,127,925 | $35,463,892 | 390 | 390 | 4.78 |
Commodities insured in Chicot County
5 commodities here clear the desk’s floors — at least five filed years and a quarter of a million dollars of filed premium. Each carries its own band, so a reader can read the commodity they actually farm rather than the county average.
Corn 10 years filed
- 2.58Low end of the filed band
- 4.02Middle of the filed band
- 5.43High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (5.61)
- 10Years filed
- $6,461,057Premium filed
- $26,817,911Indemnity paid
- $57,991,751Liability insured
- 162,327Quantity planted
- 149,754Quantity lost
- 724Policies
- 723Policies with a loss
- 4.15Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Chicot County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $23,388,359 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,041,711 indemnity · 4 years
- Drought $801,949 indemnity · 3 years
- Flood $583,296 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Wet Weather $561,619 indemnity · 4 years
- Freeze $180,058 indemnity · 1 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.49Low end of the filed band
- 1.88Middle of the filed band
- 3.25High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (4.25)
- 10Years filed
- $8,622,933Premium filed
- $20,596,372Indemnity paid
- $125,822,303Liability insured
- 360,510Quantity planted
- 196,326Quantity lost
- 1,133Policies
- 1,129Policies with a loss
- 2.39Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Chicot County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $10,886,470 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $5,941,031 indemnity · 7 years
- Drought $1,634,331 indemnity · 8 years
- Flood $977,913 indemnity · 8 years
- Cold Wet Weather $554,788 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $224,588 indemnity · 5 years
Rice 10 years filed
- 2.58Low end of the filed band
- 5.42Middle of the filed band
- 7.97High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (13.78)
- 10Years filed
- $1,984,252Premium filed
- $12,659,008Indemnity paid
- $34,272,709Liability insured
- 53,874Quantity planted
- 39,753Quantity lost
- 453Policies
- 427Policies with a loss
- 6.38Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Chicot County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $9,084,389 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $2,666,702 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $524,055 indemnity · 4 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $305,565 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $57,146 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Wet Weather $19,268 indemnity · 3 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 0.39Low end of the filed band
- 1.76Middle of the filed band
- 3.71High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (5.26)
- 10Years filed
- $5,259,386Premium filed
- $9,674,939Indemnity paid
- $23,910,304Liability insured
- 9,905Quantity planted
- 57,822Quantity lost
- 348Policies
- 348Policies with a loss
- 1.84Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Chicot County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $8,325,939 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $893,470 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $184,350 indemnity · 2 years
- Heat $124,480 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $122,701 indemnity · 1 years
- Flood $21,828 indemnity · 2 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.19Low end of the filed band
- 1.60Middle of the filed band
- 2.59High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (3.93)
- 10Years filed
- $1,023,163Premium filed
- $1,824,333Indemnity paid
- $3,524,299Liability insured
- 20,657Quantity planted
- 20,660Quantity lost
- 99Policies
- 99Policies with a loss
- 1.78Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Chicot County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,666,384 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $136,210 indemnity · 3 years
- Flood $10,796 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Wet Weather $5,306 indemnity · 1 years
- Wildlife $3,538 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $2,100 indemnity · 3 years
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Figures from the federal source files: EPA’s ECHO downloads, CMS provider files and the FMCSA census.
County cause-of-loss figures from the USDA Risk Management Agency’s Cause of Loss Summary of Business, county files, filed by the agency as a United States Government work. The loss ratio is the agency’s own published column: indemnity divided by premium, re-derived at the summed county-crop grain.