Crop-loss band · Arkansas
Cross County, Arkansas — crop-loss band
- 2.09Low end of the filed band
- 2.87Middle of the filed band
- 3.61High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (3.85)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Cross 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 2.09 at the low end to 3.61 at the high end, with 2.87 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2020, at 3.85. 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 | $2,655,879 | $9,511,603 | $27,941,941 | 426 | 421 | 3.58 |
| 2016 | $2,755,172 | $6,000,833 | $30,814,255 | 447 | 437 | 2.18 |
| 2017 | $3,582,736 | $12,345,416 | $36,792,397 | 458 | 425 | 3.45 |
| 2018 | $2,524,286 | $5,285,961 | $31,073,033 | 388 | 363 | 2.09 |
| 2019 | $4,275,982 | $15,431,911 | $36,515,474 | 546 | 515 | 3.61 |
| 2020 | $3,416,305 | $13,142,208 | $29,103,372 | 441 | 411 | 3.85 |
| 2021 | $4,062,162 | $10,143,087 | $36,769,536 | 370 | 351 | 2.50 |
| 2022 | $5,151,775 | $14,803,911 | $41,837,487 | 400 | 400 | 2.87 |
| 2023 | $3,746,928 | $9,935,899 | $35,879,889 | 273 | 273 | 2.65 |
| 2024 | $4,663,857 | $14,614,336 | $38,171,613 | 343 | 343 | 3.13 |
Commodities insured in Cross County
6 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.
Rice 10 years filed
- 3.09Low end of the filed band
- 4.35Middle of the filed band
- 5.73High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (6.37)
- 10Years filed
- $17,074,565Premium filed
- $75,441,890Indemnity paid
- $135,143,398Liability insured
- 215,486Quantity planted
- 199,795Quantity lost
- 1,608Policies
- 1,479Policies with a loss
- 4.42Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Cross County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $55,688,726 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $6,923,729 indemnity · 10 years
- Flood $5,366,039 indemnity · 3 years
- Heat $4,001,292 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $1,699,381 indemnity · 5 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $704,329 indemnity · 2 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.03Low end of the filed band
- 1.45Middle of the filed band
- 2.38High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (2.64)
- 10Years filed
- $12,661,684Premium filed
- $19,575,370Indemnity paid
- $176,063,953Liability insured
- 553,489Quantity planted
- 299,849Quantity lost
- 1,723Policies
- 1,700Policies with a loss
- 1.55Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Cross County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $14,869,464 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $3,277,884 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $395,386 indemnity · 6 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $210,649 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $154,120 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $144,251 indemnity · 7 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.49Low end of the filed band
- 2.59Middle of the filed band
- 3.09High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (3.76)
- 10Years filed
- $4,079,348Premium filed
- $9,576,718Indemnity paid
- $19,408,435Liability insured
- 51,720Quantity planted
- 46,342Quantity lost
- 300Policies
- 299Policies with a loss
- 2.35Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Cross County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $8,128,632 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $735,803 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Wet Weather $318,362 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $294,148 indemnity · 2 years
- Flood $77,834 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $18,795 indemnity · 1 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.70Low end of the filed band
- 2.40Middle of the filed band
- 2.89High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.93)
- 10Years filed
- $2,263,560Premium filed
- $5,809,919Indemnity paid
- $7,677,610Liability insured
- 55,748Quantity planted
- 55,867Quantity lost
- 318Policies
- 318Policies with a loss
- 2.57Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Cross County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,538,278 indemnity · 10 years
- Cold Wet Weather $463,592 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $333,758 indemnity · 3 years
- Wildlife $213,196 indemnity · 5 years
- Decline in Price $184,748 indemnity · 4 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $40,261 indemnity · 1 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.37Low end of the filed band
- 2.36Middle of the filed band
- 4.72High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (9.44)
- 10Years filed
- $440,769Premium filed
- $596,703Indemnity paid
- $2,638,268Liability insured
- 13,298Quantity planted
- 9,601Quantity lost
- 90Policies
- 90Policies with a loss
- 1.35Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Cross County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $539,582 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $40,112 indemnity · 1 years
- Plant Disease $7,807 indemnity · 1 years
- Flood $6,061 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $3,141 indemnity · 2 years
All Other Crops 9 years filed
- 0.06Low end of the filed band
- 1.13Middle of the filed band
- 1.89High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (1.89)
- 9Years filed
- $315,154Premium filed
- $214,565Indemnity paid
- $3,967,332Liability insured
- 4,072Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 53Policies
- 53Policies with a loss
- 0.68Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Cross County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $143,915 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $70,650 indemnity · 2 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.