Crop-loss band · Arkansas
Miller County, Arkansas — crop-loss band
- 1.48Low end of the filed band
- 2.43Middle of the filed band
- 3.36High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (4.72)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Miller 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 1.48 at the low end to 3.36 at the high end, with 2.43 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2020, at 4.72. 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 | $2,794,876 | $5,909,971 | $10,205,620 | 103 | 103 | 2.11 |
| 2016 | $2,558,576 | $7,306,739 | $9,657,393 | 103 | 103 | 2.86 |
| 2017 | $2,111,753 | $3,118,877 | $6,693,637 | 54 | 54 | 1.48 |
| 2018 | $3,000,119 | $6,168,754 | $10,119,799 | 73 | 73 | 2.06 |
| 2019 | $3,717,136 | $7,372,396 | $9,080,702 | 98 | 98 | 1.98 |
| 2020 | $1,634,712 | $7,723,497 | $8,266,404 | 61 | 61 | 4.72 |
| 2021 | $1,892,746 | $6,364,003 | $9,959,229 | 99 | 99 | 3.36 |
| 2022 | $3,210,159 | $10,678,230 | $17,741,655 | 93 | 93 | 3.33 |
| 2023 | $2,663,217 | $8,343,817 | $14,488,641 | 94 | 94 | 3.13 |
| 2024 | $2,360,053 | $5,730,605 | $12,215,323 | 101 | 101 | 2.43 |
Commodities insured in Miller 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
- 0.99Low end of the filed band
- 2.63Middle of the filed band
- 3.38High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (3.59)
- 10Years filed
- $7,179,438Premium filed
- $19,047,580Indemnity paid
- $35,401,453Liability insured
- 122,126Quantity planted
- 120,675Quantity lost
- 273Policies
- 273Policies with a loss
- 2.65Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Miller County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $14,337,580 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,282,206 indemnity · 6 years
- Drought $1,226,705 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $391,936 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $306,989 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $185,932 indemnity · 5 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.33Low end of the filed band
- 1.78Middle of the filed band
- 3.14High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (4.30)
- 10Years filed
- $6,561,064Premium filed
- $15,923,867Indemnity paid
- $24,308,015Liability insured
- 149,515Quantity planted
- 149,492Quantity lost
- 160Policies
- 160Policies with a loss
- 2.43Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Miller County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $12,537,654 indemnity · 10 years
- Flood $2,945,244 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $193,396 indemnity · 2 years
- Freeze $142,566 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $91,159 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $13,850 indemnity · 2 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.34Low end of the filed band
- 2.02Middle of the filed band
- 3.05High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (3.06)
- 10Years filed
- $7,389,393Premium filed
- $15,311,067Indemnity paid
- $21,211,569Liability insured
- 139,785Quantity planted
- 138,741Quantity lost
- 300Policies
- 300Policies with a loss
- 2.07Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Miller County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $10,473,178 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $2,642,417 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $1,894,733 indemnity · 5 years
- Flood $155,984 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $142,319 indemnity · 5 years
- Wildlife $2,436 indemnity · 1 years
Cotton 8 years filed
- 1.18Low end of the filed band
- 2.67Middle of the filed band
- 7.35High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (7.35)
- 8Years filed
- $2,662,411Premium filed
- $11,512,403Indemnity paid
- $15,215,487Liability insured
- 42,774Quantity planted
- 57,201Quantity lost
- 71Policies
- 71Policies with a loss
- 4.32Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Miller County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $7,613,025 indemnity · 5 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $2,340,654 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $1,499,024 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $59,701 indemnity · 1 years
Rice 10 years filed
- 1.07Low end of the filed band
- 3.03Middle of the filed band
- 4.23High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (4.94)
- 10Years filed
- $2,151,042Premium filed
- $6,921,972Indemnity paid
- $12,291,879Liability insured
- 24,739Quantity planted
- 24,794Quantity lost
- 75Policies
- 75Policies with a loss
- 3.22Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Miller County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,123,048 indemnity · 10 years
- Failure of Irrigation Supply $950,915 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $667,477 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $559,532 indemnity · 4 years
- Hot Wind $196,381 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $177,579 indemnity · 1 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.