Crop-loss band · Georgia
Pierce County, Georgia — crop-loss band
- 2.27Low end of the filed band
- 2.90Middle of the filed band
- 3.52High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (3.59)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Pierce 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 2.27 at the low end to 3.52 at the high end, with 2.90 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2015, at 3.59. 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 | $415,465 | $1,491,515 | $2,570,253 | 77 | 77 | 3.59 |
| 2016 | $856,404 | $2,643,901 | $4,497,568 | 103 | 103 | 3.09 |
| 2017 | $1,292,115 | $4,075,507 | $6,607,736 | 110 | 110 | 3.15 |
| 2018 | $1,629,130 | $5,224,095 | $8,611,709 | 126 | 126 | 3.21 |
| 2019 | $787,988 | $2,130,226 | $4,009,932 | 89 | 89 | 2.70 |
| 2020 | $920,928 | $2,253,092 | $4,323,175 | 111 | 111 | 2.45 |
| 2021 | $941,316 | $2,673,858 | $4,911,766 | 87 | 87 | 2.84 |
| 2022 | $2,226,232 | $5,062,070 | $8,928,212 | 168 | 168 | 2.27 |
| 2023 | $1,981,261 | $6,979,403 | $11,041,307 | 192 | 192 | 3.52 |
| 2024 | $4,432,069 | $12,869,159 | $24,798,337 | 498 | 498 | 2.90 |
Commodities insured in Pierce County
7 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.
Cotton 10 years filed
- 1.96Low end of the filed band
- 2.07Middle of the filed band
- 3.02High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (3.06)
- 10Years filed
- $5,559,980Premium filed
- $13,357,067Indemnity paid
- $24,374,130Liability insured
- 38,523Quantity planted
- 58,353Quantity lost
- 451Policies
- 451Policies with a loss
- 2.40Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Pierce County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,681,589 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $2,555,601 indemnity · 9 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $2,540,503 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $1,570,562 indemnity · 7 years
- Hurricane $1,478,025 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $399,337 indemnity · 4 years
Blueberries 10 years filed
- 2.22Low end of the filed band
- 2.55Middle of the filed band
- 4.84High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (5.42)
- 10Years filed
- $3,799,950Premium filed
- $10,980,152Indemnity paid
- $17,377,996Liability insured
- 3,368Quantity planted
- 3,368Quantity lost
- 273Policies
- 273Policies with a loss
- 2.89Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Pierce County
- Freeze $5,764,249 indemnity · 9 years
- Tropical Storm $1,150,262 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane $1,150,217 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $1,088,665 indemnity · 1 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $825,405 indemnity · 6 years
- Cold Wet Weather $326,293 indemnity · 2 years
Peanuts 10 years filed
- 2.83Low end of the filed band
- 4.94Middle of the filed band
- 7.84High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (8.45)
- 10Years filed
- $1,986,146Premium filed
- $7,323,850Indemnity paid
- $15,403,438Liability insured
- 15,581Quantity planted
- 15,674Quantity lost
- 306Policies
- 306Policies with a loss
- 3.69Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Pierce County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,869,720 indemnity · 8 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $1,738,934 indemnity · 5 years
- Hurricane $1,467,656 indemnity · 1 years
- Tropical Storm $870,127 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $626,764 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $506,434 indemnity · 5 years
Flue Cured Tobacco 10 years filed
- 1.77Low end of the filed band
- 2.73Middle of the filed band
- 4.20High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (4.64)
- 10Years filed
- $2,535,117Premium filed
- $7,312,648Indemnity paid
- $11,975,078Liability insured
- 3,664Quantity planted
- 3,665Quantity lost
- 106Policies
- 106Policies with a loss
- 2.88Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Pierce County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,717,523 indemnity · 7 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $959,850 indemnity · 4 years
- Plant Disease $885,963 indemnity · 4 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $638,151 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $352,862 indemnity · 3 years
- Hurricane $282,113 indemnity · 1 years
Corn 9 years filed
- 2.75Low end of the filed band
- 4.64Middle of the filed band
- 6.96High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (6.96)
- 9Years filed
- $907,547Premium filed
- $3,952,903Indemnity paid
- $7,384,852Liability insured
- 9,842Quantity planted
- 9,546Quantity lost
- 225Policies
- 225Policies with a loss
- 4.36Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Pierce County
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $1,115,614 indemnity · 3 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $789,961 indemnity · 6 years
- Hurricane $520,908 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $406,004 indemnity · 4 years
- Tropical Storm $353,706 indemnity · 1 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $240,438 indemnity · 5 years
Pecans 8 years filed
- 3.38Low end of the filed band
- 4.93Middle of the filed band
- 7.19High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (7.19)
- 8Years filed
- $367,838Premium filed
- $1,476,142Indemnity paid
- $1,987,044Liability insured
- 8,024Quantity planted
- 1,721Quantity lost
- 64Policies
- 64Policies with a loss
- 4.01Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Pierce County
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $595,335 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $335,050 indemnity · 7 years
- Hurricane $128,714 indemnity · 1 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $124,495 indemnity · 4 years
- Tropical Storm $89,005 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $86,161 indemnity · 2 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.81Low end of the filed band
- 3.04Middle of the filed band
- 5.28High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (5.40)
- 10Years filed
- $326,330Premium filed
- $1,000,064Indemnity paid
- $1,797,457Liability insured
- 4,885Quantity planted
- 4,667Quantity lost
- 136Policies
- 136Policies with a loss
- 3.06Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Pierce County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $265,861 indemnity · 9 years
- Hurricane $220,777 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $176,773 indemnity · 4 years
- Tropical Storm $151,114 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $82,910 indemnity · 7 years
- Wildlife $80,844 indemnity · 5 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.