Crop-loss band · Kansas
Clark County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.16Low end of the filed band
- 1.68Middle of the filed band
- 2.52High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.04)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Clark 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 1.16 at the low end to 2.52 at the high end, with 1.68 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 3.04. 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 | $340,985 | $536,290 | $2,077,557 | 118 | 118 | 1.57 |
| 2016 | $195,379 | $269,185 | $830,260 | 96 | 93 | 1.38 |
| 2017 | $237,028 | $406,914 | $1,202,248 | 123 | 123 | 1.72 |
| 2018 | $823,886 | $2,025,762 | $4,218,632 | 297 | 290 | 2.46 |
| 2019 | $202,321 | $233,916 | $851,928 | 55 | 55 | 1.16 |
| 2020 | $258,193 | $380,667 | $1,197,843 | 91 | 91 | 1.47 |
| 2021 | $434,913 | $729,749 | $1,735,524 | 147 | 147 | 1.68 |
| 2022 | $4,139,778 | $12,599,172 | $18,952,244 | 739 | 739 | 3.04 |
| 2023 | $3,880,671 | $9,792,487 | $16,651,355 | 619 | 619 | 2.52 |
| 2024 | $1,512,592 | $2,974,941 | $7,184,626 | 341 | 341 | 1.97 |
Commodities insured in Clark County
4 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.
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.59Low end of the filed band
- 2.47Middle of the filed band
- 3.60High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.60)
- 10Years filed
- $5,855,454Premium filed
- $17,010,810Indemnity paid
- $29,504,972Liability insured
- 156,815Quantity planted
- 156,865Quantity lost
- 1,274Policies
- 1,270Policies with a loss
- 2.91Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Clark County
- Drought $14,378,515 indemnity · 9 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $634,147 indemnity · 6 years
- Hot Wind $478,775 indemnity · 4 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $334,380 indemnity · 3 years
- XX $233,943 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $231,662 indemnity · 7 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.83Low end of the filed band
- 1.71Middle of the filed band
- 2.24High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.05)
- 10Years filed
- $3,028,352Premium filed
- $7,701,726Indemnity paid
- $12,124,504Liability insured
- 45,825Quantity planted
- 45,891Quantity lost
- 475Policies
- 469Policies with a loss
- 2.54Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Clark County
- Drought $5,983,269 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $700,952 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $483,106 indemnity · 5 years
- Hot Wind $151,199 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $132,527 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $70,662 indemnity · 6 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.12Low end of the filed band
- 1.31Middle of the filed band
- 1.95High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (2.29)
- 10Years filed
- $2,389,632Premium filed
- $3,768,195Indemnity paid
- $10,410,966Liability insured
- 341,635Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 716Policies
- 716Policies with a loss
- 1.58Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Clark County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $3,768,195 indemnity · 10 years
Annual Forage 5 years filed
- 0.86Low end of the filed band
- 1.93Middle of the filed band
- 2.57High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.57)
- 5Years filed
- $752,308Premium filed
- $1,468,352Indemnity paid
- $2,861,775Liability insured
- 27,479Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 161Policies
- 161Policies with a loss
- 1.95Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Clark County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $1,468,352 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.