Crop-loss band · Kansas
Comanche County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.24Low end of the filed band
- 1.74Middle of the filed band
- 2.60High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.02)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Comanche 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 1.24 at the low end to 2.60 at the high end, with 1.74 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 3.02. 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 | $108,590 | $134,669 | $545,944 | 36 | 36 | 1.24 |
| 2016 | $252,607 | $332,613 | $1,130,815 | 93 | 93 | 1.32 |
| 2017 | $234,202 | $415,902 | $1,073,393 | 70 | 70 | 1.78 |
| 2018 | $891,498 | $2,315,928 | $4,342,533 | 266 | 266 | 2.60 |
| 2019 | $278,367 | $491,899 | $1,300,471 | 71 | 71 | 1.77 |
| 2020 | $296,835 | $479,900 | $1,419,698 | 75 | 75 | 1.62 |
| 2021 | $299,548 | $489,074 | $1,252,786 | 61 | 61 | 1.63 |
| 2022 | $2,468,165 | $7,447,162 | $11,252,287 | 378 | 378 | 3.02 |
| 2023 | $3,012,357 | $7,633,900 | $11,814,549 | 377 | 377 | 2.53 |
| 2024 | $1,081,593 | $1,882,464 | $5,074,952 | 168 | 168 | 1.74 |
Commodities insured in Comanche 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.
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.79Low end of the filed band
- 1.26Middle of the filed band
- 2.91High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.93)
- 10Years filed
- $4,316,922Premium filed
- $10,896,339Indemnity paid
- $18,536,228Liability insured
- 113,017Quantity planted
- 113,148Quantity lost
- 729Policies
- 729Policies with a loss
- 2.52Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Comanche County
- Drought $9,779,185 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $393,575 indemnity · 5 years
- XX $326,630 indemnity · 4 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $90,313 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $72,514 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $54,560 indemnity · 3 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.91Low end of the filed band
- 1.47Middle of the filed band
- 2.70High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.45)
- 10Years filed
- $2,175,395Premium filed
- $5,255,831Indemnity paid
- $9,875,881Liability insured
- 53,808Quantity planted
- 54,908Quantity lost
- 465Policies
- 465Policies with a loss
- 2.42Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Comanche County
- Drought $4,408,196 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $231,930 indemnity · 8 years
- Decline in Price $217,986 indemnity · 6 years
- Hot Wind $208,484 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $159,788 indemnity · 6 years
- Insects $25,313 indemnity · 2 years
Cotton 6 years filed
- 1.99Low end of the filed band
- 4.28Middle of the filed band
- 6.44High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (6.44)
- 6Years filed
- $606,168Premium filed
- $2,378,926Indemnity paid
- $2,786,813Liability insured
- 8,955Quantity planted
- 9,275Quantity lost
- 40Policies
- 40Policies with a loss
- 3.92Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Comanche County
- Drought $1,540,870 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $549,920 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $265,595 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $22,542 indemnity · 1 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.08Low end of the filed band
- 1.66Middle of the filed band
- 2.01High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.07)
- 10Years filed
- $1,398,646Premium filed
- $2,309,001Indemnity paid
- $6,219,847Liability insured
- 153,436Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 294Policies
- 294Policies with a loss
- 1.65Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Comanche County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $2,309,001 indemnity · 10 years
Annual Forage 6 years filed
- 0.38Low end of the filed band
- 1.08Middle of the filed band
- 2.55High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (2.55)
- 6Years filed
- $426,631Premium filed
- $783,414Indemnity paid
- $1,788,659Liability insured
- 8,754Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 67Policies
- 67Policies with a loss
- 1.84Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Comanche County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $783,414 indemnity · 6 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.