Crop-loss band · Kansas
Kiowa County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.59Low end of the filed band
- 2.16Middle of the filed band
- 2.55High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.07)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Kiowa 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 1.59 at the low end to 2.55 at the high end, with 2.16 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 3.07. 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 | $304,217 | $484,151 | $1,712,438 | 174 | 174 | 1.59 |
| 2016 | $357,065 | $570,751 | $2,283,390 | 150 | 150 | 1.60 |
| 2017 | $345,508 | $798,070 | $2,256,558 | 144 | 144 | 2.31 |
| 2018 | $1,018,735 | $2,601,012 | $5,732,078 | 381 | 381 | 2.55 |
| 2019 | $389,661 | $867,995 | $2,670,368 | 168 | 168 | 2.23 |
| 2020 | $222,158 | $396,617 | $1,403,849 | 80 | 80 | 1.79 |
| 2021 | $186,525 | $373,014 | $934,018 | 73 | 73 | 2.00 |
| 2022 | $2,716,003 | $8,330,513 | $17,644,084 | 552 | 552 | 3.07 |
| 2023 | $4,887,977 | $11,998,909 | $32,734,295 | 528 | 528 | 2.45 |
| 2024 | $2,305,762 | $4,991,215 | $16,567,060 | 411 | 411 | 2.16 |
Commodities insured in Kiowa 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.
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.40Low end of the filed band
- 1.90Middle of the filed band
- 2.66High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.85)
- 10Years filed
- $6,415,022Premium filed
- $16,103,044Indemnity paid
- $32,299,660Liability insured
- 150,126Quantity planted
- 150,186Quantity lost
- 1,353Policies
- 1,353Policies with a loss
- 2.51Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kiowa County
- Drought $12,278,865 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $1,824,446 indemnity · 8 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $568,414 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $404,220 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $224,652 indemnity · 10 years
- Decline in Price $165,504 indemnity · 6 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.00Low end of the filed band
- 1.43Middle of the filed band
- 2.74High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.79)
- 10Years filed
- $2,362,455Premium filed
- $5,588,221Indemnity paid
- $13,373,384Liability insured
- 45,946Quantity planted
- 45,210Quantity lost
- 512Policies
- 512Policies with a loss
- 2.37Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kiowa County
- Drought $4,352,653 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $531,356 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $260,942 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $200,368 indemnity · 5 years
- Hot Wind $109,021 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $63,349 indemnity · 7 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.19Low end of the filed band
- 2.31Middle of the filed band
- 5.69High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (12.70)
- 10Years filed
- $2,015,752Premium filed
- $4,100,714Indemnity paid
- $24,338,979Liability insured
- 21,938Quantity planted
- 31,121Quantity lost
- 196Policies
- 196Policies with a loss
- 2.03Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kiowa County
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $1,404,462 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $771,808 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $534,152 indemnity · 6 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $422,855 indemnity · 2 years
- Heat $411,142 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $263,000 indemnity · 5 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.86Low end of the filed band
- 2.97Middle of the filed band
- 7.31High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (9.20)
- 10Years filed
- $534,634Premium filed
- $2,760,377Indemnity paid
- $6,599,776Liability insured
- 20,290Quantity planted
- 20,337Quantity lost
- 243Policies
- 243Policies with a loss
- 5.16Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kiowa County
- Drought $1,920,778 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $288,573 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $168,953 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $134,294 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $118,392 indemnity · 7 years
- Hot Wind $78,266 indemnity · 5 years
Cotton 8 years filed
- 0.39Low end of the filed band
- 2.94Middle of the filed band
- 6.11High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (6.11)
- 8Years filed
- $502,452Premium filed
- $1,501,363Indemnity paid
- $3,162,715Liability insured
- 7,943Quantity planted
- 8,082Quantity lost
- 73Policies
- 73Policies with a loss
- 2.99Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kiowa County
- Drought $665,480 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $420,507 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $214,694 indemnity · 2 years
- Hail $86,673 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $36,620 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Winter $34,906 indemnity · 1 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.53Low end of the filed band
- 1.57Middle of the filed band
- 1.90High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.31)
- 10Years filed
- $903,296Premium filed
- $1,358,528Indemnity paid
- $4,163,624Liability insured
- 100,736Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 284Policies
- 284Policies with a loss
- 1.50Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kiowa County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,358,528 indemnity · 10 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.