Crop-loss band · Kansas
Rush County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.69Low end of the filed band
- 2.12Middle of the filed band
- 2.60High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.69)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Rush 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 1.69 at the low end to 2.60 at the high end, with 2.12 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2023, at 2.69. 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 | $1,105,371 | $2,022,411 | $6,895,163 | 790 | 790 | 1.83 |
| 2016 | $230,865 | $390,002 | $1,368,708 | 227 | 227 | 1.69 |
| 2017 | $837,956 | $1,839,936 | $4,799,794 | 586 | 586 | 2.20 |
| 2018 | $551,626 | $1,122,232 | $3,178,472 | 429 | 429 | 2.03 |
| 2019 | $713,430 | $1,662,385 | $3,992,274 | 501 | 501 | 2.33 |
| 2020 | $265,942 | $518,670 | $1,429,175 | 195 | 195 | 1.95 |
| 2021 | $224,897 | $477,893 | $1,200,967 | 115 | 115 | 2.12 |
| 2022 | $2,097,058 | $5,455,074 | $11,803,465 | 705 | 705 | 2.60 |
| 2023 | $5,281,452 | $14,215,841 | $31,110,797 | 1,713 | 1,713 | 2.69 |
| 2024 | $3,030,453 | $6,667,762 | $17,600,176 | 1,027 | 1,027 | 2.20 |
Commodities insured in Rush 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
- 1.61Low end of the filed band
- 1.94Middle of the filed band
- 2.72High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.87)
- 10Years filed
- $7,317,060Premium filed
- $17,050,530Indemnity paid
- $40,731,884Liability insured
- 218,560Quantity planted
- 218,647Quantity lost
- 3,472Policies
- 3,472Policies with a loss
- 2.33Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rush County
- Drought $12,916,413 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $1,929,648 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $758,437 indemnity · 7 years
- Cold Winter $370,610 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $303,603 indemnity · 7 years
- Freeze $254,166 indemnity · 9 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.37Low end of the filed band
- 1.84Middle of the filed band
- 2.67High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (2.72)
- 10Years filed
- $4,805,906Premium filed
- $10,979,671Indemnity paid
- $30,736,971Liability insured
- 112,003Quantity planted
- 111,489Quantity lost
- 1,967Policies
- 1,967Policies with a loss
- 2.28Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rush County
- Drought $8,019,956 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,600,976 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $470,275 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $162,506 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $149,802 indemnity · 9 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $149,269 indemnity · 7 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.13Low end of the filed band
- 2.38Middle of the filed band
- 3.38High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.65)
- 10Years filed
- $1,617,112Premium filed
- $4,915,024Indemnity paid
- $8,739,960Liability insured
- 30,976Quantity planted
- 30,964Quantity lost
- 554Policies
- 554Policies with a loss
- 3.04Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rush County
- Drought $3,276,944 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $475,692 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $408,195 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $312,333 indemnity · 6 years
- Hot Wind $149,490 indemnity · 5 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $114,806 indemnity · 6 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.16Low end of the filed band
- 2.34Middle of the filed band
- 4.64High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (5.12)
- 10Years filed
- $598,972Premium filed
- $1,426,981Indemnity paid
- $3,170,176Liability insured
- 13,814Quantity planted
- 13,920Quantity lost
- 295Policies
- 295Policies with a loss
- 2.38Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Rush County
- Drought $765,172 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $229,440 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $187,383 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $185,655 indemnity · 7 years
- Hot Wind $32,509 indemnity · 6 years
- Plant Disease $21,482 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.