Crop-loss band · Kansas
Sedgwick County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.53Low end of the filed band
- 1.75Middle of the filed band
- 3.09High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.09)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Sedgwick 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 1.53 at the low end to 3.09 at the high end, with 1.75 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 3.09. 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 | $1,825,014 | $3,153,896 | $12,647,470 | 1,151 | 1,148 | 1.73 |
| 2016 | $782,279 | $1,370,717 | $5,887,520 | 585 | 571 | 1.75 |
| 2017 | $1,808,628 | $3,159,348 | $11,185,997 | 986 | 986 | 1.75 |
| 2018 | $1,329,558 | $2,513,490 | $9,533,616 | 1,172 | 1,172 | 1.89 |
| 2019 | $2,689,300 | $6,355,990 | $20,437,734 | 1,687 | 1,685 | 2.36 |
| 2020 | $763,409 | $1,175,160 | $4,866,422 | 531 | 531 | 1.54 |
| 2021 | $1,111,530 | $1,704,335 | $6,498,605 | 470 | 469 | 1.53 |
| 2022 | $7,534,098 | $23,278,892 | $45,999,322 | 2,315 | 2,315 | 3.09 |
| 2023 | $10,425,968 | $32,208,471 | $65,305,976 | 2,935 | 2,935 | 3.09 |
| 2024 | $4,410,229 | $7,820,609 | $24,942,791 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1.77 |
Commodities insured in Sedgwick 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.
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.97Low end of the filed band
- 1.65Middle of the filed band
- 3.46High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.58)
- 10Years filed
- $14,307,337Premium filed
- $38,172,655Indemnity paid
- $87,824,430Liability insured
- 310,746Quantity planted
- 307,552Quantity lost
- 4,716Policies
- 4,700Policies with a loss
- 2.67Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sedgwick County
- Drought $25,396,237 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $8,372,818 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,872,501 indemnity · 10 years
- XX $368,976 indemnity · 6 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $324,638 indemnity · 3 years
- Hot Wind $211,827 indemnity · 8 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.56Low end of the filed band
- 1.99Middle of the filed band
- 2.85High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.01)
- 10Years filed
- $9,575,035Premium filed
- $24,689,926Indemnity paid
- $65,544,027Liability insured
- 308,847Quantity planted
- 309,145Quantity lost
- 4,442Policies
- 4,440Policies with a loss
- 2.58Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sedgwick County
- Drought $18,020,141 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,349,700 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $680,838 indemnity · 4 years
- Freeze $636,026 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $632,992 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $576,888 indemnity · 8 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.25Low end of the filed band
- 2.21Middle of the filed band
- 2.54High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (2.63)
- 10Years filed
- $4,735,019Premium filed
- $10,239,983Indemnity paid
- $34,385,819Liability insured
- 94,354Quantity planted
- 92,360Quantity lost
- 1,953Policies
- 1,952Policies with a loss
- 2.16Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sedgwick County
- Drought $5,809,369 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,894,590 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,463,818 indemnity · 9 years
- Decline in Price $293,179 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $269,709 indemnity · 4 years
- Hot Wind $160,807 indemnity · 8 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.41Low end of the filed band
- 2.01Middle of the filed band
- 2.77High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.79)
- 10Years filed
- $3,100,387Premium filed
- $7,392,897Indemnity paid
- $14,449,784Liability insured
- 67,982Quantity planted
- 68,576Quantity lost
- 1,597Policies
- 1,596Policies with a loss
- 2.38Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sedgwick County
- Drought $4,859,795 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $903,634 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $900,198 indemnity · 9 years
- Insects $316,831 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $84,100 indemnity · 5 years
- XX $73,252 indemnity · 7 years
Cotton 6 years filed
- 2.25Low end of the filed band
- 3.01Middle of the filed band
- 5.17High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (5.17)
- 6Years filed
- $619,325Premium filed
- $1,653,216Indemnity paid
- $3,335,937Liability insured
- 5,510Quantity planted
- 9,479Quantity lost
- 69Policies
- 69Policies with a loss
- 2.67Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sedgwick County
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $524,702 indemnity · 4 years
- Drought $398,833 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $319,053 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Wet Weather $271,465 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $94,968 indemnity · 1 years
- Hot Wind $24,164 indemnity · 1 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.65Low end of the filed band
- 1.82Middle of the filed band
- 2.38High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.72)
- 10Years filed
- $342,910Premium filed
- $592,231Indemnity paid
- $1,765,456Liability insured
- 20,894Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 455Policies
- 455Policies with a loss
- 1.73Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Sedgwick County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $592,231 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.