Crop-loss band · Kansas
Seward County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.46Low end of the filed band
- 2.22Middle of the filed band
- 3.36High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.37)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Seward 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 1.46 at the low end to 3.36 at the high end, with 2.22 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 3.37. 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 | $933,363 | $1,791,424 | $4,581,139 | 305 | 305 | 1.92 |
| 2016 | $242,803 | $355,297 | $1,976,131 | 104 | 104 | 1.46 |
| 2017 | $1,113,979 | $3,746,678 | $13,343,629 | 184 | 184 | 3.36 |
| 2018 | $765,679 | $2,274,188 | $5,472,103 | 233 | 233 | 2.97 |
| 2019 | $427,214 | $1,126,218 | $2,294,874 | 73 | 73 | 2.64 |
| 2020 | $1,052,361 | $2,143,860 | $6,943,380 | 192 | 192 | 2.04 |
| 2021 | $898,062 | $1,996,012 | $4,575,528 | 193 | 193 | 2.22 |
| 2022 | $5,447,333 | $18,383,861 | $37,568,332 | 779 | 779 | 3.37 |
| 2023 | $7,414,067 | $20,965,454 | $46,150,896 | 816 | 816 | 2.83 |
| 2024 | $1,574,398 | $2,449,559 | $7,656,433 | 301 | 301 | 1.56 |
Commodities insured in Seward 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.
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.75Low end of the filed band
- 2.24Middle of the filed band
- 3.78High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (5.06)
- 10Years filed
- $6,351,909Premium filed
- $21,324,671Indemnity paid
- $71,458,422Liability insured
- 103,987Quantity planted
- 102,817Quantity lost
- 737Policies
- 737Policies with a loss
- 3.36Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Seward County
- Heat $5,837,909 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $5,229,283 indemnity · 7 years
- Mycotoxin $3,724,192 indemnity · 4 years
- Drought $2,248,180 indemnity · 6 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $1,101,514 indemnity · 4 years
- Hot Wind $774,072 indemnity · 9 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.70Low end of the filed band
- 1.47Middle of the filed band
- 2.69High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.26)
- 10Years filed
- $5,758,804Premium filed
- $13,947,240Indemnity paid
- $22,043,981Liability insured
- 111,959Quantity planted
- 112,079Quantity lost
- 1,189Policies
- 1,189Policies with a loss
- 2.42Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Seward County
- Drought $9,029,827 indemnity · 9 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $1,635,029 indemnity · 9 years
- Hot Wind $960,433 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $735,480 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $475,714 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $243,901 indemnity · 2 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.72Low end of the filed band
- 1.63Middle of the filed band
- 2.38High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.01)
- 10Years filed
- $3,172,023Premium filed
- $8,303,278Indemnity paid
- $14,409,841Liability insured
- 57,804Quantity planted
- 58,028Quantity lost
- 577Policies
- 577Policies with a loss
- 2.62Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Seward County
- Drought $4,547,656 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $1,766,467 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $613,264 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $471,287 indemnity · 6 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $363,310 indemnity · 4 years
- Hot Wind $277,874 indemnity · 6 years
Cotton 8 years filed
- 1.28Low end of the filed band
- 1.85Middle of the filed band
- 4.23High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (4.23)
- 8Years filed
- $2,688,127Premium filed
- $7,445,867Indemnity paid
- $11,674,335Liability insured
- 21,500Quantity planted
- 24,758Quantity lost
- 143Policies
- 143Policies with a loss
- 2.77Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Seward County
- Hail $4,319,555 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $889,816 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Wet Weather $683,867 indemnity · 3 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $496,187 indemnity · 3 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $476,781 indemnity · 4 years
- Drought $202,757 indemnity · 3 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 6 years filed
- 0.88Low end of the filed band
- 1.21Middle of the filed band
- 2.03High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.03)
- 6Years filed
- $1,305,142Premium filed
- $2,236,581Indemnity paid
- $5,085,839Liability insured
- 136,582Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 411Policies
- 411Policies with a loss
- 1.71Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Seward County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $2,236,581 indemnity · 6 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.62Low end of the filed band
- 2.60Middle of the filed band
- 5.22High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (5.78)
- 10Years filed
- $593,254Premium filed
- $1,974,914Indemnity paid
- $5,890,027Liability insured
- 11,546Quantity planted
- 11,013Quantity lost
- 123Policies
- 123Policies with a loss
- 3.33Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Seward County
- Heat $614,494 indemnity · 5 years
- Hail $461,221 indemnity · 9 years
- Hot Wind $379,518 indemnity · 6 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $176,848 indemnity · 3 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $125,694 indemnity · 6 years
- Decline in Price $119,878 indemnity · 4 years
Every county-crop the agency files in Kansas → Buy the Seward County dossier →
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.