Crop-loss band · Kansas
Wallace County, Kansas — crop-loss band
- 1.56Low end of the filed band
- 2.06Middle of the filed band
- 2.80High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (3.30)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Wallace 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 1.56 at the low end to 2.80 at the high end, with 2.06 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2018, at 3.30. 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 | $1,209,989 | $2,133,650 | $5,285,652 | 319 | 319 | 1.76 |
| 2016 | $490,551 | $958,834 | $3,138,705 | 143 | 143 | 1.95 |
| 2017 | $976,381 | $2,092,125 | $4,212,498 | 334 | 334 | 2.14 |
| 2018 | $1,958,161 | $6,470,707 | $11,139,755 | 505 | 505 | 3.30 |
| 2019 | $1,623,792 | $4,548,991 | $10,826,670 | 276 | 272 | 2.80 |
| 2020 | $5,643,301 | $11,788,533 | $30,241,218 | 631 | 630 | 2.09 |
| 2021 | $5,909,243 | $9,239,763 | $21,075,186 | 440 | 440 | 1.56 |
| 2022 | $12,959,770 | $35,022,490 | $48,337,530 | 790 | 790 | 2.70 |
| 2023 | $12,078,646 | $20,599,493 | $49,379,980 | 898 | 898 | 1.71 |
| 2024 | $12,765,326 | $26,359,541 | $49,512,868 | 1,089 | 1,089 | 2.06 |
Commodities insured in Wallace 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.
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.58Low end of the filed band
- 2.31Middle of the filed band
- 3.22High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (3.55)
- 10Years filed
- $31,193,374Premium filed
- $70,175,886Indemnity paid
- $142,410,227Liability insured
- 401,947Quantity planted
- 401,727Quantity lost
- 1,973Policies
- 1,972Policies with a loss
- 2.25Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wallace County
- Drought $37,775,821 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $11,191,566 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $10,681,751 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $4,237,843 indemnity · 8 years
- Hot Wind $2,392,008 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,139,861 indemnity · 8 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 0.72Low end of the filed band
- 1.12Middle of the filed band
- 2.20High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.61)
- 10Years filed
- $11,873,450Premium filed
- $22,114,316Indemnity paid
- $37,258,669Liability insured
- 134,432Quantity planted
- 134,597Quantity lost
- 752Policies
- 752Policies with a loss
- 1.86Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wallace County
- Drought $12,786,467 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $4,499,704 indemnity · 5 years
- Hail $2,855,184 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $929,638 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $411,001 indemnity · 7 years
- Decline in Price $213,099 indemnity · 9 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.50Low end of the filed band
- 2.00Middle of the filed band
- 3.27High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (3.71)
- 10Years filed
- $9,112,919Premium filed
- $20,791,116Indemnity paid
- $38,611,925Liability insured
- 224,817Quantity planted
- 224,913Quantity lost
- 2,082Policies
- 2,078Policies with a loss
- 2.28Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wallace County
- Drought $8,514,293 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $7,511,045 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $1,437,900 indemnity · 8 years
- Freeze $759,718 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $691,788 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Winter $600,728 indemnity · 5 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.61Low end of the filed band
- 1.59Middle of the filed band
- 2.49High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (3.61)
- 10Years filed
- $2,191,889Premium filed
- $4,015,037Indemnity paid
- $10,378,684Liability insured
- 279,302Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 509Policies
- 509Policies with a loss
- 1.83Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wallace County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $4,015,037 indemnity · 10 years
Annual Forage 7 years filed
- 1.33Low end of the filed band
- 1.53Middle of the filed band
- 2.98High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.98)
- 7Years filed
- $1,243,527Premium filed
- $2,117,772Indemnity paid
- $4,490,557Liability insured
- 25,872Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 109Policies
- 109Policies with a loss
- 1.70Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Wallace County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $2,117,772 indemnity · 7 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.