Crop-loss band · Mississippi
Bolivar County, Mississippi — crop-loss band
- 2.12Low end of the filed band
- 2.48Middle of the filed band
- 3.16High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (3.67)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Bolivar 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 2.12 at the low end to 3.16 at the high end, with 2.48 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2024, at 3.67. 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 | $4,607,193 | $12,598,194 | $41,833,076 | 448 | 445 | 2.73 |
| 2016 | $5,037,483 | $13,767,675 | $43,639,206 | 448 | 435 | 2.73 |
| 2017 | $3,567,487 | $8,050,476 | $31,270,952 | 229 | 227 | 2.26 |
| 2018 | $3,069,940 | $7,794,706 | $29,386,141 | 249 | 249 | 2.54 |
| 2019 | $6,937,842 | $17,220,013 | $73,952,748 | 433 | 431 | 2.48 |
| 2020 | $4,654,377 | $14,722,394 | $41,677,292 | 321 | 314 | 3.16 |
| 2021 | $6,982,517 | $15,680,642 | $80,959,036 | 341 | 339 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | $6,150,914 | $13,044,693 | $54,725,026 | 259 | 259 | 2.12 |
| 2023 | $5,501,819 | $13,254,620 | $56,040,923 | 252 | 252 | 2.41 |
| 2024 | $6,501,457 | $23,843,314 | $62,564,389 | 330 | 330 | 3.67 |
Commodities insured in Bolivar 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
- 1.38Low end of the filed band
- 1.78Middle of the filed band
- 2.62High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (3.60)
- 10Years filed
- $29,904,651Premium filed
- $60,339,734Indemnity paid
- $342,643,633Liability insured
- 829,146Quantity planted
- 540,562Quantity lost
- 1,937Policies
- 1,927Policies with a loss
- 2.02Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bolivar County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $32,156,596 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $21,631,216 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $3,905,930 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $1,086,510 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $604,355 indemnity · 10 years
- Wildlife $306,967 indemnity · 4 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 2.27Low end of the filed band
- 2.86Middle of the filed band
- 3.31High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (3.82)
- 10Years filed
- $13,662,488Premium filed
- $40,454,106Indemnity paid
- $98,820,534Liability insured
- 262,795Quantity planted
- 254,359Quantity lost
- 642Policies
- 641Policies with a loss
- 2.96Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bolivar County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $34,608,262 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $2,309,719 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $1,150,028 indemnity · 1 years
- Wildlife $763,135 indemnity · 1 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $657,837 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Wet Weather $507,061 indemnity · 1 years
Cotton 9 years filed
- 1.07Low end of the filed band
- 3.70Middle of the filed band
- 5.38High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (5.38)
- 9Years filed
- $4,196,845Premium filed
- $15,420,234Indemnity paid
- $26,798,242Liability insured
- 29,074Quantity planted
- 63,142Quantity lost
- 76Policies
- 76Policies with a loss
- 3.67Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bolivar County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $6,585,692 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,778,260 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $3,197,435 indemnity · 3 years
- Drought $447,804 indemnity · 1 years
- Cold Wet Weather $289,020 indemnity · 2 years
- Flood $93,594 indemnity · 1 years
Rice 10 years filed
- 2.90Low end of the filed band
- 4.73Middle of the filed band
- 9.74High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (9.80)
- 10Years filed
- $2,894,259Premium filed
- $15,285,348Indemnity paid
- $32,341,689Liability insured
- 40,579Quantity planted
- 36,436Quantity lost
- 296Policies
- 278Policies with a loss
- 5.28Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bolivar County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $6,718,343 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $5,250,419 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,955,150 indemnity · 5 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $689,092 indemnity · 5 years
- Decline in Price $330,144 indemnity · 2 years
- Flood $303,120 indemnity · 1 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 3.04Low end of the filed band
- 3.89Middle of the filed band
- 5.76High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (5.82)
- 10Years filed
- $2,083,207Premium filed
- $8,249,603Indemnity paid
- $14,728,136Liability insured
- 84,720Quantity planted
- 84,845Quantity lost
- 330Policies
- 330Policies with a loss
- 3.96Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bolivar County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $6,772,982 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $902,953 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Wet Weather $170,743 indemnity · 2 years
- Freeze $140,735 indemnity · 1 years
- Wildlife $133,344 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $62,565 indemnity · 4 years
Grain Sorghum 5 years filed
- 0.71Low end of the filed band
- 1.67Middle of the filed band
- 1.86High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (1.86)
- 5Years filed
- $269,578Premium filed
- $227,702Indemnity paid
- $716,555Liability insured
- 4,159Quantity planted
- 3,530Quantity lost
- 29Policies
- 29Policies with a loss
- 0.84Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bolivar County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $134,992 indemnity · 5 years
- Plant Disease $55,482 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $27,690 indemnity · 1 years
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $8,552 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $986 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.