Crop-loss band · Mississippi
Washington County, Mississippi — crop-loss band
- 1.36Low end of the filed band
- 2.44Middle of the filed band
- 3.09High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (3.46)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Washington 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 1.36 at the low end to 3.09 at the high end, with 2.44 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2024, at 3.46. 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 | $1,431,595 | $3,492,303 | $13,006,947 | 137 | 137 | 2.44 |
| 2016 | $2,214,554 | $6,827,496 | $20,964,489 | 221 | 221 | 3.08 |
| 2017 | $1,162,500 | $2,432,320 | $8,826,297 | 92 | 92 | 2.09 |
| 2018 | $1,209,152 | $2,620,051 | $10,993,740 | 94 | 94 | 2.17 |
| 2019 | $4,538,392 | $12,061,426 | $53,274,693 | 336 | 333 | 2.66 |
| 2020 | $2,066,325 | $6,380,896 | $20,854,801 | 177 | 177 | 3.09 |
| 2021 | $1,285,936 | $1,748,426 | $16,438,657 | 75 | 75 | 1.36 |
| 2022 | $1,896,095 | $4,621,224 | $18,855,563 | 100 | 100 | 2.44 |
| 2023 | $1,901,489 | $4,849,344 | $21,305,191 | 116 | 116 | 2.55 |
| 2024 | $2,901,276 | $10,025,898 | $31,872,360 | 179 | 179 | 3.46 |
Commodities insured in Washington 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.
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.27Low end of the filed band
- 2.08Middle of the filed band
- 2.99High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (4.12)
- 10Years filed
- $12,292,802Premium filed
- $30,880,994Indemnity paid
- $147,828,227Liability insured
- 356,762Quantity planted
- 260,885Quantity lost
- 911Policies
- 908Policies with a loss
- 2.51Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Washington County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $11,544,251 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $11,432,475 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $6,283,136 indemnity · 8 years
- Hail $690,456 indemnity · 2 years
- Flood $411,863 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $301,852 indemnity · 4 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.89Low end of the filed band
- 3.03Middle of the filed band
- 3.60High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (4.41)
- 10Years filed
- $6,221,267Premium filed
- $18,171,678Indemnity paid
- $55,849,041Liability insured
- 145,473Quantity planted
- 130,764Quantity lost
- 427Policies
- 427Policies with a loss
- 2.92Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Washington County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $16,764,284 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $736,550 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $222,298 indemnity · 5 years
- Flood $167,354 indemnity · 2 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $137,010 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $75,440 indemnity · 1 years
Wheat 9 years filed
- 0.92Low end of the filed band
- 3.56Middle of the filed band
- 4.11High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (4.11)
- 9Years filed
- $940,270Premium filed
- $3,266,672Indemnity paid
- $7,054,455Liability insured
- 50,190Quantity planted
- 50,192Quantity lost
- 153Policies
- 153Policies with a loss
- 3.47Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Washington County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,723,623 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $415,095 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Wet Weather $48,260 indemnity · 2 years
- Flood $32,878 indemnity · 1 years
- Wildlife $23,925 indemnity · 1 years
- Decline in Price $12,645 indemnity · 1 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 0.99Low end of the filed band
- 3.06Middle of the filed band
- 11.43High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (12.35)
- 10Years filed
- $1,152,975Premium filed
- $2,740,040Indemnity paid
- $5,661,015Liability insured
- 7,039Quantity planted
- 19,590Quantity lost
- 36Policies
- 36Policies with a loss
- 2.38Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Washington County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,466,990 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,231,183 indemnity · 4 years
- Drought $41,867 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.