Crop-loss band · North Carolina
Bladen County, North Carolina — crop-loss band
- 2.26Low end of the filed band
- 4.15Middle of the filed band
- 6.87High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (7.48)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Bladen 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 2.26 at the low end to 6.87 at the high end, with 4.15 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2017, at 7.48. 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 | $1,481,303 | $4,460,255 | $8,694,736 | 506 | 506 | 3.01 |
| 2016 | $1,832,038 | $7,595,023 | $12,649,104 | 447 | 447 | 4.15 |
| 2017 | $1,587,853 | $11,882,202 | $16,941,642 | 229 | 229 | 7.48 |
| 2018 | $2,647,864 | $12,028,416 | $22,222,482 | 435 | 435 | 4.54 |
| 2019 | $2,631,682 | $12,128,447 | $21,853,246 | 641 | 639 | 4.61 |
| 2020 | $4,951,839 | $27,158,797 | $36,862,900 | 981 | 978 | 5.48 |
| 2021 | $2,238,022 | $15,386,021 | $19,733,128 | 288 | 288 | 6.87 |
| 2022 | $3,125,932 | $12,958,040 | $21,763,203 | 350 | 350 | 4.15 |
| 2023 | $5,903,744 | $13,332,696 | $26,187,252 | 507 | 507 | 2.26 |
| 2024 | $9,295,960 | $23,148,267 | $39,385,744 | 935 | 935 | 2.49 |
Commodities insured in Bladen County
7 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.
Blueberries 10 years filed
- 2.60Low end of the filed band
- 7.77Middle of the filed band
- 9.68High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (12.80)
- 10Years filed
- $14,880,177Premium filed
- $79,848,443Indemnity paid
- $121,457,956Liability insured
- 20,822Quantity planted
- 24,501Quantity lost
- 928Policies
- 926Policies with a loss
- 5.37Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bladen County
- Freeze $17,252,577 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $13,414,027 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $11,426,040 indemnity · 4 years
- Cold Wet Weather $10,244,639 indemnity · 7 years
- Tropical Storm $7,522,173 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $6,940,180 indemnity · 9 years
Flue Cured Tobacco 10 years filed
- 3.62Low end of the filed band
- 4.85Middle of the filed band
- 6.58High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (8.53)
- 10Years filed
- $4,244,346Premium filed
- $20,909,590Indemnity paid
- $27,670,239Liability insured
- 7,328Quantity planted
- 7,999Quantity lost
- 145Policies
- 145Policies with a loss
- 4.93Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bladen County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $6,171,022 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $5,078,905 indemnity · 7 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $4,022,806 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $3,477,973 indemnity · 6 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $873,526 indemnity · 2 years
- Plant Disease $576,188 indemnity · 4 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.34Low end of the filed band
- 2.33Middle of the filed band
- 3.29High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.34)
- 10Years filed
- $6,949,873Premium filed
- $17,072,623Indemnity paid
- $36,192,204Liability insured
- 81,222Quantity planted
- 90,542Quantity lost
- 1,525Policies
- 1,525Policies with a loss
- 2.46Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bladen County
- Drought $5,784,963 indemnity · 9 years
- Tropical Storm $2,668,093 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,393,506 indemnity · 9 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $1,958,695 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $1,758,235 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $1,689,613 indemnity · 1 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 0.79Low end of the filed band
- 3.41Middle of the filed band
- 4.32High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (7.20)
- 10Years filed
- $3,162,916Premium filed
- $9,142,506Indemnity paid
- $16,054,239Liability insured
- 32,710Quantity planted
- 41,066Quantity lost
- 285Policies
- 285Policies with a loss
- 2.89Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bladen County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,618,517 indemnity · 8 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $2,063,804 indemnity · 8 years
- Tropical Storm $1,543,791 indemnity · 2 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $974,553 indemnity · 4 years
- Drought $599,931 indemnity · 8 years
- XX $164,007 indemnity · 6 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.21Low end of the filed band
- 1.63Middle of the filed band
- 2.43High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (2.49)
- 10Years filed
- $4,812,900Premium filed
- $8,502,266Indemnity paid
- $16,677,611Liability insured
- 71,313Quantity planted
- 77,875Quantity lost
- 1,815Policies
- 1,815Policies with a loss
- 1.77Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bladen County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,047,336 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $2,044,286 indemnity · 9 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $1,579,826 indemnity · 9 years
- Tropical Storm $1,185,513 indemnity · 2 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $524,343 indemnity · 1 years
- XX $433,031 indemnity · 9 years
Peanuts 10 years filed
- 1.79Low end of the filed band
- 3.22Middle of the filed band
- 3.80High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (3.84)
- 10Years filed
- $1,320,918Premium filed
- $3,666,371Indemnity paid
- $6,612,935Liability insured
- 8,028Quantity planted
- 11,381Quantity lost
- 358Policies
- 355Policies with a loss
- 2.78Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bladen County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $779,427 indemnity · 8 years
- Tropical Storm $778,275 indemnity · 2 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $740,838 indemnity · 8 years
- Drought $585,791 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $570,791 indemnity · 1 years
- Heat $100,933 indemnity · 6 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.47Low end of the filed band
- 2.38Middle of the filed band
- 3.38High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (3.40)
- 10Years filed
- $325,106Premium filed
- $936,365Indemnity paid
- $1,628,253Liability insured
- 13,245Quantity planted
- 13,311Quantity lost
- 263Policies
- 263Policies with a loss
- 2.88Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bladen County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $789,481 indemnity · 10 years
- Cold Wet Weather $58,499 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $49,267 indemnity · 5 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $16,006 indemnity · 4 years
- Frost $10,170 indemnity · 3 years
- All Other Causes $8,428 indemnity · 5 years
Every county-crop the agency files in North Carolina → Buy the Bladen 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.