Crop-loss band · Ohio
Van Wert County, Ohio — crop-loss band
- 0.49Low end of the filed band
- 0.73Middle of the filed band
- 4.34High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (6.24)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Van Wert 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 0.49 at the low end to 4.34 at the high end, with 0.73 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2019, at 6.24. 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 | $3,356,143 | $14,562,234 | $55,156,486 | 1,505 | 1,504 | 4.34 |
| 2016 | $1,245,659 | $911,942 | $14,290,673 | 226 | 226 | 0.73 |
| 2017 | $1,585,825 | $1,370,462 | $27,006,889 | 576 | 575 | 0.86 |
| 2018 | $71,065 | $141,095 | $1,133,570 | 47 | 47 | 1.99 |
| 2019 | $1,496,834 | $9,336,350 | $16,767,946 | 758 | 748 | 6.24 |
| 2020 | $581,977 | $366,696 | $11,401,309 | 257 | 256 | 0.63 |
| 2021 | $141,498 | $80,807 | $2,242,109 | 45 | 45 | 0.57 |
| 2022 | $801,269 | $584,140 | $13,966,182 | 169 | 169 | 0.73 |
| 2023 | $879,714 | $433,858 | $8,298,267 | 162 | 162 | 0.49 |
| 2024 | $1,911,288 | $2,236,165 | $17,006,802 | 447 | 447 | 1.17 |
Commodities insured in Van Wert 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.
Corn 10 years filed
- 0.33Low end of the filed band
- 0.70Middle of the filed band
- 4.58High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (8.38)
- 10Years filed
- $6,010,397Premium filed
- $16,118,138Indemnity paid
- $71,236,574Liability insured
- 129,652Quantity planted
- 114,520Quantity lost
- 1,803Policies
- 1,802Policies with a loss
- 2.68Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Van Wert County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $11,968,621 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $2,054,622 indemnity · 4 years
- Decline in Price $1,076,741 indemnity · 8 years
- Cold Wet Weather $484,491 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $434,029 indemnity · 6 years
- Mycotoxin $71,514 indemnity · 2 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.46Low end of the filed band
- 0.90Middle of the filed band
- 4.20High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (4.45)
- 10Years filed
- $5,010,491Premium filed
- $10,944,896Indemnity paid
- $85,577,273Liability insured
- 176,859Quantity planted
- 143,169Quantity lost
- 1,957Policies
- 1,945Policies with a loss
- 2.18Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Van Wert County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $7,333,369 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,587,878 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $1,103,231 indemnity · 8 years
- Drought $429,542 indemnity · 8 years
- Cold Wet Weather $356,119 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $97,107 indemnity · 2 years
Popcorn 9 years filed
- 0.34Low end of the filed band
- 2.65Middle of the filed band
- 6.45High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (6.45)
- 9Years filed
- $797,803Premium filed
- $2,057,583Indemnity paid
- $8,022,022Liability insured
- 14,609Quantity planted
- 13,668Quantity lost
- 154Policies
- 154Policies with a loss
- 2.58Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Van Wert County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,631,116 indemnity · 8 years
- Drought $123,412 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $109,748 indemnity · 4 years
- Hail $103,682 indemnity · 1 years
- Flood $48,334 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $35,547 indemnity · 1 years
Wheat 8 years filed
- 0.73Low end of the filed band
- 2.84Middle of the filed band
- 5.43High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (5.43)
- 8Years filed
- $252,581Premium filed
- $903,132Indemnity paid
- $2,434,364Liability insured
- 7,923Quantity planted
- 7,926Quantity lost
- 278Policies
- 278Policies with a loss
- 3.58Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Van Wert County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $468,420 indemnity · 7 years
- Cold Wet Weather $176,196 indemnity · 4 years
- Mycotoxin $129,064 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Winter $43,281 indemnity · 1 years
- Plant Disease $40,839 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $38,289 indemnity · 4 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.