Crop-loss band · South Carolina
Aiken County, South Carolina — crop-loss band
- 1.11Low end of the filed band
- 1.27Middle of the filed band
- 2.02High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (2.09)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Aiken 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 1.11 at the low end to 2.02 at the high end, with 1.27 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2015, at 2.09. 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 | $583,544 | $1,221,119 | $1,866,120 | 89 | 89 | 2.09 |
| 2016 | $802,717 | $894,286 | $2,087,294 | 58 | 58 | 1.11 |
| 2017 | $1,446,858 | $2,652,851 | $2,975,643 | 29 | 29 | 1.83 |
| 2018 | $940,799 | $1,199,351 | $2,287,724 | 59 | 59 | 1.27 |
| 2019 | $1,592,304 | $1,875,257 | $4,736,292 | 99 | 99 | 1.18 |
| 2020 | $1,131,914 | $1,331,787 | $2,354,569 | 47 | 47 | 1.18 |
| 2021 | $1,005,802 | $1,703,118 | $2,206,583 | 27 | 27 | 1.69 |
| 2022 | $2,510,947 | $2,949,132 | $5,942,459 | 93 | 93 | 1.17 |
| 2023 | $2,472,572 | $4,984,638 | $5,683,448 | 38 | 38 | 2.02 |
| 2024 | $1,099,117 | $1,482,106 | $3,023,094 | 90 | 90 | 1.35 |
Commodities insured in Aiken 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.
Peaches 10 years filed
- 0.84Low end of the filed band
- 1.05Middle of the filed band
- 1.83High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (1.98)
- 10Years filed
- $11,323,969Premium filed
- $15,597,656Indemnity paid
- $22,229,718Liability insured
- 4,882Quantity planted
- 5,059Quantity lost
- 173Policies
- 173Policies with a loss
- 1.38Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Aiken County
- Freeze $12,856,013 indemnity · 10 years
- Frost $964,379 indemnity · 5 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $614,616 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $477,350 indemnity · 3 years
- Insufficient Chilling Hours $469,909 indemnity · 3 years
- Cold Winter $172,959 indemnity · 1 years
Cotton 9 years filed
- 1.04Low end of the filed band
- 1.94Middle of the filed band
- 3.54High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.54)
- 9Years filed
- $1,747,806Premium filed
- $3,110,982Indemnity paid
- $7,566,611Liability insured
- 11,028Quantity planted
- 23,484Quantity lost
- 143Policies
- 143Policies with a loss
- 1.78Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Aiken County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,032,374 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $815,198 indemnity · 7 years
- Drought $398,282 indemnity · 4 years
- Wildlife $389,645 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $248,204 indemnity · 4 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $83,594 indemnity · 5 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.64Low end of the filed band
- 3.47Middle of the filed band
- 4.05High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (5.93)
- 10Years filed
- $253,777Premium filed
- $816,817Indemnity paid
- $1,807,342Liability insured
- 6,624Quantity planted
- 6,173Quantity lost
- 174Policies
- 174Policies with a loss
- 3.22Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Aiken County
- Drought $394,845 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $240,458 indemnity · 8 years
- Wildlife $73,157 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $39,011 indemnity · 6 years
- Tropical Storm $27,870 indemnity · 1 years
- Flood $24,562 indemnity · 1 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 0.80Low end of the filed band
- 2.16Middle of the filed band
- 4.03High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (4.70)
- 10Years filed
- $261,022Premium filed
- $768,190Indemnity paid
- $1,559,555Liability insured
- 8,784Quantity planted
- 8,300Quantity lost
- 139Policies
- 139Policies with a loss
- 2.94Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Aiken County
- Drought $192,796 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $168,930 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $163,704 indemnity · 6 years
- Tropical Storm $125,053 indemnity · 1 years
- Flood $36,769 indemnity · 2 years
- Wildlife $34,238 indemnity · 5 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.