Crop-loss band · South Carolina
Bamberg County, South Carolina — crop-loss band
- 1.07Low end of the filed band
- 1.75Middle of the filed band
- 2.49High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (2.79)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Bamberg 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 1.07 at the low end to 2.49 at the high end, with 1.75 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2020, at 2.79. 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 | $1,101,670 | $2,744,157 | $6,142,148 | 170 | 170 | 2.49 |
| 2016 | $489,537 | $855,549 | $2,351,040 | 111 | 111 | 1.75 |
| 2017 | $623,331 | $983,751 | $3,428,201 | 60 | 59 | 1.58 |
| 2018 | $554,973 | $642,313 | $2,118,155 | 92 | 91 | 1.16 |
| 2019 | $620,495 | $1,098,105 | $3,416,677 | 167 | 164 | 1.77 |
| 2020 | $140,941 | $393,173 | $1,078,382 | 97 | 97 | 2.79 |
| 2021 | $171,553 | $183,274 | $757,085 | 55 | 55 | 1.07 |
| 2022 | $771,972 | $1,098,658 | $2,869,091 | 116 | 116 | 1.42 |
| 2023 | $332,871 | $812,583 | $1,696,074 | 88 | 88 | 2.44 |
| 2024 | $1,020,356 | $2,402,364 | $5,081,968 | 189 | 189 | 2.35 |
Commodities insured in Bamberg County
5 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.
Cotton 10 years filed
- 0.63Low end of the filed band
- 1.24Middle of the filed band
- 2.47High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (2.73)
- 10Years filed
- $3,396,292Premium filed
- $5,183,195Indemnity paid
- $13,114,131Liability insured
- 19,486Quantity planted
- 44,568Quantity lost
- 351Policies
- 351Policies with a loss
- 1.53Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bamberg County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,850,018 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,310,123 indemnity · 10 years
- Tropical Storm $876,600 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $443,883 indemnity · 7 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $237,936 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $187,305 indemnity · 7 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.97Low end of the filed band
- 2.53Middle of the filed band
- 3.54High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (3.72)
- 10Years filed
- $860,441Premium filed
- $2,167,188Indemnity paid
- $4,729,126Liability insured
- 12,002Quantity planted
- 11,800Quantity lost
- 318Policies
- 318Policies with a loss
- 2.52Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bamberg County
- Drought $768,071 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $467,379 indemnity · 7 years
- Tropical Storm $446,772 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $356,663 indemnity · 9 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $64,223 indemnity · 5 years
- Wildlife $46,561 indemnity · 7 years
Peanuts 9 years filed
- 1.78Low end of the filed band
- 2.77Middle of the filed band
- 6.62High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (6.62)
- 9Years filed
- $438,006Premium filed
- $1,479,658Indemnity paid
- $3,841,408Liability insured
- 5,012Quantity planted
- 4,945Quantity lost
- 167Policies
- 165Policies with a loss
- 3.38Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bamberg County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $587,219 indemnity · 6 years
- Tropical Storm $543,702 indemnity · 2 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $143,565 indemnity · 3 years
- Drought $114,458 indemnity · 7 years
- Wildlife $58,017 indemnity · 4 years
- Heat $32,657 indemnity · 3 years
All Other Crops 7 years filed
- 1.45Low end of the filed band
- 1.74Middle of the filed band
- 3.74High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (3.74)
- 7Years filed
- $746,144Premium filed
- $1,251,446Indemnity paid
- $5,265,931Liability insured
- 543Quantity planted
- 135Quantity lost
- 21Policies
- 21Policies with a loss
- 1.68Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bamberg County
- Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) $620,384 indemnity · 1 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $522,708 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $90,189 indemnity · 2 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $18,165 indemnity · 5 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.92Low end of the filed band
- 3.02Middle of the filed band
- 3.78High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (3.95)
- 10Years filed
- $386,816Premium filed
- $1,132,440Indemnity paid
- $1,988,225Liability insured
- 9,657Quantity planted
- 9,858Quantity lost
- 288Policies
- 285Policies with a loss
- 2.93Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Bamberg County
- Drought $326,377 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $254,823 indemnity · 8 years
- Wildlife $190,174 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $138,427 indemnity · 7 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $82,499 indemnity · 5 years
- Tropical Storm $76,684 indemnity · 2 years
Every county-crop the agency files in South Carolina → Buy the Bamberg 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.