Crop-loss band · South Carolina
Clarendon County, South Carolina — crop-loss band
- 1.29Low end of the filed band
- 2.71Middle of the filed band
- 4.23High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (4.56)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Clarendon 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 1.29 at the low end to 4.23 at the high end, with 2.71 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2015, at 4.56. 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 | $2,889,341 | $13,187,282 | $18,718,692 | 588 | 588 | 4.56 |
| 2016 | $1,263,936 | $3,687,703 | $8,041,173 | 318 | 316 | 2.92 |
| 2017 | $353,139 | $958,144 | $2,384,175 | 113 | 113 | 2.71 |
| 2018 | $942,746 | $2,580,804 | $6,274,645 | 321 | 321 | 2.74 |
| 2019 | $2,641,829 | $6,510,772 | $16,941,668 | 485 | 485 | 2.46 |
| 2020 | $1,370,983 | $3,505,565 | $7,623,620 | 392 | 392 | 2.56 |
| 2021 | $469,150 | $605,305 | $2,441,599 | 109 | 109 | 1.29 |
| 2022 | $2,830,081 | $11,977,372 | $16,681,287 | 335 | 335 | 4.23 |
| 2023 | $3,002,022 | $6,195,415 | $13,737,619 | 317 | 317 | 2.06 |
| 2024 | $6,210,997 | $17,110,786 | $32,613,049 | 793 | 793 | 2.75 |
Commodities insured in Clarendon 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.
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.02Low end of the filed band
- 2.19Middle of the filed band
- 3.23High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.23)
- 10Years filed
- $11,120,680Premium filed
- $31,859,879Indemnity paid
- $61,335,932Liability insured
- 105,350Quantity planted
- 100,851Quantity lost
- 1,199Policies
- 1,197Policies with a loss
- 2.86Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Clarendon County
- Drought $9,543,648 indemnity · 9 years
- Tropical Storm $6,553,100 indemnity · 2 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $6,203,836 indemnity · 2 years
- Heat $3,516,584 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,354,598 indemnity · 10 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $1,422,139 indemnity · 6 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.59Low end of the filed band
- 2.79Middle of the filed band
- 4.35High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.36)
- 10Years filed
- $5,683,629Premium filed
- $16,024,593Indemnity paid
- $32,111,079Liability insured
- 96,940Quantity planted
- 98,269Quantity lost
- 1,709Policies
- 1,709Policies with a loss
- 2.82Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Clarendon County
- Drought $3,846,876 indemnity · 9 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,519,479 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $2,804,196 indemnity · 1 years
- Tropical Storm $2,644,506 indemnity · 2 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $1,300,657 indemnity · 7 years
- Wildlife $752,442 indemnity · 10 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 1.30Low end of the filed band
- 2.43Middle of the filed band
- 3.84High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (5.41)
- 10Years filed
- $3,196,114Premium filed
- $10,160,170Indemnity paid
- $17,811,726Liability insured
- 29,928Quantity planted
- 42,251Quantity lost
- 390Policies
- 390Policies with a loss
- 3.18Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Clarendon County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,312,580 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $2,033,008 indemnity · 5 years
- Drought $1,936,618 indemnity · 6 years
- Tropical Storm $620,479 indemnity · 2 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $482,317 indemnity · 6 years
- Heat $413,799 indemnity · 4 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 1.31Low end of the filed band
- 2.78Middle of the filed band
- 4.66High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (6.02)
- 10Years filed
- $1,189,130Premium filed
- $4,280,585Indemnity paid
- $8,022,882Liability insured
- 48,568Quantity planted
- 48,583Quantity lost
- 334Policies
- 334Policies with a loss
- 3.60Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Clarendon County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,832,683 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $246,863 indemnity · 6 years
- Freeze $41,687 indemnity · 2 years
- Cold Wet Weather $39,607 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $29,899 indemnity · 5 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $26,314 indemnity · 2 years
Peanuts 9 years filed
- 2.08Low end of the filed band
- 3.55Middle of the filed band
- 8.14High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (8.14)
- 9Years filed
- $784,670Premium filed
- $3,993,921Indemnity paid
- $6,175,908Liability insured
- 9,752Quantity planted
- 9,431Quantity lost
- 139Policies
- 139Policies with a loss
- 5.09Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Clarendon County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,836,595 indemnity · 5 years
- Tropical Storm $397,318 indemnity · 2 years
- Plant Disease $263,165 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $167,564 indemnity · 5 years
- Wildlife $109,201 indemnity · 3 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $106,310 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in South Carolina → Buy the Clarendon 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.