Crop-loss band · South Carolina
Darlington County, South Carolina — crop-loss band
- 1.38Low end of the filed band
- 2.90Middle of the filed band
- 4.33High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (5.08)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Darlington 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 1.38 at the low end to 4.33 at the high end, with 2.90 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2015, at 5.08. 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 | $2,675,797 | $13,590,283 | $18,095,775 | 445 | 445 | 5.08 |
| 2016 | $1,244,563 | $3,609,020 | $6,729,760 | 225 | 225 | 2.90 |
| 2017 | $121,733 | $258,607 | $553,321 | 37 | 37 | 2.12 |
| 2018 | $3,209,465 | $13,904,844 | $21,427,904 | 507 | 507 | 4.33 |
| 2019 | $2,229,791 | $4,951,980 | $12,280,904 | 389 | 389 | 2.22 |
| 2020 | $2,830,939 | $8,299,237 | $14,928,931 | 471 | 471 | 2.93 |
| 2021 | $255,228 | $540,060 | $1,487,990 | 56 | 56 | 2.12 |
| 2022 | $2,027,137 | $8,147,834 | $14,494,691 | 343 | 343 | 4.02 |
| 2023 | $1,039,030 | $1,431,635 | $5,775,704 | 139 | 139 | 1.38 |
| 2024 | $3,716,620 | $11,860,200 | $23,556,289 | 651 | 651 | 3.19 |
Commodities insured in Darlington 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
- 1.04Low end of the filed band
- 2.45Middle of the filed band
- 4.11High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (5.49)
- 10Years filed
- $9,911,128Premium filed
- $31,624,019Indemnity paid
- $56,511,275Liability insured
- 102,038Quantity planted
- 144,300Quantity lost
- 934Policies
- 934Policies with a loss
- 3.19Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Darlington County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $11,454,933 indemnity · 8 years
- Drought $6,393,212 indemnity · 9 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $5,593,440 indemnity · 6 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $5,121,268 indemnity · 8 years
- Tropical Storm $1,637,030 indemnity · 2 years
- Heat $791,097 indemnity · 9 years
Corn 10 years filed
- 1.38Low end of the filed band
- 2.84Middle of the filed band
- 4.41High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (4.54)
- 10Years filed
- $3,988,184Premium filed
- $14,624,683Indemnity paid
- $27,019,670Liability insured
- 68,729Quantity planted
- 67,733Quantity lost
- 876Policies
- 876Policies with a loss
- 3.67Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Darlington County
- Drought $6,539,860 indemnity · 8 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,312,112 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $2,192,548 indemnity · 2 years
- Heat $1,635,844 indemnity · 8 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $916,738 indemnity · 6 years
- Tropical Storm $827,655 indemnity · 2 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.11Low end of the filed band
- 2.48Middle of the filed band
- 4.88High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (6.24)
- 10Years filed
- $4,309,857Premium filed
- $14,399,708Indemnity paid
- $26,414,084Liability insured
- 109,199Quantity planted
- 108,954Quantity lost
- 1,122Policies
- 1,122Policies with a loss
- 3.34Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Darlington County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $4,394,002 indemnity · 10 years
- Drought $3,665,739 indemnity · 9 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $2,498,764 indemnity · 7 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $1,606,221 indemnity · 1 years
- Tropical Storm $1,075,014 indemnity · 2 years
- Heat $575,900 indemnity · 9 years
Peanuts 8 years filed
- 0.23Low end of the filed band
- 3.56Middle of the filed band
- 11.60High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (11.60)
- 8Years filed
- $510,526Premium filed
- $3,270,490Indemnity paid
- $5,348,325Liability insured
- 9,113Quantity planted
- 9,123Quantity lost
- 121Policies
- 121Policies with a loss
- 6.41Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Darlington County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,622,714 indemnity · 5 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $590,144 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $542,865 indemnity · 4 years
- Tropical Storm $257,659 indemnity · 1 years
- Drought $254,184 indemnity · 5 years
- Heat $2,923 indemnity · 1 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 2.37Low end of the filed band
- 3.43Middle of the filed band
- 5.19High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (5.59)
- 10Years filed
- $630,608Premium filed
- $2,674,800Indemnity paid
- $4,037,915Liability insured
- 33,648Quantity planted
- 33,648Quantity lost
- 210Policies
- 210Policies with a loss
- 4.24Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Darlington County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,502,065 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $69,673 indemnity · 7 years
- Flood $39,698 indemnity · 1 years
- Freeze $34,652 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $13,783 indemnity · 4 years
- Frost $12,345 indemnity · 1 years
Every county-crop the agency files in South Carolina → Buy the Darlington 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.