Crop-loss band · South Carolina
Dillon County, South Carolina — crop-loss band
- 1.82Low end of the filed band
- 2.63Middle of the filed band
- 3.49High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.63)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Dillon 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 1.82 at the low end to 3.49 at the high end, with 2.63 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 3.63. 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 | $1,256,705 | $2,941,225 | $7,555,175 | 185 | 182 | 2.34 |
| 2016 | $908,060 | $2,473,726 | $4,989,273 | 204 | 204 | 2.72 |
| 2017 | $130,299 | $417,274 | $915,488 | 34 | 34 | 3.20 |
| 2018 | $1,425,470 | $4,527,234 | $9,586,313 | 227 | 227 | 3.18 |
| 2019 | $1,423,790 | $3,452,070 | $9,000,966 | 269 | 268 | 2.42 |
| 2020 | $1,817,840 | $6,345,022 | $10,186,910 | 382 | 382 | 3.49 |
| 2021 | $310,349 | $628,397 | $2,043,982 | 76 | 76 | 2.02 |
| 2022 | $2,643,522 | $9,587,975 | $13,295,630 | 300 | 300 | 3.63 |
| 2023 | $2,036,038 | $3,708,374 | $8,973,422 | 218 | 218 | 1.82 |
| 2024 | $3,970,741 | $10,448,303 | $22,455,927 | 515 | 515 | 2.63 |
Commodities insured in Dillon County
6 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
- 0.98Low end of the filed band
- 2.21Middle of the filed band
- 3.46High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.97)
- 10Years filed
- $5,552,968Premium filed
- $16,618,440Indemnity paid
- $33,563,893Liability insured
- 60,665Quantity planted
- 77,695Quantity lost
- 741Policies
- 740Policies with a loss
- 2.99Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dillon County
- Drought $5,704,604 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $3,258,537 indemnity · 3 years
- Tropical Storm $2,481,285 indemnity · 2 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $2,466,347 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,294,713 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,089,483 indemnity · 8 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.55Low end of the filed band
- 2.06Middle of the filed band
- 3.27High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.59)
- 10Years filed
- $4,948,079Premium filed
- $12,761,994Indemnity paid
- $24,076,623Liability insured
- 71,370Quantity planted
- 81,943Quantity lost
- 957Policies
- 957Policies with a loss
- 2.58Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dillon County
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $3,244,795 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $2,759,854 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,382,458 indemnity · 10 years
- Tropical Storm $2,182,215 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $1,592,384 indemnity · 9 years
- Heat $313,725 indemnity · 7 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 0.57Low end of the filed band
- 1.83Middle of the filed band
- 3.27High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (4.34)
- 10Years filed
- $3,682,597Premium filed
- $8,732,115Indemnity paid
- $20,132,602Liability insured
- 30,820Quantity planted
- 54,127Quantity lost
- 307Policies
- 304Policies with a loss
- 2.37Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dillon County
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $2,487,982 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $2,416,324 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,019,625 indemnity · 8 years
- Tropical Storm $1,065,187 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $526,033 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $143,058 indemnity · 5 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.96Low end of the filed band
- 3.10Middle of the filed band
- 4.27High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (4.90)
- 10Years filed
- $725,806Premium filed
- $2,869,756Indemnity paid
- $4,883,307Liability insured
- 36,160Quantity planted
- 36,142Quantity lost
- 244Policies
- 244Policies with a loss
- 3.95Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dillon County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,527,174 indemnity · 9 years
- Cold Wet Weather $134,818 indemnity · 3 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $61,889 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $52,870 indemnity · 5 years
- Insects $22,673 indemnity · 2 years
- Decline in Price $19,385 indemnity · 4 years
Peanuts 10 years filed
- 1.75Low end of the filed band
- 3.02Middle of the filed band
- 3.62High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (5.91)
- 10Years filed
- $660,914Premium filed
- $1,996,843Indemnity paid
- $3,873,088Liability insured
- 5,316Quantity planted
- 6,408Quantity lost
- 123Policies
- 123Policies with a loss
- 3.02Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dillon County
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $640,103 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $579,503 indemnity · 6 years
- Tropical Storm $363,597 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $221,700 indemnity · 8 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $169,341 indemnity · 2 years
- Heat $13,508 indemnity · 2 years
Flue Cured Tobacco 9 years filed
- 1.77Low end of the filed band
- 5.28Middle of the filed band
- 7.82High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (7.82)
- 9Years filed
- $352,451Premium filed
- $1,550,452Indemnity paid
- $2,473,573Liability insured
- 540Quantity planted
- 648Quantity lost
- 38Policies
- 38Policies with a loss
- 4.40Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Dillon County
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $322,523 indemnity · 5 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $274,617 indemnity · 2 years
- Heat $199,122 indemnity · 4 years
- Plant Disease $190,248 indemnity · 2 years
- Tropical Storm $187,907 indemnity · 2 years
- All Other Causes $156,890 indemnity · 1 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.