Crop-loss band · Texas
Brazoria County, Texas — crop-loss band
- 2.58Low end of the filed band
- 3.07Middle of the filed band
- 4.19High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (4.30)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Brazoria 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 2.58 at the low end to 4.19 at the high end, with 3.07 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2015, at 4.30. 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 | $2,041,979 | $8,790,612 | $12,303,072 | 196 | 196 | 4.30 |
| 2016 | $1,078,790 | $2,780,878 | $6,497,539 | 161 | 161 | 2.58 |
| 2017 | $701,751 | $2,939,869 | $4,657,688 | 126 | 126 | 4.19 |
| 2018 | $1,163,535 | $4,278,472 | $7,543,621 | 145 | 145 | 3.68 |
| 2019 | $1,529,258 | $4,150,083 | $5,894,197 | 160 | 160 | 2.71 |
| 2020 | $375,628 | $1,153,286 | $1,997,423 | 115 | 115 | 3.07 |
| 2021 | $2,307,149 | $8,346,511 | $14,044,757 | 326 | 326 | 3.62 |
| 2022 | $2,208,365 | $6,507,957 | $16,141,483 | 384 | 384 | 2.95 |
| 2023 | $1,811,386 | $4,987,959 | $12,579,366 | 364 | 364 | 2.75 |
| 2024 | $4,407,823 | $15,507,451 | $26,341,633 | 444 | 444 | 3.52 |
Commodities insured in Brazoria County
8 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.
Rice 10 years filed
- 3.12Low end of the filed band
- 4.40Middle of the filed band
- 6.04High end of the filed band
- 2015Worst year filed (6.57)
- 10Years filed
- $4,041,934Premium filed
- $19,109,108Indemnity paid
- $27,529,198Liability insured
- 29,258Quantity planted
- 34,270Quantity lost
- 160Policies
- 160Policies with a loss
- 4.73Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brazoria County
- Failure of Irrigation Supply $5,085,937 indemnity · 2 years
- Hurricane $4,243,062 indemnity · 1 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,890,680 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $3,230,080 indemnity · 2 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,414,021 indemnity · 5 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $588,596 indemnity · 2 years
Hybrid Seed Rice 8 years filed
- 1.96Low end of the filed band
- 3.54Middle of the filed band
- 5.00High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (5.00)
- 8Years filed
- $4,056,605Premium filed
- $14,966,988Indemnity paid
- $33,878,140Liability insured
- 16,370Quantity planted
- 23,950Quantity lost
- 105Policies
- 105Policies with a loss
- 3.69Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brazoria County
- Heat $6,301,246 indemnity · 6 years
- Hurricane $3,960,152 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $2,915,381 indemnity · 3 years
- Tropical Depression $1,487,784 indemnity · 1 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $302,425 indemnity · 1 years
Grain Sorghum 9 years filed
- 0.45Low end of the filed band
- 3.00Middle of the filed band
- 4.41High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (4.41)
- 9Years filed
- $2,048,311Premium filed
- $5,923,292Indemnity paid
- $9,458,759Liability insured
- 45,179Quantity planted
- 53,155Quantity lost
- 189Policies
- 189Policies with a loss
- 2.89Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brazoria County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,550,696 indemnity · 7 years
- Hurricane $1,125,971 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $397,609 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $387,897 indemnity · 3 years
- Drought $263,287 indemnity · 3 years
- Failure of Irrigation Supply $84,818 indemnity · 1 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 0.54Low end of the filed band
- 1.78Middle of the filed band
- 3.40High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (8.14)
- 10Years filed
- $1,931,573Premium filed
- $5,788,092Indemnity paid
- $10,090,817Liability insured
- 25,301Quantity planted
- 33,240Quantity lost
- 140Policies
- 140Policies with a loss
- 3.00Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brazoria County
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $2,262,091 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $2,225,078 indemnity · 9 years
- Hurricane $412,592 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $407,071 indemnity · 7 years
- Heat $202,520 indemnity · 2 years
- Drought $197,270 indemnity · 3 years
Corn 8 years filed
- 1.25Low end of the filed band
- 2.50Middle of the filed band
- 4.44High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (4.44)
- 8Years filed
- $1,926,172Premium filed
- $5,402,320Indemnity paid
- $9,864,536Liability insured
- 58,206Quantity planted
- 62,848Quantity lost
- 100Policies
- 100Policies with a loss
- 2.80Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brazoria County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $3,150,043 indemnity · 6 years
- Hurricane $1,307,037 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $293,713 indemnity · 1 years
- Failure of Irrigation Supply $168,699 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only $164,031 indemnity · 2 years
- Flood $159,032 indemnity · 2 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.97Low end of the filed band
- 2.12Middle of the filed band
- 2.29High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.82)
- 10Years filed
- $1,611,400Premium filed
- $3,524,282Indemnity paid
- $8,679,232Liability insured
- 195,219Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 1,372Policies
- 1,372Policies with a loss
- 2.19Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brazoria County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $3,524,282 indemnity · 10 years
Soybeans 10 years filed
- 1.27Low end of the filed band
- 2.18Middle of the filed band
- 3.86High end of the filed band
- 2020Worst year filed (5.09)
- 10Years filed
- $1,326,208Premium filed
- $3,374,388Indemnity paid
- $5,167,889Liability insured
- 23,894Quantity planted
- 27,368Quantity lost
- 154Policies
- 154Policies with a loss
- 2.54Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brazoria County
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $1,630,166 indemnity · 9 years
- Drought $727,122 indemnity · 5 years
- Hurricane $392,491 indemnity · 1 years
- Hurricane/Tropical Depression $370,279 indemnity · 3 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $140,837 indemnity · 3 years
- Decline in Price $54,956 indemnity · 2 years
Apiculture 10 years filed
- 0.97Low end of the filed band
- 1.75Middle of the filed band
- 2.52High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.53)
- 10Years filed
- $683,461Premium filed
- $1,354,608Indemnity paid
- $3,332,208Liability insured
- 18,928Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 201Policies
- 201Policies with a loss
- 1.98Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Brazoria County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,354,608 indemnity · 10 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.