Crop-loss band · Texas
Briscoe County, Texas — crop-loss band
- 1.17Low end of the filed band
- 1.76Middle of the filed band
- 2.20High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (2.47)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Briscoe 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 1.17 at the low end to 2.20 at the high end, with 1.76 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2016, at 2.47. 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 | $1,318,419 | $1,542,443 | $2,869,618 | 257 | 257 | 1.17 |
| 2016 | $1,113,971 | $2,750,405 | $3,533,858 | 210 | 210 | 2.47 |
| 2017 | $1,835,916 | $4,039,553 | $6,119,969 | 363 | 363 | 2.20 |
| 2018 | $6,017,166 | $11,610,699 | $16,730,516 | 775 | 775 | 1.93 |
| 2019 | $5,088,025 | $8,373,835 | $16,398,670 | 619 | 618 | 1.65 |
| 2020 | $5,334,763 | $9,399,906 | $17,812,654 | 880 | 880 | 1.76 |
| 2021 | $7,924,534 | $16,481,697 | $23,637,157 | 815 | 815 | 2.08 |
| 2022 | $17,694,762 | $37,256,153 | $50,181,025 | 1,163 | 1,163 | 2.11 |
| 2023 | $11,925,612 | $19,055,589 | $35,180,106 | 1,048 | 1,048 | 1.60 |
| 2024 | $7,736,858 | $11,545,743 | $21,210,173 | 737 | 736 | 1.49 |
Commodities insured in Briscoe 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
- 0.98Low end of the filed band
- 1.88Middle of the filed band
- 2.47High end of the filed band
- 2016Worst year filed (3.72)
- 10Years filed
- $38,296,456Premium filed
- $73,040,602Indemnity paid
- $88,295,419Liability insured
- 229,160Quantity planted
- 380,737Quantity lost
- 2,703Policies
- 2,701Policies with a loss
- 1.91Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Briscoe County
- Drought $26,491,756 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $13,781,969 indemnity · 7 years
- Cold Wet Weather $7,321,537 indemnity · 6 years
- Hail $7,307,373 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $7,051,183 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $6,553,179 indemnity · 8 years
Annual Forage 8 years filed
- 1.10Low end of the filed band
- 1.57Middle of the filed band
- 2.37High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.37)
- 8Years filed
- $17,936,938Premium filed
- $32,913,322Indemnity paid
- $69,159,061Liability insured
- 255,984Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 1,588Policies
- 1,588Policies with a loss
- 1.83Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Briscoe County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $32,913,322 indemnity · 8 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.67Low end of the filed band
- 1.78Middle of the filed band
- 2.21High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (2.68)
- 10Years filed
- $6,306,872Premium filed
- $11,096,553Indemnity paid
- $27,926,013Liability insured
- 1,097,958Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 1,898Policies
- 1,898Policies with a loss
- 1.76Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Briscoe County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $11,096,553 indemnity · 10 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.67Low end of the filed band
- 1.35Middle of the filed band
- 2.29High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.33)
- 10Years filed
- $2,740,174Premium filed
- $3,753,267Indemnity paid
- $6,332,057Liability insured
- 82,672Quantity planted
- 82,696Quantity lost
- 520Policies
- 520Policies with a loss
- 1.37Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Briscoe County
- Drought $1,917,582 indemnity · 9 years
- Hail $860,918 indemnity · 7 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $343,622 indemnity · 6 years
- Freeze $260,306 indemnity · 3 years
- Hot Wind $149,260 indemnity · 6 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $63,725 indemnity · 5 years
Grain Sorghum 9 years filed
- 0.46Low end of the filed band
- 1.51Middle of the filed band
- 2.94High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.94)
- 9Years filed
- $709,586Premium filed
- $1,252,279Indemnity paid
- $1,961,195Liability insured
- 19,641Quantity planted
- 19,642Quantity lost
- 158Policies
- 158Policies with a loss
- 1.76Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Briscoe County
- Drought $769,465 indemnity · 7 years
- Hot Wind $240,209 indemnity · 6 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $136,317 indemnity · 1 years
- Hail $36,515 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $31,906 indemnity · 2 years
- Heat $29,968 indemnity · 2 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.