Crop-loss band · Texas
Hockley County, Texas — crop-loss band
- 1.90Low end of the filed band
- 2.43Middle of the filed band
- 2.66High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.80)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Hockley 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 1.90 at the low end to 2.66 at the high end, with 2.43 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2017, at 2.80. 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 | $4,182,001 | $10,523,720 | $16,541,407 | 808 | 808 | 2.52 |
| 2016 | $2,044,258 | $5,433,497 | $7,998,721 | 427 | 425 | 2.66 |
| 2017 | $15,867,527 | $44,468,261 | $54,214,471 | 1,832 | 1,832 | 2.80 |
| 2018 | $17,758,627 | $37,496,738 | $43,500,606 | 1,654 | 1,654 | 2.11 |
| 2019 | $11,504,749 | $21,913,318 | $39,272,798 | 1,390 | 1,390 | 1.90 |
| 2020 | $18,514,463 | $45,555,287 | $57,319,162 | 2,080 | 2,080 | 2.46 |
| 2021 | $9,513,634 | $23,103,594 | $29,943,093 | 989 | 989 | 2.43 |
| 2022 | $39,387,584 | $102,148,050 | $118,489,790 | 2,801 | 2,801 | 2.59 |
| 2023 | $31,107,705 | $60,900,538 | $84,764,328 | 2,943 | 2,943 | 1.96 |
| 2024 | $30,554,366 | $65,535,982 | $85,147,128 | 2,934 | 2,932 | 2.14 |
Commodities insured in Hockley 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
- 1.90Low end of the filed band
- 2.42Middle of the filed band
- 2.61High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.80)
- 10Years filed
- $169,732,658Premium filed
- $393,728,466Indemnity paid
- $497,938,102Liability insured
- 1,548,123Quantity planted
- 1,964,946Quantity lost
- 15,798Policies
- 15,794Policies with a loss
- 2.32Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Hockley County
- Drought $137,386,500 indemnity · 10 years
- Hail $70,884,017 indemnity · 10 years
- Hot Wind $66,319,362 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $35,371,835 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $30,579,662 indemnity · 10 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $24,199,077 indemnity · 10 years
Annual Forage 6 years filed
- 0.53Low end of the filed band
- 1.39Middle of the filed band
- 2.62High end of the filed band
- 2021Worst year filed (2.62)
- 6Years filed
- $7,483,618Premium filed
- $14,310,477Indemnity paid
- $24,507,211Liability insured
- 102,210Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 698Policies
- 698Policies with a loss
- 1.91Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Hockley County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $14,310,477 indemnity · 6 years
Grain Sorghum 10 years filed
- 1.51Low end of the filed band
- 2.17Middle of the filed band
- 2.87High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.21)
- 10Years filed
- $1,804,065Premium filed
- $4,352,052Indemnity paid
- $6,297,310Liability insured
- 60,801Quantity planted
- 60,761Quantity lost
- 821Policies
- 821Policies with a loss
- 2.41Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Hockley County
- Drought $1,562,026 indemnity · 10 years
- Heat $1,382,850 indemnity · 8 years
- Hot Wind $857,407 indemnity · 10 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $161,288 indemnity · 7 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $148,291 indemnity · 4 years
- Hail $99,419 indemnity · 4 years
Corn 8 years filed
- 3.21Low end of the filed band
- 6.69Middle of the filed band
- 14.11High end of the filed band
- 2018Worst year filed (14.11)
- 8Years filed
- $483,960Premium filed
- $3,125,147Indemnity paid
- $5,102,481Liability insured
- 10,607Quantity planted
- 10,609Quantity lost
- 179Policies
- 179Policies with a loss
- 6.46Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Hockley County
- Hot Wind $2,102,967 indemnity · 8 years
- Heat $610,563 indemnity · 5 years
- Hail $106,882 indemnity · 5 years
- Wind/Excess Wind $87,147 indemnity · 5 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $78,903 indemnity · 1 years
- ARPI/SCO/ECO/STAX/MP/HIP-WI/PACE Crops Only $62,692 indemnity · 2 years
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.50Low end of the filed band
- 1.76Middle of the filed band
- 2.46High end of the filed band
- 2017Worst year filed (2.61)
- 10Years filed
- $930,611Premium filed
- $1,562,843Indemnity paid
- $3,346,399Liability insured
- 139,744Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 362Policies
- 362Policies with a loss
- 1.68Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Hockley County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $1,562,843 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.