Crop-loss band · Texas
Kent County, Texas — crop-loss band
- 1.03Low end of the filed band
- 1.78Middle of the filed band
- 2.41High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (2.42)
- 10Years filed
Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Kent 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 1.03 at the low end to 2.41 at the high end, with 1.78 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2022, at 2.42. 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 | $402,916 | $416,380 | $1,195,373 | 111 | 111 | 1.03 |
| 2016 | $409,371 | $665,403 | $1,213,218 | 81 | 81 | 1.63 |
| 2017 | $544,596 | $1,311,102 | $1,964,366 | 127 | 126 | 2.41 |
| 2018 | $1,037,130 | $2,244,645 | $3,293,815 | 197 | 197 | 2.16 |
| 2019 | $574,482 | $1,078,275 | $2,226,639 | 143 | 143 | 1.88 |
| 2020 | $932,845 | $1,459,597 | $3,576,057 | 217 | 217 | 1.56 |
| 2021 | $1,061,515 | $1,777,692 | $3,867,255 | 178 | 178 | 1.67 |
| 2022 | $2,052,468 | $4,961,035 | $7,228,984 | 284 | 284 | 2.42 |
| 2023 | $1,513,704 | $2,696,771 | $5,388,201 | 287 | 287 | 1.78 |
| 2024 | $748,682 | $1,606,299 | $2,973,096 | 162 | 162 | 2.15 |
Commodities insured in Kent County
4 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.
Pasture,Rangeland,Forage 10 years filed
- 0.86Low end of the filed band
- 1.81Middle of the filed band
- 2.18High end of the filed band
- 2019Worst year filed (2.38)
- 10Years filed
- $4,859,236Premium filed
- $8,942,542Indemnity paid
- $19,842,558Liability insured
- 957,085Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 1,091Policies
- 1,091Policies with a loss
- 1.84Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kent County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $8,942,542 indemnity · 10 years
Cotton 10 years filed
- 0.92Low end of the filed band
- 2.11Middle of the filed band
- 2.75High end of the filed band
- 2023Worst year filed (3.30)
- 10Years filed
- $3,316,942Premium filed
- $7,478,820Indemnity paid
- $9,774,642Liability insured
- 45,373Quantity planted
- 63,675Quantity lost
- 515Policies
- 515Policies with a loss
- 2.25Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kent County
- Drought $5,697,429 indemnity · 10 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX Crops Only $720,870 indemnity · 7 years
- Freeze $261,501 indemnity · 3 years
- Hail $229,206 indemnity · 2 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $169,063 indemnity · 3 years
- Heat $145,551 indemnity · 3 years
Annual Forage 6 years filed
- 1.18Low end of the filed band
- 1.23Middle of the filed band
- 3.78High end of the filed band
- 2024Worst year filed (3.78)
- 6Years filed
- $648,052Premium filed
- $909,573Indemnity paid
- $2,339,869Liability insured
- 8,448Quantity planted
- 0Quantity lost
- 90Policies
- 90Policies with a loss
- 1.40Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kent County
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $909,573 indemnity · 6 years
Wheat 10 years filed
- 0.51Low end of the filed band
- 1.47Middle of the filed band
- 2.27High end of the filed band
- 2022Worst year filed (3.14)
- 10Years filed
- $453,479Premium filed
- $886,264Indemnity paid
- $969,935Liability insured
- 14,605Quantity planted
- 14,630Quantity lost
- 91Policies
- 90Policies with a loss
- 1.95Loss ratio, whole span
Causes that carried the indemnity in Kent County
- Drought $710,717 indemnity · 7 years
- Hail $87,671 indemnity · 4 years
- Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain $30,580 indemnity · 3 years
- ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP Crops Only $14,984 indemnity · 3 years
- Wildlife $13,471 indemnity · 4 years
- Hot Wind $11,883 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.