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Crop-loss band · California

Lemons in California

Every year the Risk Management Agency has filed for Lemons in California, summed across the 5 counties that insure it. The annual loss ratio — indemnity divided by premium — runs from 1.12 at the low end to 6.23 at the high end, with 4.20 in the middle. The worst year filed is 2024, at 6.76.

Lemons in California, year by year

YearPremiumIndemnityLiabilityPoliciesPolicies with a lossLoss ratio
2015$666,693$2,345,060$5,220,03884843.52
2016$170,092$744,705$1,844,26221214.38
2017$209,250$736,419$2,239,42816163.52
2018$881,943$988,857$6,347,91749491.12
2019$208,209$874,386$2,673,42845454.20
2020$664,773$1,263,863$7,230,89334341.90
2021$1,084,054$5,857,571$23,642,1421171145.40
2022$870,877$5,165,076$19,830,56499995.93
2023$1,254,518$7,815,475$26,548,0361421426.23
2024$1,175,555$7,950,264$23,787,5661711716.76

Every county-crop the agency files in California →

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, summed to the commodity and state. The loss ratio is the agency’s own published column, re-derived at this grain.

What this page shows

This page of the Velarion Records public-records register covers crop-loss bands for Lemons in California. It lists a low end of the filed band of 1.12, a middle of 4.20 and a high end of 6.23, with 2024 as the worst year filed at 6.76. The page also lists $ 7,185,964 premium filed, $ 33,741,676 indemnity paid, $ 119,364,273 liability insured, 778 policies, 775 policies with a loss, 19,717 quantity planted and 19,701 quantity lost.