Crop Insurance
The United States
Premium Subsidies by Cause of Loss in the United States
The premium subsidies by cause of loss in the table below are lower than total premium subsidies for this state because the USDA Risk Management Agency only reports premium subsidies by cause of loss for policies that paid an indemnity. Non-indemnified policies and their associated premium subsidies are not reported by cause of loss.
| Premium subsidies by cause of loss | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Loss | Premium subsidies 1995-2021 | ||
| Drought | $10,556,847,475 | ||
| Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain | $9,070,970,315 | ||
| Decline in Price | $2,700,833,475 | ||
| GRP/GRIP/ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only * | $2,464,770,077 | ||
| Hail | $1,698,208,823 | ||
| Heat | $1,250,278,328 | ||
| Freeze | $798,408,755 | ||
| Cold Wet Weather | $770,739,586 | ||
| Wind/Excess Wind | $591,751,413 | ||
| Hot Wind | $513,962,150 | ||
| Flood | $361,737,932 | ||
| Frost | $283,755,327 | ||
| Hurricane/Tropical Depression | $246,286,762 | ||
| Failure of Irrigation Supply | $205,451,135 | ||
| Cold Winter | $202,749,622 | ||
| Plant Disease | $184,600,469 | ||
| Other (Snow,Lightning,etc) | $143,226,581 | ||
| Wildlife | $83,427,460 | ||
| Mycotoxin | $76,690,028 | ||
| Insects | $54,718,677 | ||
| All Other Causes | $31,638,409 | ||
| Excess Sun | $10,145,876 | ||
| Fire | $10,070,495 | ||
| Asiatic Citrus Canker | $9,654,502 | ||
| Falling Numbers | $8,429,070 | ||
| Insufficient Chilling Hours | $7,326,238 | ||
| Tornado | $3,756,446 | ||
| House Burn (Pole Burn) | $1,574,891 | ||
| Cyclone | $1,033,131 | ||
| Salinity | $1,028,348 | ||
| Fruit Set Failure | $851,932 | ||
| Earthquake | $809,784 | ||
| Inability to Prepare Land for Irrigation | $615,423 | ||
| Storm Surge | $482,382 | ||
| Erosion | $472,879 | ||
| Oxygen Depletion | $313,328 | ||
| Asian Soybean Rust | $275,116 | ||
| Volcanic Eruption | $127,855 | ||
| Poor Drainage | $120,111 | ||
| Disease, Aquaculture | $105,705 | ||
| Ice Floe | $43,396 | ||
| Federal or State Ordered Destruction | $33,311 | ||
| Market Price Difference - Spring vs Harvest | $28,623 | ||
| Force Fire | $9,657 | ||
| Tidal Wave/Tsunami | $4,172 | ||
| Pit Burn | $25 | ||
| 1995-2021 | $32,348,365,495 | ||
* Types of insurance policies; details on the RMA website. Indemnities for GRP/GRIP crops between 1995-2013; indemnities for ARPI, SCO, STAX, MP, HIP, WI crops 2014-2020.
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