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 1995-2024 | ||
| Drought | $16,002,442,676 | ||
| Excess Moisture/Precipitation/Rain | $11,376,065,617 | ||
| GRP/GRIP/ARPI/SCO/STAX/MP/HIP WI Crops Only * | $4,986,876,611 | ||
| Decline in Price | $3,316,750,287 | ||
| Hail | $2,230,223,226 | ||
| Heat | $2,202,174,369 | ||
| Freeze | $1,030,029,713 | ||
| Cold Wet Weather | $950,042,596 | ||
| Wind/Excess Wind | $852,314,731 | ||
| Hot Wind | $841,559,782 | ||
| Flood | $407,511,050 | ||
| Frost | $366,098,306 | ||
| Tropical Depression | $325,879,949 | ||
| Failure of Irrigation Equipment | $282,143,565 | ||
| Cold Winter | $249,199,139 | ||
| Plant Disease | $198,398,545 | ||
| Other (Snow, Lightning, Etc.) | $171,421,444 | ||
| Wildlife | $115,833,122 | ||
| Tropical Storm | $97,103,829 | ||
| Hurricane | $91,658,509 | ||
| Mycotoxin | $85,660,383 | ||
| Insects | $79,260,915 | ||
| All Other Causes | $57,295,965 | ||
| Failure of Irrigation Supply | $51,218,362 | ||
| Excess Sun | $12,199,053 | ||
| Fire | $12,089,616 | ||
| Falling Numbers | $11,401,961 | ||
| Asiatic Citrus Canker | $9,654,502 | ||
| Insufficient Chilling Hours | $7,642,278 | ||
| Tornado | $4,829,095 | ||
| House burn (Pole burn) | $1,783,895 | ||
| Earthquake | $1,146,015 | ||
| Cyclone | $1,086,030 | ||
| Salinity | $1,028,348 | ||
| Inability to Prepare Land for Irrigation | $873,311 | ||
| Fruit Set Failure | $851,932 | ||
| Storm Surge | $518,243 | ||
| Erosion | $472,879 | ||
| Oxygen Depletion | $453,993 | ||
| Asian Soybean Rust | $412,753 | ||
| Post Bloom Fruit Drop | $314,726 | ||
| Volcanic Eruption | $153,485 | ||
| Poor Drainage | $120,111 | ||
| Disease, Aquaculture | $116,698 | ||
| Ice Flow | $59,410 | ||
| Federal or State Ordered Destruction | $53,332 | ||
| Market Price Difference - Spring vs Harvest | $28,623 | ||
| Force Fire | $9,657 | ||
| Tidal Wave/Tsunami | $4,172 | ||
| Hot Hemp | $3,564 | ||
| Low Salinity Caused by Excessive Rainfall | $542 | ||
| Quarantine | $353 | ||
| Pit Burn | $25 | ||
| 1995-2024 | $46,434,471,293 | ||
* 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, indemnities for ECO crops 2021 and 2022.
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