Crop insurance posts unusually low loss rate
Farmers have collected $3.65 billion in crop insurance indemnities on 2016 production, a much smaller amount than in preceding years. Economist Gary Schnitkey of the University of Illinois says the loss ratio — payments divided by premiums — of 0.41 was the lowest in 27 years of data available on the Risk Management Agency’s web… » Read More
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