# Crop insurance — Illinois (2026) — USDA RMA Summary of Business — context brief

USDA RMA crop insurance for Illinois (2026): 249,485 policies sold, $2,843,153,318 total liability, $215,897,420 total premium, $3,869,962 indemnities paid, loss ratio 1.8%. Top crop: Corn. Atlas Commons aggregation over USDA RMA SoB. CC0.

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- **Illinois had 249,485 crop insurance policies sold in 2026 across 18 commodities** — RECORDED · USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business (https://www.rma.usda.gov/data/sob)
- **Crop insurance premium in Illinois for 2026: $215,897,420 total, $153,391,038 subsidized** — DERIVED · USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business (Atlas Commons aggregation) (https://www.rma.usda.gov/data/sob)
- **Crop insurance indemnities paid in Illinois for 2026: $3,869,962** — DERIVED · USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business (Atlas Commons aggregation) (https://www.rma.usda.gov/data/sob)
- **Illinois crop insurance loss ratio for 2026: 1.8%** — DERIVED · USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business (Atlas Commons aggregation — indemnity / total_premium × 100) (https://www.rma.usda.gov/data/sob)
- **Corn is the largest crop insurance commodity in Illinois by liability (2026): $1,602,910,706** — DERIVED · USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business (Atlas Commons aggregation) (https://www.rma.usda.gov/data/sob)
- **What this crop insurance profile is — and is NOT — for Illinois (2026)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the USDA RMA sources cited above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/crop/states/il)

Do not take these on trust — re-fetch each named source. Full structured object: `https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/crop/states/il.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Illinois — crop insurance summary (2026)** (9): Policies sold — 249,485 — AGGREGATED; Policies indemnified — 890 — AGGREGATED; Total liability covered — $2,843,153,318 — AGGREGATED…
**Illinois — top 18 crops by liability (2026)** (18): Corn (0041) — $1,602,910,706 — 117,431 — 0.3%; Soybeans (0081) — $984,799,828 — 110,190 — 1.0%; Wheat (0011) — $164,313,040 — 14,469 — 6.9%…