pillars of the agricultural sector sustainable development of the country’s economy –
economic, social, and environmental.
Table 2 SWOT-analysis of the agricultural insurance market functioning in Ukraine
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Strengths
Weaknesses
1.
Promptness
of
insurance
registration
2. Independence in choosing insurance
company and terms of insurance: a list
of risks, coverage options.
3.
Increased
risk
coverage
of
agricultural producers.
4. Creation of the Agricultural
Insurance Pool (AIP).
5. Development of general insurance
products.
1. Unregulated legal framework for
agricultural insurance.
2. The availability of alternative
support to the producer with the
compensation of catastrophic losses
(from the reserve fund of the Cabinet
of Ministers of Ukraine).
3. Undeveloped product line.
4. Failure to take into account the level
of technological development while
determining the value of premiums
and the calculation of insurance
reimbursement.
Opportunities
Threats
1. The possibility of state support for
agricultural insurance secured in
legislation.
2. Compensation to producers of
property losses from harvest losses
due to natural and climate risks.
1. Absence of compensation of paid
insurance premiums at the expense of
budgetary funds.
2. Lack of proper regulation of the loss
indemnity process.
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3. Formation of financial resources.
Provision of access to credit resources
and budget funds.
4. Emerging role of producers in
ensuring food security.
5. Adherence to agrotechnologies and
increase of the economy management
efficiency as a result of compliance
with the insurance contract terms and
conditions.
3. Low quality of insurance coverage:
high potential level of cumulative
agricultural risks; low reliability of
insurance companies; difficulties in
reinsurance undertaking.
4. Absence of the institute of
independent expertise, undeveloped
statistical basis, high administration
costs.
Source: authors’ development
It was determined that the result of the interaction of weaknesses (insufficient
participation of the state in the development of legal foundations and regulation of
insurance relations in the agricultural sector, low efficiency of the use of budget funds
to cover catastrophic risks; high level of insurance risk for farmers, low financial
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