Ліга страхових організацій України

June 30, Kiev company «Swiss Re», a leader in reinsurance of agricultural risks began a two-day «Ukrainian Agriculture Insurance Meeting», which was attended by President of the League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine Alexander Filonyuk.

The work of conference was opened with the report «Swiss Re: reinsurance of agricultural risks” Bit Shnehh, head of the department on reinsurance of agricultural risks. He presented the experience of the company and noted that the representation of Swiss Re, located around the world, allowing the company to provide services in many countries. Mr. Shnehh focused on the issues of agriculture and agricultural insurance, Swiss Re activities in Ukraine in other types of business.

Vladislava Rutytska, Deputy Minister for European Integration, spoke about the strategy of agricultural development in Ukraine. Macroeconomic analysis of agriculture had Alexander Pecheritsyn bank «Credit Agricole».

The participants of «Ukrainian Agriculture Insurance Meeting» stopped on matters of innovation as a way of changes in crop insurance, the insurance index in the world, subsidies and insurance of agriculture in the EU.

The meeting was attended by President of the League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine Alexander Filonyuk. He is confident that the role of the agricultural sector to the economy is very important, but today the problem of the agricultural sector and its reform, and the role of agricultural insurance in these processes lie in the plane of our national security. This is, first, solving the food problem of providing our population with food. The second important factor – it’s exchange flow of funds in the economy for its further development. The third factor – it’s jobs. Therefore, the issue of agricultural insurance as part of the agricultural sector must raise at the highest level “, – said President LIOU.

League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine for many years work active in the area of agricultural insurance in Ukraine. Within LIOU works a committee on insurance of risks in agriculture, most of the developments which included the development of relevant legal documents.

The event was attended by representatives of state authorities, experts in agricultural insurance and reinsurance, head of agro-insurance companies from Ukraine, international specialists and experts.