"Although anti-epidemic measures, this year we are seeing greater activity of farmers than the year before, insurance policies they have to acquire before – commented the President of the NRA of the Roots of biggov. – It is important to note that the data for June 1 – intermediate, contracts continues, and ECA expects further growth".

By early June, the risks of crop insured farmers in 38 Russian regions. The greatest insurance coverage on the terms of the government support provided farmers in the Voronezh region, where agriculture has insured 196 thousand hectares of sown areas; - 120 thousand hectares secured by the insurance in the Republic of Mordovia, 103 thousand hectares of insured farmers in the Omsk region and the Altai territory.

The ECA data also indicate the increase of the insured on the terms of state support of livestock: at the end of may it was 23%. In 2020, the livestock insured 2.4 million heads of farm animals (previous year – 1.9 million). Insurance contracts concluded in the current year has already provided the number in 41 subject of the Russian Federation, most of the insured in Voronezh (348 thousand standard. goals), Lipetsk (309 million) and Chelyabinsk (196 thousand) regions.

According to the Union, in 2020, were entered into the first subsidized insurance contracts of aquaculture: in Karelia insurance coverage was provided 831 thousand heads fish of the salmon species.

The amount of insurance premiums accrued in the year 2020 at the subsidized insurance of risks of crop production, 2 times higher than the premium charged for 5 months of 2019 (676 mln) and amounts to RUB 1.3 billion On contracts livestock insurance, insurers collected premium to 483 million roubles, which is 31% higher than the same indicator a year earlier (368 mln.). Thus, the total volume of the agricultural insurance market in the conditions of state support, including insurance fish, is 1.8 billion rubles, which is more than 1.7 times exceeded the amount of the premium paid by farmers for 5 months last year (1 billion roubles).

"High activity of farmers is partly due to the threat of inclement weather, which the NSA has repeatedly informed the regions. comments data the Roots of biggov. – Focusing on the data of space monitoring system the NSA reported to the management of regional agriculture on the threat of drought – mainly in the Central, southern and Siberian Federal districts. The operational conclusion of insurance contracts selkhozizdat also contributed to a partial shift of policyholders on the remote the conclusion of insurance contracts, as well as the continuation of the dialogue between the NSA and regions through webinars. In addition, in the southern regions the crop was produced at an earlier time".

According to the Federal law No. 260-F3 "On state support in agricultural insurance", in Russia in the framework of a centralized system the government provides support to risk insurance of crop, livestock and commercial aquaculture. From 1 January 2016 at the market of agricultural insurance with state support is a single national Association, the national Union of agricultural insurers.

In 2018, the Law "On state support in agricultural insurance..." №260-FZ changes were made, the purpose of which were the flexibility and the diversity of conditions present. The law came into force on 1 March 2019.