KYIV. Nov 17 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The League of Insurance Organizations of Ukraine (LIOU) backs the adoption of the bill amending the law on the specifics of insurance of agricultural products with government support (No. 6355), the authors of which are MPs Ivan Rybak, Hryhoriy Tymish, Mykola Liushniak and Anatoliy Kot (all from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc parliamentary faction), the LIOU has said on its website.
The LIOU believes that the implementation of the bill would provide for economic growth in agricultural production via the introduction of a transparent agricultural insurance tool as an effective tool for risk management, introduction of state planning and regular financing of subsidized agricultural insurance programs in Ukraine.
The LIOU opposes the creation of a state agency for agricultural insurance, as it is outlined in alternative bill No. 6355-1 of MP Fedir Nehoi (Petro Poroshenko Bloc). The league believes that it is inadmissible to elect a representative of the central executive power agency as chairman of the supervisory board of this agency, as this could result in the redistribution of the agricultural insurance market using non-market principles, entail administrative influence and other things.
The two bills were discussed at a meeting of the parliamentary committee for agricultural policy and land relations on November 14, 2017.
