Abstract:

The article assesses the development of information systems and technologies in the insurance industry in general and examines their impact on the organization of insurance protection in the agricultural sector, in particular. The expediency and necessity of a widespread use of modern information technologies in the organization of insurance protection of agricultural producers has been substantiated, which is not only a global trend, but also the realities of today. According to the results of generalization of a specific set of information systems and IT technologies in the insurance protection of the agricultural sector of economy, the most common of its forms are characterized. As a consequence, the latter include: multispectral sensing using unmanned aerial vehicles; estimation of vegetation cover on the basis of satellite images; remote sensing with data display in the Geographic Information System (GIS); analysis of multispectral images of the Internet of Things; digital early warning networks; crowdsourcing; social media-based information interaction tool. The peculiarities of the use of UAV technologies and drones in the insurance protection of the agricultural sector of economy are revealed.