Ministry of Finance: Strengthen the application of technology to drive agricultural insurance toward digitalization, intelligence, and standardization.

Zhitong Finance APP has learned that, in answering reporters' questions on the "Implementation Plan for Accelerating the High-Quality Development of Agricultural Insurance," a relevant official of the Ministry of Finance stated that strengthening the application of technology is an important support for accelerating the high-quality development of agricultural insurance and improving its refined management level. The "Implementation Plan" proposes encouraging insurance institutions to make good use of tools and methods such as remote sensing, drones, and the Internet of Things, actively promoting the application of new technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cloud computing in the field of agricultural insurance, and promoting the deep integration of modern information technology with business links such as underwriting, standard verification, surveying, loss assessment, and claims settlement. On this basis, it proposes formulating standards and specifications for the application of technology in agricultural insurance, promoting agricultural insurance's advancement toward digitalization, intelligence, and standardization, and achieving the goal of more data running errands and farmers making fewer trips.