Crop insurance is recognized as one of the most efficient mechanisms of income protection in agriculture, transferring risk from agriculture to other agents and economic sectors. Insurance tends to stimulate the increase of cultivated area and the use of technology, especially as it acts as an additional guarantee for access to credit. In Brazil, however, the massification of rural insurance is limited due to the restricted budget to fund government subsidization. Also, the lack of predictability and guarantee of resources prevents the long-term planning of investments by the private sector, imposes costs on the beneficiaries and generates dissatisfaction of the target public. This thesis aims to contribute to the expansion of crop insuranc...