The article describes one of the most important elements of the social functions of the state - agricultural insurance. The author explores the practice and especially agricultural insurance mandatory in modern Kazakhstan. Detailed economic analysis of the problems and prospects of development of agriculture in Kazakhstan based on a Message of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan "Socio-economic modernization - main direction of development of Kazakhstan" dated 27 January 2012, data from the Ministry of Agriculture and other official sources of information. The basic idea, voiced in the article - the imperfection of the organization areas of agriculture, as the most important sectors of the economy. Agriculture - it is the exclusive sector of the economy, which has been, is and will be the main activity of the person, regardless of the rapid development of urbanization, industry or innovative technologies. In general, there is objective evidence that the agricultural sector in Kazakhstan is a harbinger of economic growth. However, in this article the actual problems that are contrary to the dynamic shift in agricultural development - the problem of insurance selhoztovaroproizvodstva, ill-conceived policy of state support, the issue of forming cooperatives, lack of qualified specialists and etc. All these issues are faced by the government and many of them have already been addressed, but their implementation has specificity protracted because of imperfection of legal mechanisms, as well as the psychological unpreparedness of the people themselves. Agriculture is one of the key sectors of the economy of Kazakhstan. The level of development of the agricultural sector has always advocated and continues to advocate a determining factor of economic and socio political stability of Kazakhstan society.
