Charalampos Mavroutsikos is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is one of the authors of a new study looking at the role of premium subsidies in crop insurance, focusing on government objectives and producer attitudes. He discusses the history of crop insurance, the study’s findings and a proposed alternative design of premium subsidies that can achieve government’s stated goal of increasing producer participation. A new article summarizing the study, as well as a link to the full publication, are available now at https://farm.unl.edu/role-premium-subsidies-crop-insurance/04272021-1446.