Brief course of lectures with annexes, 2009. The most significant theoretical, legal, organizational and economic provisions in the field of insurance business organization in Russia . The categories and concepts of insurance theory are discussed in detail: "insurance", "reinsurance", "insurance fund", as well as the functions of insurance, the classification of insurance products, the basics of building insurance tariffs, the financial and economic foundations of the stable position of insurance companies in the insurance market, the basics of actuarial calculations The most important extracts from the federal laws regulating insurance activities in the Russian Federation are proposed. To check the quality of mastering the material, control questions and topics for control works are offered to those students who study by correspondence form of education.