Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Inna N. Rycova Author-Email: rycova@yandex.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow, Russia Author-Name: Makar I. Kudelich Author-Email: kudelich@ya.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow, Russia Author-Name: Alexander M. Shaikin Author-Email: ashaikin@nifi.ru Author-Workplace-Name: Financial Research Institute, Moscow, Russia Title: Analysis of Foreign Insurers Subsidiaries Commercial Presence Conditions under the Terms of Russia’s WTO Accession Abstract: The article is focused on the analysis and systematization of the rights, obligations and commitment restrictions, which were accepted upon the Russian Federation accession to the World Trade Organization along with the admission of direct branches of foreign insurers. Aspects of national insurance industry protection and the dynamics of foreign investors interest in registered capital of Russian insurance companies are described as well. The authors propose the main approaches and key areas of necessary national legislation changes in connection with the Russian Federation WTO commitments for the commercial presence of foreign insurance companies’ branches in Russia. Classification-JEL: F13, G22 Keywords: the Russian insurance market, insurance market participants, World Trade Organization, foreign insurers Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal Pages: 18-29 Issue: 4 Year: 2016 Month: August File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2016/4/statyi_4/fm_2016_4_02.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:160402:p:18-29