Background

Russia Club also known as The Russian Insurance Club is an informal network of professionals. Established in 1995 in London by Risto Talas (at the time with J.L.Jones & Ors, Lloyd's of London) with active support of Tony Peck (then Regional Executive, Lloyd's of London) and participation of many Lloyd's syndicates and international insurance and reinsurance brokers, Russia Club has grown steadily over the past 20 years. It has over a hundred of regular attendees - brokers, insurers, bankers, surveyors, lawyers, accountants, linguists and other professionals, who in turn have network of contacts in industries, professions and finance.

Activities

The aim of the Russia Club is to promote co-operation between the London insurance market and Russian and FSU insurance companies and other businesses. Russia Club facilitates information exchange and assists with sharing contacts. In the Russian Federation Russia Club is well regarded by the Russian Union of Insurers, the Russian Insurance Supervision (Rosstrakhnadzor) and some Russian MPs (Duma members) involved with the insurance issues. More on insurance related activities.

The scope of the Russia Club includes charity work, art and culture. More on Social Events

Attendence

Insurance and banking specialists, business consultants, accountants, lawyers, linguists with professional or personal interest in Russia and FSU countries economies, politics or culture are welcome to attend the Russia Club meetings or to establish virtual contact via e-mail or this site.

The Club members meet at 13:00 p.m. every first Thursday of the month at The Chamberlain Hotel, 130-135 Minories, London, EC3N 1NU. The attendance is free to members and guests and the number of attendees is unlimited. The Club also promotes selected insurance conferences and seminars, social and cultural events. Those are by invitation only sent to the Club members who are on the Club mailing list. New members are welcome. To attend the next meeting please contact the Russia Club Hon. Secretary Mrs Vasilina Bindley at vasilina@ntlworld.com .