Prospects for developing compulsory state insurance for internal affairs employees

Introduction. The existing national legal system and socio-economic environment in Russia provided the basis for the domestic model of compulsory state insurance of internal affairs employees. It combines state financing and market mechanisms of insurance regulation, requiring a rational approach to the development of civil law mechanism of its regulation on the principles of social justice and economic viability, including adequate distribution of social rights and privileges, as well as material benefits between society and such a socially significant category of officials as internal affairs employees. Methods. The examination of compulsory state insurance of internal affairs employees with regard to their social interests and public interests of the Russian Federation was carried out via hermeneutic, descriptive, formal-logical, formal-legal, comparativelegal, system-structural, dialectical and heuristic methods. Results. The analysis of scientific views and current legislation on compulsory state insurance of internal affairs employees in the context of balancing their social interests and public interests of the state made it possible to identify the following directions of development: expansion of the list of objects of compulsory state insurance of internal affairs employees through insurance of their property and the property of their family members against destruction or damage resulting from professional service activities of policemen; insurance of professional responsibility of internal affairs employees and (or) legal entities of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia; completion of the list with insured events – getting an occupational disease during the period of service in the internal affairs bodies; introduction of the mutual insurance method by creating a departmental insurance fund in the system of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia in order to ensure the social interests of internal affairs employees and the interests of the state; application of digital technologies in insurance for needs of the Ministry of the Interior of Russia.