The article tells about the main types of financial risks on the example of Kazakhstan enterprises and JSC “KAZMUNAIGAS”RD. One of the main types of risks inherent in the Kazakh financial market at the present time was identified, the necessity of using coefficients for recognizing the degree of financial risks was proved on the example of a comparative study based on the VaR method, at the same time, the reasonableness of using futures and option contracts for insuring financial risks of organizations was proved.