Section 376.720

Title XXIV BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

Chapter 376

Effective - 28 Aug 1988, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  376.720.  Association, created — accounts — director to supervise. — 1.  There is created a nonprofit legal entity to be known as the "Missouri Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association".  All member insurers shall be and remain members of the association as a condition of their authority to transact insurance in this state.  The association shall perform its functions under the plan of operation established and approved under subsections 1 to 3 of section 376.740 and shall exercise its powers through a board of directors established pursuant to section 376.722.  For purposes of administration and assessment the association shall maintain three accounts:

  (1)  The health insurance account;

  (2)  The life insurance account;

  (3)  The annuity account, excluding unallocated annuity contracts.

  2.  The association shall come under the immediate supervision of the director and shall be subject to the applicable provisions of the insurance laws of this state.  Meetings or records of the association may be opened to the public upon majority vote of the board of directors of the association.

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(L. 1988 S.B. 430 § 5)