Effective - 28 Aug 1939
377.060. Policy to specify amount to be paid, when payable. — Every policy or certificate hereafter issued by any corporation of this state doing business in conformity with the provisions of sections 377.010 to 377.190, and promising a payment to be made upon a contingency of death, sickness, disability or accident, shall specify the exact sum of money which it promises to pay upon each contingency insured against, and the number of days after satisfactory proof of the happening of such contingency at which such payment shall be made, and upon the occurrence of such contingency, unless the contract shall have been voided for fraud or breach of its conditions, the corporation shall be obligated to the beneficiary for such payment at the time and to the amount specified in the policy or certificate; and the said indebtedness shall be a lien upon all the property, effects and bills receivable of the corporation, with priority over all indebtedness thereafter incurred, except as may be provided by the law in case of the distribution of assets of an insolvent corporation.
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(RSMo 1939 § 5858)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 5747; 1919 § 6157; 1909 § 6952
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions
Chapter 377 - Assessment Plan and Stipulated Premium Plan Life Insurance
Section 377.005 - Definitions.
Section 377.010 - Assessment plan insurance defined.
Section 377.020 - Incorporation of companies, procedure.
Section 377.030 - Release of beneficiary fund — replacement — exemptions.
Section 377.040 - Qualifications to do business.
Section 377.050 - Emergency fund — accumulation — purpose — replacement.
Section 377.060 - Policy to specify amount to be paid, when payable.
Section 377.070 - Effect of refusal to pay — duty of director.
Section 377.090 - Proceeds not liable for debts.
Section 377.100 - Statement of affairs.
Section 377.120 - Two-thirds majority to reinsure or transfer risks.
Section 377.150 - Retaliatory section.
Section 377.160 - Deposit for costs and expenses.
Section 377.180 - Not applicable to fraternal societies.
Section 377.190 - Penalty for false statement.
Section 377.199 - No companies formed under sections 377.200 to 377.460 after August 29, 1959.
Section 377.200 - Stipulated premium companies defined — penalty for unlawful use of term.
Section 377.210 - Organization — powers.
Section 377.220 - Articles of agreement — approval — filing — issuance of certificate.
Section 377.230 - Completion of organization.
Section 377.240 - Withdrawals of securities upon relinquishment of business.
Section 377.250 - Minimum premiums.
Section 377.260 - Emergency fund — extra premium — commutation of policies.
Section 377.270 - Limited payment policies — reserve — deposit.
Section 377.280 - Surrender values.
Section 377.290 - Distribution of surplus.
Section 377.300 - Policy to specify amount to be paid — effect of refusal to pay.
Section 377.320 - Policy incontestable after one year.
Section 377.330 - Proceeds not liable for debts.
Section 377.340 - Misrepresentations.
Section 377.350 - Copy of application.
Section 377.360 - Discriminations prohibited — duty of director and attorney general.
Section 377.370 - Personal liability.
Section 377.380 - Annual report.
Section 377.400 - Reinsurance and reinstatement.
Section 377.420 - Retaliatory section.
Section 377.430 - Requirements for foreign corporations — tax on premiums.
Section 377.450 - Acceptance of provisions of regular life law — not to affect past contracts.