Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 378 - Fraternal Benefit Societies
Section 378.631 - Foreign society, director may enjoin business, when.

Effective - 01 Jan 1993
378.631. Foreign society, director may enjoin business, when. — 1. When the director upon investigation finds that a foreign or alien society transacting or applying to transact business in this state:
(1) Has exceeded its powers;
(2) Has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter;
(3) Is not fulfilling its contracts in good faith; or
(4) Is conducting its business fraudulently or in a manner hazardous to its members or creditors or the public,
­­the director shall notify the society of such deficiency or deficiencies and state in writing the reasons for his or her dissatisfaction. The director shall at once issue a written notice to the society requiring that the deficiency or deficiencies which exist are corrected. After such notice the society shall have a thirty-day period in which to comply with the director's request for correction, and if the society fails to comply, the director shall notify the society of such findings of noncompliance and require the society to show cause on a date named why its license should not be suspended, revoked or refused. If on such a date the society does not present good and sufficient reason why its authority to do business in this state should not be suspended, revoked or refused, the director may suspend or refuse the license of the society to do business in this state until satisfactory evidence is furnished to the director that such suspension or refusal should be withdrawn or the director may revoke the authority of the society to do business in this state.

2. Nothing contained in this section shall be taken or construed as preventing any such society from continuing in good faith all contracts made in this state during the time such society was legally authorized to transact business herein.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 831)
Effective 1-01-93

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXIV - Business and Financial Institutions

Chapter 378 - Fraternal Benefit Societies

Section 378.601 - Fraternal benefit society, defined.

Section 378.602 - Lodge system, requirements — children's wages permitted, limitation.

Section 378.603 - Representative form of government, requirements.

Section 378.604 - Definitions.

Section 378.605 - Operation, purpose — laws and rules, power to adopt.

Section 378.606 - Laws and rules, requirements — membership rights nonassignable.

Section 378.607 - Principal office, meetings, location — official publication, annual statement, requirements.

Section 378.608 - Liability, immunity from, when — indemnification, when — insurance, purchase of for officers allowed.

Section 378.609 - Waiver of laws, restriction on, when.

Section 378.610 - Organization of, how — articles of incorporation, contents — filing — membership requirements.

Section 378.611 - Amendment of laws, procedures — amendments furnished to members.

Section 378.612 - Society may operate nonprofit organizations — may not own funeral home.

Section 378.613 - Reinsurance agreements, allowed — limitations.

Section 378.614 - Merger or consolidation, allowed when — requirements — approval of director required — effects.

Section 378.615 - Conversion to mutual life insurance company, allowed when.

Section 378.616 - Benefits authorized — rules to specify allowable beneficiaries.

Section 378.617 - Change of beneficiary, allowed — funeral benefits, payment of, limitation — no beneficiary, effect.

Section 378.619 - Certificate of ownership, issued to owner, when, contents — life benefit contract, minor effects — impairment of class of certificates, effects — filing with director, when — minor, transfer of control of contract to, when.

Section 378.620 - Cash surrender value of certificate, computation of.

Section 378.621 - Investment of funds.

Section 378.622 - Assets, use of — variable basis contracts, allowed when.

Section 378.623 - Application of law — exemption from insurance laws.

Section 378.624 - Taxation of societies, exemptions.

Section 378.625 - Valuation of certificates, standards — reserves, excess permitted.

Section 378.626 - Statement of financial condition, contents, filing — penalty.

Section 378.627 - Annual renewal required.

Section 378.628 - Examination, director may conduct — expenses.

Section 378.629 - Foreign society to have license, requirements.

Section 378.630 - Powers of director to order changes, when — may enjoin further business, when, duration — liquidation, effect.

Section 378.631 - Foreign society, director may enjoin business, when.

Section 378.632 - Injunction, who may file.

Section 378.633 - Agents, licensing of — persons not deemed agents.

Section 378.634 - Unfair practices and frauds, subject to law — exception.

Section 378.635 - Service of process, director to be agent for.

Section 378.638 - Fraudulent acts, penalties.

Section 378.640 - Law not applicable to certain societies, when — specific exemptions.

Section 378.642 - Severability clause.

Section 378.645 - Review of director's decisions, how.