Missouri Laws 375.1198 – Mutual credits or debts, setoffs allowed — exceptions
1. Mutual debts or mutual credits, whether arising out of one or more contracts, between the insurer and another person in connection with any action or proceeding under sections 375.1150 to 375.1246, sections 374.216 and 374.217, and section 382.302 shall be set off and the balance only shall be allowed or paid, except as provided in subsections 2 and 3* of this section and section 375.1204.
2. No setoff shall be allowed in favor of any person where:
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 375.1198
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Insurer: all insurance companies, reciprocals, or interinsurance exchanges transacting the business of insurance in this state. See Missouri Laws 375.001
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(1) The obligation of the insurer to the person would not as of the date of the filing of a petition for liquidation entitle the person to share as a claimant in the assets of the insurer; or
(2) The obligation of the insurer to the person was purchased by or transferred to the person with a view to its being used as a setoff; or
(3) The obligation of the person is to pay an assessment levied against the members or subscribers of the insurer, or is to pay a balance upon a subscription to the capital stock of the insurer, or is in any other way in the nature of a capital contribution; or
(4) The obligation of the insurer is owed to an affiliate of such person or to any entity or association, rather than the person; or
(5) The obligation of the person is owed to an affiliate of the insurer or to any other entity or association, rather than the insurer; or
(6) The obligations between the person and the insurer arise from reinsurance relationships resulting in business where either the person or the insurer has assumed risks and obligations from the other party and then has ceded back to that party substantially the same risks and obligations.
3. The provisions of this section shall apply to all obligations incurred under contracts entered into, renewed, or extended on or after July 1, 1992, and to any existing contract with a termination date longer than one year from January 1, 1993.