Missouri Laws 379.670 – Application for license, contents — requirements
The subscribers so contracting among themselves shall, through their attorney, file with the director of the department of commerce and insurance of this state a declaration verified by the oath of the attorney setting forth:
(1) The name or title of the office at which the subscribers propose to exchange indemnity contracts. The name or title shall not be so similar to any other name or title previously adopted by a similar organization or by any insurance corporation or association as in the opinion of the director of the department of commerce and insurance is calculated to result in confusion or deception;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 379.670
- 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.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Department: the department of commerce and insurance. See Missouri Laws 379.005
- Director: the director of the department of commerce and insurance. See Missouri Laws 379.005
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(2) The kind or kinds of insurance to be effected or exchanged;
(3) A copy of the form of policy contract or agreement under or by which the insurance is to be effected or exchanged;
(4) A copy of the form of power of attorney or other authority of the attorney under which the insurance is to be effected or exchanged;
(5) The location of the offices from which the contracts or agreements are to be issued;
(6) That, except as to the kinds of insurance herein specifically mentioned in this subdivision, applications have been made for indemnity upon at least one hundred separate risks aggregating not less than one and one-half million dollars represented by executed contracts or bona fide applications to become concurrently effective. In the case of employer’s liability or workers’ compensation insurance, applications shall have been made for indemnity upon at least one hundred separate risks covering a total payroll of not less than two and one-half million dollars as represented by executed contracts or bona fide applications to become concurrently effective. In the case of automobile insurance, applications shall have been made for indemnity upon at least one thousand motor vehicles or for insurance aggregating not less than one and one-half million dollars represented by executed contracts or bona fide applications to become concurrently effective on any or all classes of automobile insurance effected by the subscribers through the attorney;
(7) That there is in the possession of the attorney and available for the payment of losses, assets conforming to the requirements of sections 379.700 and 379.710.