2017 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXIV BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 377 Assessment Plan and Stipulated Premium Plan Life Insurance
Section 377.450 Acceptance of provisions of regular life law — not to affect past contracts.
Effective 28 Aug 1939
Title XXIV BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 377377.450. Acceptance of provisions of regular life law — not to affect past contracts. — 1. Any domestic life or accident insurance corporation, company or association existing or doing business in this state under the stipulated premium plan law, may, by a majority vote of its directors or trustees, accept the provisions of sections 376.010 to 376.670 and amend its articles of incorporation and its bylaws to conform to said law, the same as if it had originally been incorporated thereunder, and shall submit a record of the proceedings of its board of trustees, together with the amended articles, to the attorney general for his examination and approval of the legal form thereof, and shall file such amended articles in the office of the secretary of state and a certified copy of same in the office of the director of the department of insurance, financial institutions and professional registration, and deposit with said director such securities as may be required of corporations originally incorporated under sections 376.010 to 376.670.
2. Insurance corporations, companies and associations complying with the provisions of this section shall thereafter enjoy and exercise all of the rights and privileges accorded by law to companies originally incorporated under sections 376.010 to 376.670.
3. Compliance with this section shall in no wise annul, modify or change any of the existing contracts or obligations of the corporation, and any and all such contracts and liabilities shall continue in force and effect the same as if such corporation had not reincorporated under the provisions of this section; compliance with the provisions of this section shall in no way prejudice, impede or impair any pending action, proceeding or rights previously acquired.
(RSMo 1939 § 5887)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 5776; 1919 § 6186; 1909 § 6980
