Mo. Rev. Stat. § 105.1070
The commissioner of administration may procure under the provisions of chapter 34 motor vehicle, aircraft, and marine liability insurance covering the operation of state-controlled motor vehicles, aircraft, and marine vessels by state employees, members of the Missouri National Guard, or agents in the course of their employment, military duties, or the scope of their agency, or for dangerous conditions of property as defined in section 537.600; provided, however, that in lieu of procuring insurance to cover such risks, the commissioner may determine that the state shall self-insure or assume all or any portion of such risks. Each department and agency of state government shall provide the commissioner with such information regarding the risks to be insured as the commissioner deems necessary. The procurement of liability insurance or the adoption of a plan of self-insurance by the commissioner of administration shall not limit the express waiver of sovereign immunity in all cases within such situations specified therein whether or not the public entity was functioning in a governmental or proprietary capacity or whether or not the public entity is:
§ 105.1070, RSMo