Mo. Rev. Stat. § 382.020

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 382.020 - Domestic insurers, authorized investments, ownership and management practices

1. Any domestic insurer, either by itself or in cooperation with one or more persons, may invest in, otherwise acquire or operate one or more subsidiaries engaged or registered to engage in one or more of the following businesses:

(1) Any kind of insurance business authorized by the laws of the state of Missouri;

(2) Investing, reinvesting or trading in securities for its own account, that of its parent, any subsidiary of its parent, or any affiliate or subsidiary;

(3) Rendering other services including, but not limited to, actuarial, loss prevention, safety engineering, marketing, data processing, accounting, claims, appraisal and collection services, if such services relate to the operations of the insurance business of the insurer; provided, however, that such services shall not include services of salvage of motor vehicles, the mechanical, body or other repair of motor vehicles and the towing or retrieval of motor vehicles;

(4) Ownership and management of the kinds of assets which the parent corporation could itself own or manage;

(5) Acting as administrative agent for a governmental instrumentality which is performing an insurance function;

(6) Financing of insurance premiums;

(7) Any other business activity determined by the director to be reasonably ancillary to the insurance business of the insurer;

(8) Owning a corporation or corporations engaged in or organized to engage exclusively in one or more of the businesses specified in this section;

(9) Acting as an insurance broker or as an insurance agent for its parent or for any of its parent's insurer subsidiaries;

(10) Management of any investment company subject to or registered pursuant to the federal Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, including related sales and services;

(11) Acting as a broker-dealer subject to or registered pursuant to the federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(12) Rendering investment advice to governments, government agencies, corporations or other organizations or groups.

2. In addition, a domestic insurance company may, if it maintains books and records which separately account for such business, engage directly in any business referred to in subdivisions (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) of subsection 1 of this section, either to the extent necessarily or properly incidental to the insurance business the insurer is authorized to do in this state or to the extent approved by the director and subject to any limitations the director may prescribe for the protection of the interests of the policyholders of the insurer after taking into account the effect of such business on the insurer's existing insurance business and its surplus, the proposed allocation of the estimated costs of such business and the risks inherent in such business as well as the relative advantages to the insurer and its policyholders of conducting such business directly instead of through a subsidiary. Nothing in sections 382.010 to 382.300 shall be deemed to limit the powers of a domestic insurance company existing prior to September 28, 1971.

3. In addition to investments in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations and other securities permitted domestic insurers, a domestic insurer may also do one or more of the following:

(1) Invest in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations, and other securities of one or more subsidiaries, amounts which do not exceed the lesser of ten percent of such insurer's assets or fifty percent of such insurer's surplus as regards policyholders, if after such investments the insurer's surplus as regards policyholders will be reasonable in relation to the insurer's outstanding liabilities and adequate to its financial needs. In calculating the amount of such investment, investments in domestic or foreign insurance subsidiaries shall be excluded, and there shall be included:

(a) Total net moneys or other consideration expended and obligations assumed in the acquisition or formation of a subsidiary, including all organizational expenses and contributions to capital and surplus of such subsidiary whether or not represented by the purchase of capital stock or issuance of other securities; and

(b) All amounts expended in acquiring additional common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations, and other securities and all contributions to the capital or surplus of a subsidiary subsequent to its acquisition or formation;

(2) With the approval of the director, invest any greater amount in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations, or other securities of one or more subsidiaries, if after such investment the insurer's surplus as regards policyholders will be reasonable in relation to the insurer's outstanding liabilities and adequate to its financial needs;

(3) Invest any amount in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations and other securities of one or more subsidiaries engaged or organized to engage exclusively in the ownership and management of assets authorized as investments for the insurer, provided that each such subsidiary agrees to limit its investments in any asset so that such investments will not cause the amount of the total investment of the insurer to exceed any of the investment limitations specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection or in other insurance laws applicable to the insurer. For the purpose of this subdivision, the total investment of the insurer shall include:

(a) Any direct investment by the insurer in an asset; and

(b) The insurer's proportionate share of any investment in an asset by any subsidiary of the insurer, which shall be calculated by multiplying the amount of the subsidiary's investment by the percentage of the ownership of such subsidiary.

4. Investments in common stock, preferred stock, debt obligations or other securities made pursuant to subsection 3 of this section shall be made as provided by the statutes of this state.

5. Whether any investment pursuant to subsections 3 and 4 of this section meets the applicable requirements thereof is to be determined immediately after such investment is made, taking into account the then outstanding principal balance on all previous investments in debt obligations, and the value of all previous investments in equity securities as of the date they are made.

§ 382.020, RSMo

Amended by 2014 Mo. Laws, SB 794,s A, eff. 8/28/2014.

L. 1971 S.B. 101 §§ 2, 3, 4, A.L. 1987 S.B. 337, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1574