1. After making the deposits mentioned in section 376.170, the company shall issue its policies of insurance or annuity bonds and each policy may have set out in the body thereof the following: “This policy is registered and the net reserves secured by a pledge of bonds, deeds of trust on real estate and other securities deposited with the department of commerce and insurance of Missouri as required by section 376.170, RSMo.”

2. The company under the supervision of the director shall prepare and keep a permanent register thereof.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 376.180

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Department: the department of commerce and insurance. See Missouri Laws 376.005
  • Director: the director of the department of commerce and insurance. See Missouri Laws 376.005
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020

3. The provisions of this section pertaining to the registration of policies shall not apply to policies issued on the industrial or prudential plans except when such policies exceed one thousand dollars in amount, nor shall the provisions of this section apply to term policies of seven years or less and in amounts of ten thousand dollars or less, or to policies of group insurance or group annuity; except that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to prevent any policy from being registered hereunder, if the company issuing the policy shall so desire.