1. Individuals, partnerships and corporations of this state, hereby designated subscribers, are hereby authorized to exchange either assessable or nonassessable reciprocal or interinsurance contracts with each other, or with individuals, partnerships and corporations of other states and countries, providing indemnity among themselves, for the purpose of making insurance regarding the following classes:

(1) Property which shall consist of insurance on the following subclasses:

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 379.650

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • 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

(a) Marine, inland marine, and transportation;

(b) Animals;

(c) All other real and personal property, intangible or tangible;

(2) Liability, which shall consist of insurance for the following subclasses:

(a) Workers’ compensation and employers’ liability;

(b) Professional malpractice;

(c) Contractual liability;

(d) All other legal liability of the insured to another;

(3) Fidelity and surety;

(4) Accident and health, including death by accident;

(5) Miscellaneous, consisting of all other legitimate forms of insurance not described above but excluding life and annuities.

2. Subscribers exchanging assessable contracts shall not at the same time exchange nonassessable contracts; and provided, further, that if an assessable contract is exchanged the subscriber’s agreement shall provide that a subscriber shall be subject to a contingent liability of at least one premium deposit.