1. Providers are considered to be the agent of the insurer which issued the reimbursement insurance policy for purposes of obligating the insurer to contract holders under service contracts associated with the insurer’s reimbursement policy, and the payment of premium by the provider is not a condition to the insurer’s obligations for otherwise validly issued service contracts.

2. Sections 385.300 to 385.320 shall not prevent or limit the right of an insurer which issued a reimbursement insurance policy to seek indemnification or subrogation against a provider if the issuer pays or is obligated to pay the service contract holder sums that the provider was obligated to pay pursuant to the provisions of the product service contract.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 385.314

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. Source: FDIC