380.251. Forms, filing and approval, fee--policy, required provisions--disapproved, procedure.

Forms, filing and approval, fee--policy, requiredprovisions--disapproved, procedure.

380.251. 1. No company shall deliver or issue for deliveryin this state a policy, or any endorsement or rider thereto,until a copy of the form shall have been filed with and approvedby the director. Upon the filing of any form with the director,such form shall be deemed approved by the director. The directorshall thereafter disapprove only those forms which areinconsistent with sections 380.201 to 380.591 or any otherapplicable law, and do not contain any provisions which aredeceptive, ambiguous or misleading. The director must givewritten notification to the company of the approval ordisapproval of any form. If a form is disapproved, the companyfiling the form may request a hearing before the director.

2. All policies shall have printed on them whether thepolicy is assessable and when and where the annual meeting willbe held.

3. A fee of ten dollars shall be imposed for each formfiled.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1498)

Effective 1-1-85