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The Missouri Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association is a non-profit legal entity created by the Missouri legislature to provide protection within limits, to Missouri resident policyholders in the event of an insolvency of a member insurance company. To provide this protection, the Guaranty Association continues insurance policy coverage while paying the claims and other policy benefits under life, annuity, accident and health insurance policies. 

The information provided in this Web site is general in nature and may not address a specific policy or issue. The intent of this site is to provide information about the Missouri Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association. The terms and coverage of insurance products are very diverse and, as a result, it is difficult to make general statements about Guaranty Association coverage without reviewing a specific contract. The generalized information provided by this website should not be relied upon as legal advice. In addition, please refer to the "Missouri Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association Act", Revised Statutes of Missouri, Sections 376.715 to 376.758, for a more complete explanation of the powers and duties of the Guaranty Association.

The Missouri Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association provides protection within limits for certain statutorily defined obligations of insolvent member insurers. The following list contains some of the more general limitations and maximum amounts of the protection that is provided:

Cash Value or Surrender Value of Annuities - $100,000.

Cash Value or Surrender Value of Life Insurance Policies - $100,000

Death Benefits of Life Insurance Policies - $300,000

Unpaid Health Insurance Claims - $100,000

These maximums and limitations are applied on a per insured/per insolvency basis.

Coverage is provided to owners of covered contracts who are residents of the State of Missouri, except as otherwise provided for by the statute.

2010 Annual Report
2010 Annual Report
(updated 4/20/2011)
Announcements
Schedule of Events

Senate Bill 583 2010 Changes to the Guaranty Association Act

Insolvency Primer (New)
Liquidation/Rehabilitation
Orders
National States Insurance Company Ordered into Liquidation (Updated November 15, 2010)

Universal Life Insurance Company (Updated June 21, 2010)

Imerica Life and Health Insurance Company (Updated May 5, 2010)

American Community Mutual Insurance Company Rehabilitation (Updated April 9, 2010)

Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Company and America Network Insurance Company


Liquidation
Order entered against Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Company-Final October 23, 2008
MORE INFORMATION - Updated February 24, 2009

Liquidation
Order Benicorp Ins Co  October 5, 2007
MORE INFORMATION
Notice Concerning Coverage
Missouri regulations require that a Notice Concerning Coverage be delivered with certain policies.  You can view that document here.