Elliott v. Southwestern Life Insurance Co. of Dallas

CRIST, Presiding Judge.

The trial court sustained defendant insurance company’s motion 'to dismiss which motion was predicated upon lack of jurisdiction after defendant was personally served with process. The trial court was apparently of a mind that § 375.906, RSMo.1978 was the exclusive method by which to serve process upon licensed foreign insurance companies. We reverse and remand.

Defendant, a foreign insurance company licensed to do business in Missouri, issued two accidental death policies (in 1958 and 1962, respectively) which insured the life of plaintiff’s now deceased husband. Both…