Missouri Insurance (MO)

In 2001 there were 3.5 million ordinary life insurance policies in force with a total value of $198.7 billion; total value for all categories of life insurance (ordinary, group, industrial, and credit) was $364.9 billion. Death benefits paid that year totaled $1.0 billion. In 2000, 42 life and insurance companies were domiciled in Missouri, and 62 property and casualty insurance companies.

Direct premiums written by all property and casualty companies in Missouri totaled $6.58 billion in 2001. That year, there were 22,032 flood insurance policies in force in the state, with a total value of $2.3 million, $1.6 of which were written through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).