MISSOURI GUIDE 09
Missouri Claims Handling & Insurance Bad Faith
Missouri regulates insurer investigation, communication, coverage decisions and settlement conduct through statutes, regulations and common-law principles.
- Preserve the claim chronology, requests, responses, offers and denials.
- Separate coverage disputes from claims-handling conduct.
- Identify what information the insurer had when each decision was made.
- Review current Missouri unfair-claims rules and controlling bad-faith authority.
Publication review note — September 17, 2026. Verify current claims-handling and bad-faith authority before publication.
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