Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.240

The securities deposited under the provisions of section 376.170 shall be legally transferred to the director of the department of commerce and insurance, and so large an amount thereof as may be necessary to equal, at all times, the net value of the outstanding registered policies and annuity bonds, less such liens not exceeding such value as the company may hold against them, shall be held by him in trust for the purposes of sections 376.010 to 376.670, until the obligations of said companies, under said registered policies and annuity bonds shall, to the satisfaction of the said director, be fully liquidated, cancelled or annulled.