Where the insured and the beneficiary in a policy of life or accident insurance have died and there is no sufficient evidence that they have died otherwise than simultaneously the proceeds of the policy shall be distributed as if the insured had survived the beneficiary.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 471.040
Insurance policies
Known as the The Uniform Simultaneous Death Law
The act spans §§ 471–471 (8 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1959; (L. 1947 V
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.