Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXIX. Ownership and Conveyance of Property § 448.120. Insurance, how obtained--named insured--who adjusts--loss payable clause, form of--premiums, how paid

The manager or the board of managers shall obtain insurance for the property against loss or damage by fire and such other hazards as are covered under standard extended coverage provisions for the full insurable replacement cost of the common elements and the units. The insurance coverage shall be written in the name of, and the proceeds thereof shall be payable to, the manager or the board of managers, as trustee for each of the unit owners in the percentages established in the declaration or amended declaration, if any. The policy of insurance may contain a loss payable clause containing the words, “To the holder or holders of mortgages or deeds of trust of record, if any, as their interests may appear” without specifically naming the holder or holders in the clause, in which event the proceeds shall thereupon be payable jointly to the manager or the board of managers and the holder or holders of mortgages or deeds of trust of record, as trustees for each of the unit owners in the percentages established in the declaration or any amended declaration. The trustees shall have full power to adjust all insurance losses by suit or otherwise and payment accepted by the trustees hereunder shall constitute a discharge to the insurer. Premiums for the insurance shall be common expenses.