33-2-107. Name -- dissimilar. (1) No insurer shall be authorized to transact insurance in this state which has or uses a name so similar to that of another insurer already so authorized as likely to mislead the public.
(2) No life insurer shall be authorized which has or uses a name deceptively similar to that of another insurer authorized to transact insurance in this state within the preceding 10 years if life insurance policies originally issued by such other insurer are still outstanding in this state.
(3) No insurer shall be so authorized which has or uses a name which tends to deceive or mislead as to the type of organization of the insurer.
(4) In case of conflict of names between two insurers or a conflict otherwise prohibited under the foregoing subsections of this section, the commissioner may permit or require the more recently authorized insurer to use in Montana such supplementation or modification of its name or such business name as may reasonably be necessary to avoid such conflict.
History: En. Sec. 50, Ch. 286, L. 1959; R.C.M. 1947, 40-2805.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 33. Insurance and Insurance Companies
Chapter 2. Regulation of Insurance Companies
Part 1. Authorization of Insurers
33-2-101. Certificate of authority required
33-2-102. Exceptions to certificate of authority requirement
33-2-103. Admission for investment only
33-2-104. Representing or aiding unauthorized insurer prohibited
33-2-105. Suits by unauthorized insurers prohibited
33-2-106. General eligibility of insurers
33-2-108. Combinations of insuring powers
33-2-109. Capital or surplus funds required
33-2-110. Special surplus required
33-2-112. Management qualifications and affiliations
33-2-113. and 33-2-114 reserved
33-2-115. Application for certificate of authority
33-2-116. Issuance or refusal of certificate of authority -- state ownership of certificate
33-2-117. Renewal, expiration, reinstatement, and amendment of certificate of authority
33-2-118. Mandatory revocation or suspension of certificate of authority
33-2-119. Suspension or revocation for violations and special grounds
33-2-120. Notice of suspension or revocation -- effect upon producer's authority
33-2-121. Duration of suspension -- insurer's obligations -- reinstatement
33-2-122. Rights and duties of foreign insurer
33-2-123. through 33-2-125 reserved
33-2-126. Admission as domestic insurer -- conversion to foreign insurer