California Health and Safety Code 1366 – (a) No plan may use in its name, any of the words “insurance,” …
(a) No plan may use in its name, any of the words “insurance,” “casualty,” “surety,” “mutual,” or any other words descriptive of the insurance, casualty, or surety business or use any name similar to the name or description of any insurance or surety corporation doing business in this state unless such plan controls or is controlled by an entity licensed as an insurer pursuant to the provisions of the Insurance Code and the plan employs a name related to that of such controlled or controlling entity.
(b) § 2415 of the Business and Professions Code, pertaining to fictitious names, shall not apply to plans, except specialized health care service plans.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1366
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- licensed: refers to , a license as a plan pursuant to Section 1353. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
- plan: refers to health care service plans and specialized health care service plans. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
- Solicitor: means any person who engages in the acts defined in subdivision ( l). See California Health and Safety Code 1345
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(c) No plan or solicitor firm may adopt a name style that is deceptive, or one that could cause the public to believe the plan is affiliated with, or recommended by any governmental or private entity unless such affiliation or endorsement exists.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1313.)