Section 1304.160 - Limitations on Provider Name(a) A provider may not use a name that:(1) includes "insurance," "casualty," "surety," or "mutual" or any other word descriptive of the insurance, casualty, or surety business; or(2) is deceptively similar to the name or description of an insurance or surety corporation or to the name of any other provider.(b) A provider may include in its name "guaranty" or a similar word.(c) This section does not apply to a provider that, before September 1, 1999, included a word prohibited under this section in its name. A provider described by this subsection must include in each service contract a statement substantially similar to the following: "This agreement is not an insurance contract."Tex. Occ. Code § 1304.160
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. 6/1/2003.