Section 33-3-12. Requirements as to name of insurer

   (a) No insurer shall be authorized to transact insurance in Georgia which has or uses a name so similar to that of any insurer already so authorized as to cause uncertainty or confusion, except that, in case of conflict of names between two insurers, the Commissioner may permit or require as a condition to the issuance of an original certificate of authority to an insurer making application therefor that the insurer use in Georgia any supplementation or modification of its name as may reasonably be necessary to avoid a conflict.

(b) No insurer shall be authorized to transact business in Georgia which has or uses a name which would deceptively mislead as to the type of organization of the insurer.

Code 1933, § 56-318, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 33.