Indiana § 27-1-17-3 - Name
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§ 27-1-17-3. Name
Sec. 3. No foreign or alien insurance company shall be admitted to do business in this state having a name which, at the date of such admission, could not be taken by a domestic corporation under the provisions of IC 27-1-6-3, except that the name of a foreign or alien insurance company need not include the word "company", "corporation", "incorporated", or "mutual", or one (1) of the abbreviations thereof, nor the word "insurance" or the word "assurance" provided the name of such company is authorized by the laws of the state or territory of its organization or domicile and provided such name does not negate the characteristic of such company as an insurance company. No such foreign or alien insurance company after it has been admitted shall, by amendment to its charter, assume any name which, at the date of the filing of such amendment as provided in this chapter, could not be taken by a domestic corporation under the provisions of IC 27-1-6-3.
Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.228; Acts 1969, c.164, s.7. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.73.
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