California Insurance Code ARTICLE 9 - Registration of Insurers’ Names

• Section 880.
  Except as provided in this article, every insurer shall conduct its business in this State in its own name.(Enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 145.)
• Section 881.
  (a) The commissioner shall require the name or any changed name of every insurer (including reciprocal or interinsurance exchanges), every attorney in fact, every motor club,...
• Section 881.1.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 881 or any other provision of law, neither the commissioner or the Secretary of State shall reject a name proposed...
• Section 881.2.
  Notwithstanding Section 5652 of the Financial Code, use of the term “savings bank” in a name or title may be approved for use by the...
• Section 881.3.
  Upon approval of an applicant’s name by the commissioner, and the issuance of a certificate approving the same, the applicant may apply to the Secretary...
• Section 881.5.
  If through inadvertance or otherwise a corporation does not comply with Section 881 of the Insurance Code, or with Sections 201.5, 202, 2105, 2106, 2106.5,...
• Section 882.
  When two or more insurers propose to issue an underwriter’s policy, each insurer shall first file an application with the commissioner for approval and registration...
• Section 882.5.
  (a) A home protection company proposing to issue a contract bearing the name of itself as well as another name which is the name of a...
• Section 883.
  An underwriter’s policy may be issued under a name thus registered and shall clearly show:(a) The names of the insurers guaranteeing it.(b) The severalty of the contract.(c) The...
• Section 884.
  Unless renewed, the approval and registration of all underwriters’ names shall expire at 12:01 a.m. July 1 of each even-numbered year. Renewal may be secured...
• Section 885.
  The commissioner may at any time institute proceedings for the revocation of approval and registration of an underwriter’s name upon any of the grounds set...
• Section 886.
  Termination of approval and registration of an underwriter’s name, whether through denial of a renewal application or revocation, shall have no effect on the validity...

Last modified: October 22, 2018