Virginia Administrative Code
Title 14 - INSURANCE
Agency 5 - STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION, BUREAU OF INSURANCE
Chapter 90 - RULES GOVERNING ADVERTISEMENT OF ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE
Section 14VAC5-90-130 - Identity of insurer
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. The name of the actual insurer, the form number or numbers of the policies advertised, and the form number of any application shall be stated on all invitations to contract. An invitation to contract shall not use a trade name, any insurance group designation, name of the parent company of the insurer, name of a particular division of the insurer, service mark, slogan, symbol or other device which without disclosing the name of the actual insurer would have the capacity and tendency to mislead or deceive as to the true identity of the insurer.
B. An advertisement shall not use any combination of words, symbols, or physical materials that by their content, phraseology, shape, color or other characteristics are so similar to combination of words, symbols, or physical materials used by agencies of the federal government or this Commonwealth, or otherwise appear to be of such a nature that it tends to confuse or mislead prospective insureds into believing that the solicitation is in some manner connected with an agency of the municipal, state, or federal government.
Statutory Authority
§§ 12.1-13 and 38.2-223 of the Code of Virginia.