After October 1, 2014, a title insurance agent or title insurance agency may not adopt a name that contains the words “title insurance,” “title company,” “title guaranty,” or “title guarantee” unless such words are followed by the word “agent” or “agency” in the same size and type as the words preceding it. This section does not apply to a title insurer acting as an agent for another title insurer if both insurers hold active certificates of authority to transact title insurance business in this state and both are acting under the names designated on such certificates.
Fla. Stat. § 626.8413
Title insurance agents; certain names prohibited
Known as the Unauthorized Insurers Process Law
The act spans §§ 626.011 to 626.9958 (368 sections).
History.--s. 1, ch. 85-185; s. 1, ch. 86-286; s. 114, ch. 92-318; s. 6, ch. 2014-112.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.