Nebraska § 44-351 Insurance companies; similar names; use prohibited

Nebraska Statutes

§ 44-351 — Insurance companies; similar names; use prohibited

Nebraska § 44-351

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Bluebook

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-351 (2026).

Text

No company, association, or society organized under sections  44-202  to  44-208.08  shall take any name in use by any other company, association, or society or so closely resembling such name as to mislead the public as to its identity.

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Legislative History

Source: Laws 1913, c. 154, § 73, p. 424; R.S.1913, § 3209; Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. V, art. IV, § 43, p. 604; C.S.1922, § 7808; C.S.1929, § 44-343; R.S.1943, § 44-351; Laws 1989, LB 92, § 101. Annotations: Grand Lodge of one state may be enjoined from transacting insurance business in another state to injury of Grand Lodge of that state. Grand Lodge, A. O. U. W. v. Grand Lodge, A. O. U. W., 106 Neb. 12, 182 N.W. 510 (1921). Question of similarity of names is judicial question. Grand Lodge, A. O. U. W. v. Insurance Board, 103 Neb. 99, 170 N.W. 617 (1919). If name or title of beneficiary insurance company contains a descriptive word by which it is generally known to public, to incorporate that word as the characteristic word in the name of a proposed new company would have a tendency to mislead the public. Knights of Maccabees of the World v. Searle, 75 Neb. 285, 106 N.W. 448 (1905).