Tex. Insurance Code § 846.159
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 846.159, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 846.159. NAME OF MULTIPLE EMPLOYER WELFARE ARRANGEMENT.
Official statutory text
(a) A multiple employer welfare arrangement shall transact business under the arrangement's own name and may not adopt any assumed name. An arrangement may not use a name that is the same as or closely resembles the name of any other arrangement that:
(1) possesses a certificate of authority; and
(2) is engaged in business in this state.
(b) A multiple employer welfare arrangement may change its name by:
(1) amending the articles of the arrangement; or
(2) taking a new name with the approval of the commissioner.
(1) possesses a certificate of authority; and
(2) is engaged in business in this state.
(b) A multiple employer welfare arrangement may change its name by:
(1) amending the articles of the arrangement; or
(2) taking a new name with the approval of the commissioner.
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