<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 58-6-18 - Prevention of confusing similarity of names by director. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2074287Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2074287SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2074287CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2074287Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2074287DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2074287000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2074287SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2074287SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2074287Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-6-18"><span class="s2074287SENU">58-6-18</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2074287SENU">. </span><span class="s2074287CL">Prevention of confusing similarity of names by director.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2074287Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2074287DefaultParagraphFont">In case of conflict of names hereafter between two insurers, or a conflict otherwise prohibited under §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-6-14"><span class="s2074287DefaultParagraphFont">58-6-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2074287DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=58-6-17"><span class="s2074287DefaultParagraphFont">58-6-17</span></a><span class="s2074287DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, the director may require, as a condition to the issuance of an original certificate of authority to an applicant insurer, the insurer to use in this state such supplementation or modification of its name or such business name as may reasonably be necessary to avoid the conflict. No such name, supplementation, or modification shall contain the principal identifying factor of the name of any other insurer already authorized to transact insurance in this state.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2074287Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2074287000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2074287Normal"><span class="s2074287SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2074287SCL-000002"> SL 1966, ch 111, ch 3, § 8 (5).</span></p></div></body></html>