# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 14. Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions

### Subtitle 4A. Vehicle Protection Products Act

#### Section 14-4A-09

(a) Unless authorized by the Maryland Insurance Commissioner to engage in the insurance business in the State, a warrantor may not use the following words in its name, contracts, or literature:

  (1) "Insurance";

  (2) "Casualty";

  (3) "Surety";

  (4) "Mutual"; or

  (5) Any other words that are:

    (i) Descriptive of the insurance, casualty, or surety business; or

    (ii) Deceptively similar to the name or description of an insurer, a surety corporation, or another warrantor.

(b) A warrantor may use the term "guaranty" or a similar word in the warrantor's name.

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Md. Code Ann., Com. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)