Georgia Code, Title 33, Chapter 1 - General Provisions
- § 33-1-1 - Short Title
This title shall be known and may be cited as the "Georgia Insurance Code."
- § 33-1-2 - Definitions
As used in this title, the term: (1) "Commissioner of Insurance" or "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Georgia. (1.1)...
- § 33-1-3 - Application of Title to Certain Corporations, Societies, and Companies
This title shall not apply to: (1) Hospital service nonprofit corporations except for Chapter 19 of this title and any other provisions of this...
- § 33-1-4 - Use of Existing Forms and Filings
Every form of insurance document and every rate or other filing lawfully in use immediately prior to January 1, 1961, may continue to be...
- § 33-1-5 - Provisions of Title Relating to Particular Matters to Prevail Over General Provisions
Provisions of this title relating to a particular kind of insurance or to a particular type of insurer or to a particular matter prevail...
- § 33-1-6 - Requirements for Action As Insurer Generally
No person shall act as an insurer as defined in Code Section 33-1-2 in this state without complying with the applicable provisions of this
- § 33-1-7 - Issuance or Delivery of Policy in Violation of Title
Any insurer, or any officer or agent thereof, issuing or delivering to any person in this state any policy in violation of any provision...
- § 33-1-8 - Making of False Statements; Reporting of Such Statements
Any director, officer, agent, or employee of any insurance company who willfully and knowingly subscribes, makes, or concurs in making any annual or other...
- § 33-1-9 - Insurance Fraud; Venue; Penalty; Exemption
(a) Any natural person who knowingly or willfully: (1) Makes or aids in the making of any false or fraudulent statement or representation of...
- § 33-1-10 - Limitations Upon Right to Choose Funeral Services for Insured
It shall be unlawful for any insurer to designate in any policy, contract, certificate, or otherwise the person, firm, or corporation to conduct the...
- § 33-1-11 - Entry Into Contracts by Life Insurers With Funeral Directors or Undertakers for Conduct of Funerals of Persons Insured
It shall be unlawful for any insurer writing any type of life insurance, by whatever term described, upon the lives of citizens of this...
- § 33-1-12 - Entry Into Contracts by Life Insurers for Provision of Funeral Merchandise or Services to Persons Insured
It shall be unlawful for any insurer writing any type of life insurance upon the lives of citizens of this state to enter into...
- § 33-1-13 - Receiving of Compensation From Undertakers on Account of Employment; Giving of Compensation by Undertakers
No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the life insurance business or the industrial life insurance business shall contract for or receive any compensation...
- § 33-1-14 - Regulation of Certain Persons Providing Coverage for Medical or Dental Services
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in this Code section, any person, other than an authorized insurer, the state...
- § 33-1-15 - Affidavit that Insured's Motor Vehicle Stolen
(a) In any case where an insured has executed an affidavit affirming that such insured's motor vehicle has been stolen, the insurer shall be...
- § 33-1-16 - Investigation of Fraudulent Insurance Act; Collection of Evidence; Immunity From Liability; Public Inspection; Enforcement
(a) For the purposes of this Code section, a person commits a "fraudulent insurance act" if he: (1) Knowingly and with intent to defraud...
- § 33-1-17 - Special Insurance Fraud Fund
(a) The General Assembly finds that the proper and expeditious investigation and prosecution of fraudulent insurance acts are beneficial to the public interest. The...
- § 33-1-18 - Housing Tax Credit for Qualified Projects; Rules and Regulations
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Federal housing tax credit" means the federal tax credit as provided in Section 42...
- § 33-1-19 - Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits
(a) The Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits is hereby established, effective February 1, 2012, to advise the Governor and the General...
- § 33-1-20 - Health Care Sharing Ministry
(a) As used in this Code section, the term "health care sharing ministry" means a faith-based, nonprofit organization that is tax exempt under the...
- § 33-1-21 - Certain Subscription Agreements for Prepaid Air Ambulance Service Not Contract of Insurance; Definitions
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Air ambulance" means any rotary-wing aircraft used or intended to be used for hire...
- § 33-1-22 - English Language Version of Policy Controls
In the event of a dispute or complaint wherein an insurer provided any material in a language other than English, the English language version...
- § 33-1-23 - Establishment of Exchange
(a) As used in this Code section, the term "exchange" shall have the same meaning provided for in paragraph (1) of Code Section 33-23-201.(b)...
- § 33-1-24 - (Effective January 1, 2016) Insurance Requirements for Transportation Network Companies and Their Drivers.
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Personal vehicle" means a registered motor vehicle that is used by a transportation network...
Last modified: October 14, 2016