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GEORGIA CODE (Last Updated: August 20, 2013) |
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Title 33. INSURANCE |
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Chapter 3. AUTHORIZATION AND GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSACTION OF INSURANCE |
| § 33-3-1. Definitions |
| § 33-3-2. Certificate of authority required for transaction of insurance within state; exceptions |
| § 33-3-3. Qualifications for transaction of insurance generally; transaction of insurance by insurers owned by states, foreign governments |
| § 33-3-4. Kinds of insurance in which insurers may transact |
| § 33-3-5. Classification of kinds of insurance |
| § 33-3-6. Requirements as to capital stock or surplus generally |
| § 33-3-7. Requirement of surplus for new insurers |
| § 33-3-7.1. Compliance with minimum surplus requirements for mutual insurers |
| § 33-3-8. Requirements as to deposit of securities generally |
| § 33-3-9. Requirement of additional deposits of securities by foreign and alien insurers |
| § 33-3-10. Requirement of additional special deposits of securities by domestic, foreign, or alien insurers |
| § 33-3-11. Requirement of licensed resident agent |
| § 33-3-12. Requirements as to name of insurer |
| § 33-3-13. Information required in or attached to application for certificate of authority |
| § 33-3-14. Application fee |
| § 33-3-15. Issuance or refusal of certificate of authority generally; determining whether insurer meets definition of reinsurer; designation on certificate |
| § 33-3-16. Expiration of certificate; procedure for renewal; amendment of certificate by Commissioner |
| § 33-3-17. Discretionary refusal, revocation, or suspension of certificate generally |
| § 33-3-18. Administrative supervision or suspension of certificate of authority for cause |
| § 33-3-19. Mandatory refusal, revocation, or suspension of certificate |
| § 33-3-20. Imposition of administrative fine upon insurer for certain acts of officers, employees, agents, or representatives |
| § 33-3-21. Reports of business affairs and operations of insurers generally |
| § 33-3-21.1. Submission of reports by property and casualty insurers; types of insurance to which requirement applies; contents of report; date due; publication |
| § 33-3-21.2. Analysis of adequacy of loss and loss adjustment expense reserves when reserves outside standard range |
| § 33-3-21.3. Annual filings with National Association of Insurance Commissioners; agents of Commissioner not subject to civil liability; confidentiality of information |
| § 33-3-22. Reports of insurers authorized to transact product liability insurance |
| § 33-3-23. Restrictions as to transaction of insurance by certain organizations -- Lending institutions and bank holding companies |
| § 33-3-24. Restrictions as to transaction of insurance by certain organizations -- Institutions of Farm Credit System |
| § 33-3-25. Language simplification and reading ease standards; applicability of Code section |
| § 33-3-26. Retaliation |
| § 33-3-27. Reports of awards under medical malpractice insurance policies |
| § 33-3-28. Request by claimant for information as to name of insurer, name of each insured, and limits of coverage |
| § 33-3-29. Licensing of foreign state insurers as domestic insurers |
| § 33-3-30. Principal United States place of business of alien insurer entering through this state |
REFS & ANNOS
TITLE 33 Chapter 3 NOTE
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Authorization and general requirements for transaction of insurance, Official Compilation of Rules and Regulations of State of Georgia, Rules of Comptroller General, Insurance Department, Chapter 120-2-18.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
COURT RESTRICTED TO DETERMINING WHETHER CHALLENGED ACTIVITY EXEMPT FROM ANTITRUST LIABILITY. --Whether restrictive covenants in an insurance agency contract precluding agent from engaging in any other business or occupation for remuneration or profit without written consent of insurance company is a good policy is not a decision for the United States Court of Appeals for the fifth circuit to make; rather, the United States Court of Appeals is merely required to determine if the challenged activity is the business of insurance and, thus, exempt from antitrust liability, because Congress has determined that the states are the proper regulators of such business activity. Thompson v. New York Life Ins. Co., 644 F.2d 439 (5th Cir. 1981).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
COURT RESTRICTED TO DETERMINING WHETHER CHALLENGED ACTIVITY EXEMPT FROM ANTITRUST LIABILITY. --Whether restrictive covenants in an insurance agency contract precluding agent from engaging in any other business or occupation for remuneration or profit without written consent of insurance company is a good policy is not a decision for the United States Court of Appeals for the fifth circuit to make; rather, the United States Court of Appeals is merely required to determine if the challenged activity is the business of insurance and, thus, exempt from antitrust liability, because Congress has determined that the states are the proper regulators of such business activity. Thompson v. New York Life Ins. Co., 644 F.2d 439 (5th Cir. 1981).