The Commissioner is authorized to assess and collect in advance, and persons so assessed shall pay in advance to the Commissioner, fees and charges under this title as follows:
- Unless specifically provided otherwise, for each certificate of authority, original license, renewal of a certificate of authority, or renewal of a license: (A) Agent, subagent, counselor, adjuster, or principal office of an insurance agency (new license) $ 100.00 (B) Agent, subagent, counselor, adjuster, or principal office of an insurance agency (biennial license renewal) 100.00 (B.1) Each branch office of an insurance agency other than the principal office (new license) 20.00 (B.2) Each branch office of an insurance agency other than the principal office (biennial license renewal) 20.00 (C) Agent certificate of authority for subagent 5.00 (D) Automobile self-insurance 100.00 (E) Captive insurance company: (i) Original license or certificate 600.00 (ii) Renewal license or certificate 500.00 (F) Continuing care provider 75.00 (G) Duplicate certificate of authority, license, or permit 25.00 (H) Farmers mutual fire insurance company: (i) Original license or certificate 500.00 (ii) Renewal license or certificate 25.00 (I) Fraternal benefit society: (i) Original license or certificate 600.00 (ii) Renewal license or certificate 500.00 (I.1) Health care corporations: (i) Original license or certificate 600.00 (ii) Renewal license or certificate 500.00 (J) Health maintenance organization: (i) Original license or certificate 600.00 (ii) Renewal license or certificate 500.00 (K) Insurer certificate of authority for agent 10.00 (L) Life, accident, and sickness insurance company: (i) Original license or certificate 600.00 (ii) Renewal license or certificate 500.00 (M) Managing general agent: (i) Original license or certificate 600.00 (ii) Renewal license or certificate 500.00 (N) Multiple employer self-insurance plan 400.00 (O) Premium finance company (full power) 500.00 (P) Premium finance company (limited power) 300.00 (Q) Reserved. (R) Prepaid legal services plans 500.00 (S) Private review agents: (i) Original license or certificate 1,000.00 (ii) Renewal license or certificate 500.00 (T) Property and casualty insurance company: (i) Original license or certificate 600.00 (ii) Renewal license or certificate 500.00 (U) Reserved. (V) Rating or advisory organization 100.00 (W) Reinsurance intermediary 50.00 (X) Surplus lines broker 600.00 (Y) Third-party administrators: (i) Original license or certificate 500.00 (ii) Renewal license or certificate 400.00 (Z) Title insurance company: (i) Original license or certificate 600.00 (ii) Renewal license or certificate 500.00 (AA) Utilization review agent 200.00 (BB) Each vending machine licensed under Chapter 23 of this title 25.00 (CC) Workers’ compensation group self-insurance fund: (i) Original license or certificate 600.00 (ii) Renewal license or certificate 500.00 (2) Bond or security deposits: (A) Not over $5,000.00 4.00 (B) Not over $10,000.00 8.00 (C) Not over $25,000.00 15.00 (D) Not over $50,000.00 25.00 (E) Over $50,000.00 but less than $100,000.00 40.00 (F) $100,000.00 or more 50.00 (3) Examination fee for agent’s, subagent’s, counselor’s, or adjuster’s license 25.00 (4) Application fee for agent’s, subagent’s, adjuster’s, or counselor’s license 15.00 (5) Status letter for agent, subagent, counselor, or adjuster 10.00 (6) For the following filings: (A) Bylaws amendments 25.00 (B) Certification of annual statement 10.00 (C) Certification of examination report 10.00 (D) Certification of other documents 5.00 (E) Charter amendments 25.00 (F) Education course provider (original filing) 100.00 (G) Education course provider (renewal filing) 50.00 (H) Education course or program 10.00 (I) Education course instructor 10.00 (J) Financial statement 50.00 (K) Form A 5,000.00 (L) Form A exemption 1,000.00 (M) Form B 500.00 (N) Form B exemption 100.00 (O) Individual risk rate or form 10.00 (P) Insurance policy form 25.00 (Q) Insurance rate filing 75.00 (R) Listing of licensed agents, subagents, counselors, or adjusters 1,000.00 (S) Listing of insurer’s certificates of authority filed for agents 5.00 (T) Listing of agent’s certificates of authority filed for subagents 5.00 (U) List of licensees or permit or certificate holders other than agents, subagents, counselors, or adjusters 40.00 (V) License, permit, or certificate of authority amendment 25.00 (W) Late fee for filings 15.00 (X) Registration of risk retention groups 100.00 (Y) Registration of purchasing groups 100.00 (Z) Filing of other documents 50.00 (AA) Amendment of filings 25.00 Provided, however, that the Commissioner, in his or her discretion, may exempt from such fee change of address filings done offline by agents, subagents, counselors, and adjusters. (AA.1) Change of address filings done online by agents, No charge subagents, counselors, and adjusters (BB) Service of process 15.00 (7) For refiling of corrected documents under this Code section, provided that fees were paid with original filing No charge
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History. Code 1933, § 56-1301, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1; Ga. L. 1973, p. 499, § 3; Ga. L. 1976, p. 535, § 3; Ga. L. 1983, p. 729, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 1399, § 4; Ga. L. 1987, p. 3, § 33; Ga. L. 1988, p. 1519, §§ 2, 3; Ga. L. 1992, p. 2725, § 11; Ga. L. 1994, p. 858, § 1; Ga. L. 1995, p. 745, §§ 2.2, 2.3; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1296, § 2; Ga. L. 2000, p. 882, § 3; Ga. L. 2006, p. 652, § 6/HB 1257; Ga. L. 2011, p. 623, § 1/SB 251; Ga. L. 2017, p. 164, § 7/HB 127; Ga. L. 2018, p. 1112, § 33/SB 365; Ga. L. 2019, p. 337, § 1-39/SB 132.
The 2018 amendment, effective May 8, 2018, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, added a period at the end of subparagraph (1)(Q); substituted “offline” for “off line” in the proviso of subparagraph (6)(AA); and substituted “online” for “on line” in subparagraph (6)(AA.1).
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, designated the formerly undesignated divisions of subparagraphs (1)(E), (1)(H), (1)(I), (1)(I.1), (1)(J), (1)(L), (1)(M), (1)(S), (1)(T), (1)(Y), (1)(Z), and (1)(CC) as divisions (i) and (ii), respectively.
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2017, the numerals “5” and “6” were deleted from subparagraph (1)(U).
Administrative rules and regulations.
Regulations regarding agents, subagents, counselors, adjusters, surplus lines brokers, and agencies, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Comptroller General, Commissioner of Insurance, Chapter 120-2-3.