§ 33-59A-2. Membership on Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission; Commissioner of Insurance to Be State’s Representative
Pursuant to terms and conditions of this chapter, the State of Georgia seeks to join with other states and establish the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact, and thus become a member of the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission. The Commissioner of Insurance is hereby designated to serve as the representative of the State of Georgia […]
§ 33-60-1. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Small Business Employee Choice of Benefits Health Insurance Plan Act.” History. Code 1981, § 33-60-1 , enacted by Ga. L. 2005, p. 1229, § 1/SB 174.
§ 33-60-2. Legislative Intent
The General Assembly recognizes the need for employers and individuals in this state to have the opportunity to choose among group and individual health insurance plans that are more affordable and flexible than standard market policies of accident and sickness insurance and the need to increase the availability of health insurance coverage by authorizing the […]
§ 33-60-3. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: “Alternative health benefit plan” means a group or individual health benefit plan that contains: Major medical benefits; Standard provisions or rights required to be present in an individual, blanket, or group policy or contract for accident and sickness insurance pursuant to state law or regulations unrelated to specific […]
§ 33-60-4. Requirements for Insurers and Employers; Sale by Health Maintenance Organizations Permitted; Purchase of Additional Coverage Permitted
Notwithstanding any other provision of law: Any insurer authorized to transact business in this state offering group accident and sickness policies or contracts shall be required to offer, through a licensed agent or agency, a group health benefit plan that contains all state mandated health benefits and may offer a group alternative health benefit plan […]
§ 33-60-5. Required Notice and Acknowledgement
In each sale of an alternative health benefit plan, the insurer shall provide to each proposed individual group member or individual policyholder a notice and an acknowledgment at the beginning of the application for the alternative health benefit plan containing the following language in boldface type: “You have the option to choose this Small Business […]
§ 33-59-9. Required Written Disclosures; Consequence for Failure to Provide
The provider or broker shall provide in writing, in a separate document that is signed by the owner, the following information no later than the date of the application for a life settlement contract: The fact that possible alternatives to life settlement contracts exist, including, but not limited to, accelerated benefits offered by the issuer […]
§ 33-61-1. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: “Automobile club” or “club” means any person, who in consideration of fees, dues, periodic payments, or other specifically stated charges, promises its members to provide automobile club services. “Automobile club services” shall include, but not be limited to, the assumption of or reimbursement of the expense or a […]
§ 33-59-10. Lender-Financed Premiums Using Policy as Collateral; Disclosures and Certifications
In addition to other questions an insurance carrier may lawfully pose to a life insurance applicant, insurance carriers may inquire in the application for insurance whether the proposed owner intends to pay premiums with the assistance of financing from a lender that will use the policy as collateral to support the financing. If, as described […]
§ 33-61-2. Automobile Club Performing Services
An automobile club performing services as defined in this chapter shall not be subject to any laws respecting insurance companies of any class, kind, or character in this state or regulation under such laws because of performance of those services. History. Code 1981, § 33-61-2 , enacted by Ga. L. 2006, p. 331, § 1/HB […]