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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 33. INSURANCE · Chapter 24. INSURANCE GENERALLY · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

33-24-10. Grounds for disapproval of forms.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. The Commissioner shall disapprove any form filed under Code Section 33-24-9 or withdraw any previous approval of such form only:

  2. (1)

    If it is in any respect in violation of or does not comply with this title;#

  3. (2)

    If it contains or incorporates by reference any inconsistent, ambiguous, or misleading clauses or exceptions and conditions which deceptively affect the risk purported to be assumed in the general coverage of the contract;#

  4. (3)

    If it has any title, heading, or other indication of its provisions which is misleading;#

  5. (4)

    If it is printed or otherwise reproduced in such manner as to render any provision of the form substantially illegible or not easily legible to persons of normal vision;#

  6. (5)

    If it contains provisions which are unfair or inequitable or contrary to the public policy of this state or would, because the provisions are unclear or deceptively worded, encourage misrepresentation; or#

  7. (6)

    If the benefits provided in any medicare supplement insurance policy described in Code Section 33-24-29 are unreasonable in relation to the premium charged.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1933, § 56-2411, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1266, § 3; Ga. L. 2019, p. 386, § 26/SB 133. The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted ‘‘described’’ for ‘‘defined’’ in the middle of paragraph (6).

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 1980, p. 1266, § 5, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the amendment to paragraph (6) shall be applicable to ‘‘any medicare supplement policy delivered or issued for delivery’’ in Georgia ‘‘on or after November 1, 1980.’’

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t33-ch23-65-(v25)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V25, 2020 edition, pages 172 to 173; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1cdfeaa4b73e.