---
title: O.C.G.A. § 33-24-40. Acts of claims administration not to be deemed waiver of policies or defenses under policies.
collection: code
id: 33-24-40
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 33-24-40 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/33-24-40
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/33-24-40.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/33-24-40/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t33-ch23-65-(v25)-2020-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=68297_0#page=251
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/33-24.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/33-24-39.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/33-24-41.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly
heading_path: INSURANCE / INSURANCE GENERALLY / GENERAL PROVISIONS
---

# O.C.G.A. § 33-24-40. Acts of claims administration not to be deemed waiver of policies or defenses under policies.

Without limitation of any right or defense of an insurer otherwise, none of the following acts by or on behalf of an insurer shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any provision of a policy or of any defense of the insurer under the policy:

(1) Acknowledgment of the receipt of notice of loss or claim under the policy;

(2) Furnishing forms for reporting a loss or claim, for giving information relative to the loss or claim, or for making proof of loss or receiving or acknowledging receipt of any forms or proofs completed or uncompleted; or

(3) Investigating any loss or claim under any policy or engaging in negotiations looking toward a possible settlement of any loss or claim.

## History

Code 1933, § 56-2428, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1.