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# O.C.G.A. § 33-3-5. Classification of kinds of insurance.

For the purpose of this chapter, the kinds of insurance defined in Chapter 7 of this title shall be arranged in the following six classes:

(1) Life, accident, and sickness;

(2) Property, marine, and transportation;

(3) Casualty;

(4) Surety;

(5) Title; and

(6) Health maintenance organization.

Each of the groups numbered (1) through (6) shall constitute a class of insurance.

## History

Code 1933, § 56-305, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1275, § 1; Ga. L. 2019, p. 337, § 1-16/SB 132.

The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted ‘‘Health maintenance organization’’ for ‘‘Health Maintenance Organization’’ in paragraph (6).

## Editor's Notes

Ga. L. 1990, p. 1275, § 7, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that the 1990 amendment is ‘‘effective for purposes of application to new or newly admitted insurers on January 1, 1991, and effective for all purposes on July 1, 1992.’’

## Law Reviews

For article discussing restrictions on the establishment and transaction of business by a foreign insurer in Georgia with emphasis on threshold requirements for establishment by alien insurers, see 27 Mercer L. Rev. 629 (1976).