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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 33. INSURANCE · Chapter 39. COLLECTION, USE, AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION GATHERED BY INSURANCE INSTITUTIONS

33-39-8. Investigative consumer reports.

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

  1. (a)

    No insurance institution, agent, or insurance-support organization may prepare or request an investigative consumer report about an individual in connection with an insurance transaction involving an application for insurance, a policy renewal, a policy reinstatement, or a change in insurance benefits unless the insurance institution or agent informs the individual:#

    1. (1)

      That he or she may request to be interviewed in connection with the preparation of the investigative consumer report; and#

    2. (2)

      That upon a request pursuant to Code Section 33-39-9, he or she is entitled to receive a copy of the investigative consumer report.#

  2. (b)

    If an investigative consumer report is to be prepared by an insurance institution or agent, the insurance institution or agent shall institute reasonable procedures to conduct a personal interview requested by an individual.#

  3. (c)

    If an investigative consumer report is to be prepared by an insurance-support organization, the insurance institution or agent desiring such report shall inform the insurance-support organization whether a personal interview has been requested by the individual. The insurance-support organization shall institute reasonable procedures to conduct such interviews, if requested.#

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 1981, § 33-39-8, enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 615, § 1.

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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, page 833; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 1cdfeaa4b73e.