Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 33. INSURANCE · Chapter 6. UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

33-6-6. Power of Commissioner as to investigation of unfair or deceptive acts or practices generally.

Active

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

(a)
The Commissioner shall have the power to examine and investigate into the affairs of every person engaged in the business of insurance in this state in order to determine whether the person has been or is engaged in any unfair method of competition or in any unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by this chapter.#
(b)
In addition to any other authority granted to the Commissioner by this title and in addition to those reports required by Code Section 33-3-21, the Commissioner may require persons engaged in the business of insurance in this state to file reports by postal ZIP Code, where appropriate, or in any other format to enable the Commissioner to determine readily if such person has been or is engaged in any unfair method of competition or in any unfair or deceptive act or practice prohibited by this article.#

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, § 56-705, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1; Ga. L. 1978, p. 2016, § 2; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3048, § 4.

Read the official page (the state's PDF, opened at the page this text was read from).

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

Text read from t33-ch1-22-(v24)-2020-pdf.pdf, Volume V24, 2020 edition, pages 253 to 254; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4ecec175d949.

Ask about this section

The answer is drawn from this section and, when they fit, the other sections of its chapter. It quotes the text and names the section for each claim. Not legal advice.