O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 33-26-7 (2019)

Offering or delivering of policies or contracts in violation of chapter

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Any company, agent, representative, or solicitor for the company, agent, or representative who shall write, offer to the public, or deliver to any insured any policy or contract of insurance which in form or legal effect is contrary to or in violation of this chapter with respect to cash surrender value, extended insurance, or other benefits in case of lapsed industrial life insurance policies shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Code 1933, § 56-9909, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1.

CHAPTER 27 GROUP LIFE INSURANCE Sec.

Group requirements generally. Extension of policy coverage to dependents of employees or members. Required policy provisions. Payment of interest on proceeds or payments under policies of group life insurance. Notification of policyholder of right to convert group policy to individual life insurance policy. Assignment of incidents of ownership in group life insurance policies.

Annotations

Cross references. - Definition of life insurance, § 33-7-4. Life insurance generally, T. 33, C. 25. Industrial life insurance, T. 33, C. 26. Annuity and pure endowment contracts, T. 33, C. 28.

Sec.

Right of beneficiaries and assignees of insurance policies to proceeds as against creditors and representatives of insured. Standards and requirements for rating of small groups under group life insurance; exemptions. Notices of life insurance premium increases to be mailed or delivered to group life insurance policyholder.

Law reviews. - For note on 1990 amendment of Code sections within this chapter, see 7 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 320 (1990).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. Proof of Facts. - Decedent’s Intent to Change Beneficiary of Life Insurance Policy, 1 POF2d 437. Fraudulent Cancellation of Life Insurance, 5 POF2d 587. Innocent Misrepresentation of Physical Condition by Applicant for Life or Health Insurance, 23 POF2d 53. Materiality of Applicant’s Misrepresentation in Application for Life or Health Insurance, 3 POF3d 367. Litigating the Suicide Exclusion in Life Insurance Policies, 20 POF3d 705.

Insurer’s Liability for Improper Issuance or Maintenance of Life Insurance Policy, Prompting Murder or Attempted Murder of Insured, 37 POF3d 149. Substantial Compliance with Requirements of Life Insurance Policy Regarding Change of Beneficiary, 44 POF3d 377. ALR. - Apportionment or contribution as between specific and blanket insurance policies, 169 A.L.R. 387.