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2018 Georgia Code 33-6-1 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)

O.C.G.A. 33-6-1 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 33-6-1

TITLE 33 INSURANCE

Section 6. Unfair Trade Practices, 33-6-1 through 33-6-37.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

33-6-1. Purpose of article.

The purpose of this article is to regulate trade practices in the business of insurance in accordance with the intent of Congress as expressed in the act of Congress of March 9, 1945 (Public Law 15, 79th Congress), by defining or providing for the determination of all practices in this state which constitute unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices and by prohibiting the trade practices so defined or determined.

(Code 1933, § 56-701, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 33; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3048, § 1.)

U.S. Code.

- The Act of Congress of March 9, 1945 (Public Law 15, 79th Congress), referred to in this Code section, is codified as 15 U.S.C. § 1011.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Unfair insurance practices not subject to Georgia's Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

- Pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 10-1-374(a)(1), insurance transactions are exempt from Georgia's Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act (UDTPA), O.C.G.A. § 10-1-370 et seq. Claims of unfair trade practices in insurance transactions are instead governed by the Georgia Insurance Code. Northeast Ga. Cancer Care, LLC v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ga., Inc., 297 Ga. App. 28, 676 S.E.2d 428 (2009), cert. denied, No. S09C1241, 2009 Ga. LEXIS 805 (Ga. 2009).

Cited in Fairfax MK, Inc. v. City of Clarkston, 274 Ga. 520, 555 S.E.2d 722 (2001).

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