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O.C.G.A. § 33-6-3 — Unfair methods of competition or unfair and deceptive acts or practices prohibited | Georgia Code

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TITLE 33 INSURANCE

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

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

33-6-3. Unfair methods of competition or unfair and deceptive acts or practices prohibited.

No person shall engage in this state in any trade practice which is defined in this article as or determined pursuant to this article to be an unfair method of competition or an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance.

(Code 1933, § 56-703, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 3048, § 3.)

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Violation found.

- A claims adjuster, even absent a fiduciary relationship, may not induce a claimant by trick, artifice or misrepresentation to sign a general release while the claimant is under a disability which deprives him of the capacity to read, reason or investigate for himself. Cravey v. Johnson, 229 Ga. App. 130, 493 S.E.2d 536 (1997).

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This Georgia Code resource is curated by this site's author, a personal injury and workers' compensation attorney admitted in Georgia (State Bar of Georgia No. 881027, since 2006) and Florida. Attorney Syfert regularly works with Title 33 in the context of Georgia insurance coverage law and represents clients throughout Northeast Florida and South Georgia. For legal consultation, call 904-383-7448.