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O.C.G.A. § 33-6-3 (2019)

Unfair methods of competition or unfair and deceptive acts or practices prohibited

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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.

History

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

Annotations

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 dis-

ability which deprives the claimant of the capacity to read, reason or investigate personally. Cravey v. Johnson, 229 Ga. App. 130, 493 S.E.2d 536 (1997).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1997–2020 · leading case: Begley v. Academy Life Ins., 200 F.R.D. 489 (N.D. Ga. 2001).
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Begley v. Academy Life Ins., 200 F.R.D. 489 (N.D. Ga. 2001). · cites it 2× “1 The pending state law claims are for breach of fiduciary duty, negligent misrepresentation, and negligence in both cases and a violation of O.C.G.A. §§ 33-6-3, 33-6-4, unfair trade practices in the in the business of insurance, in the l:98-CV-2393-CAP case.”
Grammer v. Ferlin, 707 F. Supp. 3d 1392 (S.D. Ga. 2020). · cites it 4× “Specifically, Defendants point to O.C.G.A. § 33-6-3, which prohibits insurance agents from engaging in unfair or deceptive trade acts or practices in the business of insurance; O.”
Cravey v. Johnson, 493 S.E.2d 536 (Ga. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 4× “This rule is consistent with OCGA § 33-6-3’s ban against unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance and is in harmony with OCGA § 51-1-35 (a)’s provision that no person whose interest may become adverse to an injured person may, for 15 days from the date…”
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