O.C.G.A.
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
Every policy insuring the payment of compensation provided for in this article or insuring against liability for payment of such compensation, including all contracts of mutual, reciprocal, or interinsurance, shall be deemed to be made subject to this chapter. No corporation, association, or organization and no mutual, reciprocal, or interinsurers shall enter into or make any such policy or contract of insurance unless its form shall have been approved by the board. This chapter shall not apply to policies of insurance against loss from explosion of boilers or flywheels or other similar catastrophic hazards.
History
(Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 72; Code 1933, § 114-608.)
Annotations
Law reviews. - For survey article on workers’ compensation law for the period
from June 1, 2002 to May 31, 2003, see 55 Mercer L. Rev. 459 (2003).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS As a matter of law, this section became a part of the contract of insurance as if expressly incorporated therein. Employers Liab. Assurance Corp. v. Hunter, 184 Ga. 196, 190 S.E. 598 (1937); Walker v. Bituminous Cas. Corp., 74 Ga. App. 517, 40 S.E.2d 228 (1946).
Cited in Hunter v. Employers Liab. Assurance Corp., 54 Ga. App. 197, 187 S.E. 209 (1936); Utica Mut. Ins. Co. v. Winters, 77 Ga. App. 550, 48 S.E.2d 918 (1948); National Council on Comp. Ins. v. Caldwell, 154 Ga. App. 528, 268 S.E.2d 793 (1980).
RESEARCH REFERENCES C.J.S. - 100 C.J.S., Workers’ Compensation, § 875 et seq.
Notes of Decisions
Gulf States Underwriters of Louisiana, Inc. v. Bennett, 580 S.E.2d 550 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003).
· cites it 8× “" [14] Pursuant to OCGA § 34-9-125, the Act encompasses "[e]very policy insuring the payment of compensation provided for in this article or insuring against liability for payment of such compensation.”
Aetna Workers' Comp Access, LLC v. Coliseum Med. Ctr., 746 S.E.2d 148 (Ga. Ct. App. 2013).
· cites it 2× “15 Also, unlike network administrators such as Aetna, the Act includes Payors within the definition of employer, OCGA § 34-9-1 (3), and every workers’ compensation insurance policy is deemed subject to the Act.”
Builders Ins. Grp., Inc. v. Ker-Wil Enter. Inc., 618 S.E.2d 160 (Ga. Ct. App. 2005).
· cites it 2× “OCGA§ 34-9-125. And, finally, the Act shall be liberally construed only for the purpose of bringing employers and employees within the provisions of this chapter and to provide protection for both.”
Travelers Indem. Co. v. Coliseum Med. Ctr., LLC D/B/A Coliseum Med. Centers (Ga. Ct. App. 2013).
· cites it 2× “18 State Board Rule 203(a); and State Board Rule 206.15 Also, unlike network administrators such as Aetna, the Act includes Payors within the definition of employer, OCGA § 34-9-1 (3), and every workers’ compensation insurance policy is deemed subject to the Act.”
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