Insurance Department and Commissioner

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O.C.G.A. Title 33 Chapter 2 - Insurance Department and Commissioner (§§ 33-2-1 through 33-2-34, 34 sections) is a state statute published by Georgia Code Revision Commission / LexisNexis (Official Code of Georgia Annotated), served through the Fastcase public document service that the Georgia Secretary of State's own rules publication links to. It is one of the Georgia documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including georgia property & casualty, georgia personal lines practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.

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• O.C.G.A. § 33-2-1 (Creation of department; Commissioner chief officer of department; powers and duties of department and Commissioner generally)

  “There is created the Department of Insurance of the State of Georgia. The chief officer of such department shall be the Commissioner of Insurance. The purpose and function of the department and the duties and powers of the Commissioner shall be those created and vested by this title.”

• O.C.G.A. § 33-2-11(a) (Examination of insurers and organizations; effect of insurer's change of domicile from Georgia)

  “(a) Whenever the Commissioner shall deem it expedient, the Commissioner shall examine, either in person or by some examiner duly authorized by the Commissioner, the affairs, transactions, accounts, records, documents, and assets of each insurer authorized to do business in this state and any other...”

• O.C.G.A. Sec. 33-2-11(a) (Examination of insurers and organizations; effect of insurer's change of domicile from Georgia)

  “Examination of an alien insurer shall be limited to its insurance transactions in the United States.”

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