Georgia § 33-5-26 - Endorsement of insurance contract by broker.
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§ 33-5-26. Endorsement of insurance contract by broker.
Every insurance contract procured and delivered as a surplus line coverage shall be initialed by or bear the name of the surplus line broker who procured it and shall have printed or stamped upon it the following: "This contract is registered and delivered as a surplus line coverage under the Surplus Line Insurance Law, O.C.G.A. Chapter 33-5." No surplus lines policy or certificate in which the policy premium is $5,000.00 per annum or less shall be delivered in this state unless a standard disclosure form or brochure explaining surplus lines insurance is attached to or made a part of the policy or certificate. The Commissioner shall prescribe by rule or regulation the format and contents of such form or brochure. (Code 1933, § 56-616, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 8, § 2; Ga. L. 2019, p. 337, § 1-28/SB 132.) The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, deleted former subsection (c), which read: "Pursuant to Code Section 33-2-9, the Commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations which are necessary to implement the provisions of this article."
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