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House Bill 182
By: Representatives Lumsden of the 12
th
, Taylor of the 173
rd
, Cannon of the 172
nd
,
Williamson of the 112
th
, and Prince of the 132
nd
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Chapter 25 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to life
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insurance, so as to prohibit a policy of group life insurance from excluding or restricting2
liability for certain deaths occurring while an individual is an active duty service member;3
to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and4
for other purposes.5
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:6
SECTION 1.7
Chapter 25 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to life insurance,8
is amended by revising Code Section 33-25-5, relating to inclusion of provisions excluding9
or restricting liability for death, as follows:10
"33-25-5.11
(a) No policy of life insurance, except as stated in subsection (c) of this Code section, shall12
be delivered or issued for delivery in this state if it contains a provision which excludes or13
restricts liability for death caused in a certain specified manner or occurring while the14
insured has a specified status, except that the policy may contain provisions excluding or15
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restricting coverage as specified therein in the event of death under any one or more of the16
following circumstances:17
(1) Death as a result, directly or indirectly, of war, declared or undeclared, or of any act18
or hazard of such war;19
(2) Death as the result of aviation or any air travel or flight;20
(3) Death as a result of a specified hazardous occupation or occupations;21
(4) Death while the insured is a resident outside the continental United States and22
Canada; or23
(5) Death within two years from the date of issue of the policy as a result of suicide,24
while sane or insane.25
(b) A policy which contains any exclusion or restriction pursuant to subsection (a) of this26
Code section shall also provide that in the event of death under circumstances to which any27
such exclusion or restriction is applicable, the insurer will pay an amount not less than a28
reserve determined according to the Commissioner's reserve valuation method upon the29
basis of the mortality table and interest rate specified in the policy for the calculation of30
nonforfeiture benefits or, if the policy provides no such benefits, computed according to31
a mortality table and interest rate determined by the insurer and specified in the policy with32
adjustment for indebtedness or dividend credit.33
(c) This Code section shall not apply to group life insurance, except as stated in34
subsection (d) of this Code section, reinsurance, annuities, or to any provision of a life35
insurance policy, or contract supplemental thereto, relating to disability benefits, or to36
additional benefits in the event of death by accident or accidental means.37
(d) No policy of group life insurance shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state38
if it contains a provision which excludes or restricts liability for death occurring while the39
insured is an active duty service member of the regular or reserve component of the armed40
forces of the United States and such death is not a result, directly or indirectly, of war,41
declared or undeclared, or any act or hazard of such war.42
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(d)(e) Nothing contained in this Code section shall prohibit any provision which in the43
opinion of the Commissioner is more favorable to the policyholder than a provision44
permitted by this Code section."45
SECTION 2.46
This Act shall become effective on the first day of the month following the month in which47
it is approved by the Governor or becomes law without such approval.48
SECTION 3.49
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.50
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