2020 Georgia Code
Title 33 - Insurance
Chapter 24 - Insurance Generally
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 33-24-38. Renewal or Extension of Policies by Certificate or Endorsement
Any insurance policy terminating by its terms at a specified expiration date and not otherwise renewable may be renewed or extended at the option of the insurer and upon a currently authorized policy form and at the premium rate then required for renewal or extension for a specific additional period or periods by certificate or by endorsement of the policy and without requiring the issuance of a new policy.
(Code 1933, § 56-2422, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
C.J.S.
- 44 C.J.S., Insurance, § 560.
ALR.
- Death of insured or other loss pending application not effectively granted, for reinstatement of life or accident insurance, after lapse, 105 A.L.R. 478; 164 A.L.R. 1057.
Express provisions in life, accident, or health policies that authorize refusal of renewal premium or otherwise make renewal optional with insurer, 119 A.L.R. 530; 161 A.L.R. 193.
Extent of liability on fidelity bond renewed from year to year, 7 A.L.R.2d 946.
Insurance: incontestable clause as affected by reinstatement of policy, 23 A.L.R.3d 743.
Insurance agent's right to commissions on renewal premiums, 36 A.L.R.3d 958.
Person to whom renewal premium may be paid or tendered so as to bind insurer, 42 A.L.R.3d 751.
