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2024: Regulatory – No Cancellations for Failure to Pay in Affected Storm Areas – GA

2024: Regulatory – No Cancellations for Failure to Pay in Affected Storm Areas  – GA

To: All licensed insurance companies in Georgia

What: No cancellations for failure to pay in affected areas 

From: Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner 

Date: October 1, 2024

 

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The Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner issued Directive 24-EX-6 in response to the suspended postal service following Hurricane Helene.

Insurers are not to cancel policies for non-payment from policyholders from the counties listed below until further advised by the Department. These counties include: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleckley, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clay, Clayton, Clinch, Cobb, Coffee, Colquitt, Columbia, Cook, Crisp, Decatur, DeKalb, Dodge, Dougherty, Douglas, Early, Echols, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Fayette, Fulton, Glascock, Glynn, Grady, Gwinnett, Hancock, Henry, Irwin, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Long, Lowndes, McDuffie, McIntosh, Miller, Mitchell, Montgomery, Pierce, Pulaski, Putnam, Quitman, Randolph, Richmond, Rockdale, Screven, Seminole, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Turner, Twiggs, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkinson, and Worth.

Edition Date:
10/02/2024
State:
Georgia
Subject:
non-cancellation; no cancellation; Hurricane Helene; Georgia
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