A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation or who, while a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, serves at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another domestic or foreign corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other entity against liability asserted against or incurred by him or her in that capacity or arising from his or her status as a director, officer, employee, or agent, whether or not the corporation would have power to indemnify or advance expenses to him or her against the same liability under this part.
History. Code 1981, § 14-2-858 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1203, § 5.
Law reviews.
For article, “Corporate Governance in the Aftermath of the Insurance Crisis,” see 39 Emory L.J. 1155 (1990).
Structure Georgia Code
Title 14 - Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
Chapter 2 - Business Corporations
Article 8 - Directors and Officers
§ 14-2-851. Authority to Indemnify
§ 14-2-852. Mandatory Indemnification
§ 14-2-853. Advance for Expenses
§ 14-2-854. Court Ordered Indemnification and Advances for Expenses
§ 14-2-855. Determination and Authorization of Indemnification
§ 14-2-856. Shareholder Approved Indemnification
§ 14-2-857. Indemnification of Officers, Employees, and Agents