No insurance institution, agent, or insurance-support organization shall use or authorize the use of pretext interviews to obtain information in connection with an insurance transaction; provided, however, a pretext interview may be undertaken to obtain information from a person or institution that does not have a generally or statutorily recognized privileged relationship with the person about whom the information relates for the purpose of investigating a claim where, based upon specific information available for review by the Commissioner, there is a reasonable basis for suspecting criminal activity, fraud, material misrepresentation, or material nondisclosure in connection with the claim.
History. Code 1981, § 33-39-4 , enacted by Ga. L. 1982, p. 615, § 1.
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 39 - Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Information Gathered by Insurance Institutions
§ 33-39-6. Specification of Questions Designed to Obtain Marketing or Research Information
§ 33-39-8. Investigative Consumer Reports
§ 33-39-9. Access to Recorded Personal Information
§ 33-39-10. Requests to Correct, Amend, or Delete Recorded Personal Information
§ 33-39-13. Limitation of Adverse Underwriting Decisions
§ 33-39-20. Order or Report of Commissioner
§ 33-39-22. Availability of Remedy for Disclosure of Personal, Privileged, or False Information
§ 33-39-23. Obtaining of Information Under False Pretenses as Constituting Misdemeanor