Vehicle insurance is insurance against loss of or damage to any land vehicle or aircraft, any draft or riding animal, or to property while contained therein or thereon or being loaded or unloaded therein or therefrom from any hazard or cause, and against any loss, liability, or expense resulting from or incident to ownership, maintenance, or use of any such vehicle, aircraft, or animal, together with insurance against accidental death or accidental injury to individuals, including the named insured, while in, entering, alighting from, adjusting, repairing, cranking, or caused by being struck by a vehicle, aircraft, or draft or riding animal, if such insurance is issued as a part of insurance on the vehicle, aircraft, or draft or riding animal; and provisions of medical, hospital, surgical, and disability benefits to injured persons, funeral and death benefits to dependents, beneficiaries or personal representatives of persons killed, irrespective of legal liability of the insured, when issued as an incidental coverage with or supplemental to liability insurance.
History. Code 1933, § 56-407, enacted by Ga. L. 1960, p. 289, § 1.
Cross references.
Motor vehicle accident insurance, T. 33, C. 34.
Law reviews.
For article, “Uninsured Motorist Coverage in Georgia,” see 4 Ga. St. B.J. 329 (1968).
For annual survey of insurance law, see 42 Mercer L. Rev. 259 (1990).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 7 - Kinds of Insurance; Limits of Risks; Reinsurance
§ 33-7-1. Definitions of Insurance Not Deemed Mutually Exclusive
§ 33-7-2. Accident and Sickness Insurance
§ 33-7-5. Marine and Transportation Insurance
§ 33-7-6. Property Insurance; Contract Requirements; Rules and Regulations; Exemptions
§ 33-7-10. Persons Deemed Subject to Laws Regulating Life Insurance Companies
§ 33-7-11. Uninsured Motorist Coverage Under Motor Vehicle Liability Policies
§ 33-7-13. Limitation of Risks