Georgia Code
Article 4 - Insurance of Compensation Liability Generally
§ 34-9-121. Duty of Employer to Insure in Licensed Company or Association or to Deposit Security, Indemnity, or Bond as Self-Insurer; Application to Out-of-State Employers; Membership in Mutual Insurance Company

History. Ga. L. 1920, p. 167, § 66; Code 1933, § 114-602; Ga. L. 1962, p. 528, § 1; Ga. L. 1963, p. 141, § 13; Ga. L. 1972, p. 929, § 4; Ga. L. 1989, p. 14, § 34; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1367, § 5; Ga. L. 2009, p. 118, § 3/HB 330; Ga. L. 2016, p. 287, § 2/HB 818; Ga. L. 2019, p. 337, § 1-98/SB 132.
The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, in subsection (a), in the first sentence, inserted “person” near the middle and substituted “shall provide the board with sufficient information for the board to make an adequate assessment of the employer’s workers’ compensation exposure and liabilities and shall further provide evidence satisfactory to the board” for “shall furnish the board with satisfactory proof” near the end.
The 2019 amendment, effective July 1, 2019, substituted “Department of Insurance” for “Insurance Department” at the end of subsection (c).
Code Commission notes.
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1988, “Commissioner of Insurance” was substituted for “Insurance Commissioner” near the end of subsection (a).
Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1997, “Insurance Department” was substituted for “Department of Insurance” at the end of subsection (b).
Law reviews.
For article, “The Regulation of Group Property and Liability Insurance,” see 20 J. of Pub. L. 479 (1971).
For article, “Why Captives, Lord, What Have They Ever Done?: The Georgia Captive Insurance Company Act,” see 26 Ga. St. B. J. 119 (1990).
For annual survey on workers’ compensation, see 61 Mercer L. Rev. 399 (2009).
For annual survey on decisions impacting workers’ compensation, see 69 Mercer L. Rev. 357 (2017).

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