The Commissioner by rule and regulation may require each insurer providing product liability insurance in this state to provide reports of its affairs and operations regarding product liability insurance covering risks located in this state with such frequency and in such form as the Commissioner deems necessary.
(Code 1933, § 56-319.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1978, p. 2023, § 1; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 33; Ga. L. 1985, p. 228, § 1.)
Cross references.- Product liability actions generally, § 51-1-11.
Law reviews.- For article surveying Georgia cases in the area of tort law from June 1, 1977 through May 1978, see 30 Mercer L. Rev. 215 (1978). For comment, "Solving The Products Liability Insurance Crisis: A Study of the Role of Economic Theory in the Legislative Reform Process," see 31 Mercer L. Rev. 755 (1980).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 43 Am. Jur. 2d, Insurance, § 35.
C.J.S.- 46 C.J.S., Insurance, § 1420 et seq.
ALR.- Clause excluding "products liability" from coverage of liability insurance policy, 54 A.L.R.2d 518; 58 A.L.R.3d 12.
Aviation: helicopter accidents, 35 A.L.R.3d 707.
Products liability insurance coverage as extending only to product-caused injury to person or other property, as distinguished from mere product failure, 91 A.L.R.3d 921.
Validity and construction of "sistership" clause of products liability insurance policy excepting from coverage cost of product recall or withdrawal of product from market, 32 A.L.R.4th 630.