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Committee reviews bill to clarify military active‑duty exclusion in group life policies
Summary
Chairman Lumsden convened the Life and Health subcommittee to hear House Bill 182, a proposal to clarify a life‑insurance exclusion that insurers have cited to deny benefits to some active‑duty service members.
Chairman Lumsden convened the Life and Health subcommittee of the Full House Insurance Committee to hear House Bill 182, a measure sponsored to clarify an exclusion in Georgia law that insurers have interpreted to deny group life insurance benefits to some active‑duty service members.
The bill, presented to the subcommittee by Chairman Lumsden, would tighten the statutory language describing when life insurance exclusions related to military service apply. Insurance Commissioner King told the subcommittee the measure responds to a case in which a family’s claim was denied after a…
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