{"id":2343,"date":"2020-03-20T18:27:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T22:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gc4recovery.org\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2020-03-20T18:31:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T22:31:49","slug":"ajc-georgia-insurance-commissioner-bans-policy-cancellations-during-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gc4recovery.org\/gc4rnewwebsite20\/ajc-georgia-insurance-commissioner-bans-policy-cancellations-during-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"AJC: Georgia insurance commissioner bans policy cancellations during pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.3&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.3&#8243;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.3&#8243; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_blurb _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.3&#8243; title=&#8221;AJC: Georgia insurance commissioner bans policy cancellations during pandemic &#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-width \">\n<p class=\"p\">Georgia\u2019s insurance commissioner on Friday banned insurers from canceling health and business policies while the state navigates the coronavirus pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p\">In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oci.ga.gov\/Externalresources\/ANNOUNCEMENTS\/NewsReleaseInsurance-3202020-1221.pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">directive issued Friday<\/a>, Insurance Commissioner John King instructed insurers not to cancel health insurance policies of those who miss payments\u00a0\u201cuntil further notice.\u201d King also instructed insurers not to cancel\u00a0business policies for missed payments for the next 60 days.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story here:<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/state--regional-govt--politics\/georgia-insurance-commissioner-bans-policy-cancellations-during-pandemic\/KSbA5c2iXDMUj3t4cd67OL\/\"> https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/state&#8211;regional-govt&#8211;politics\/georgia-insurance-commissioner-bans-policy-cancellations-during-pandemic\/KSbA5c2iXDMUj3t4cd67OL\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia\u2019s insurance commissioner on Friday banned insurers from canceling health and business policies while the state navigates the coronavirus pandemic.\u00a0 In a\u00a0directive issued Friday, Insurance Commissioner John King instructed insurers not to cancel health insurance policies of those who miss payments\u00a0\u201cuntil further notice.\u201d King also instructed insurers not to cancel\u00a0business policies for missed payments for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[24,26,34,38,40,22,41,42,20],"class_list":["post-2343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-addiction","tag-atlanta","tag-brian-kemp","tag-covid-19","tag-covid19","tag-georgia","tag-hope","tag-john-king","tag-recovery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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