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Janice is originally from Jamaica and moved to the United States as a teenager. She has a degree in business administration and management from Shorter University. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Atlanta.

Janice is an insurance broker. She works at J. Laws and Associates. She used to work at Nationwide, State Farm, and MetLife insurance agencies.

Janice Laws Robinson ran for Georgia Insurance Commissioner in 2018 but was not elected.

Supports holding the insurance industry accountable for detrimental practices.

Wants to ensure fair underwriting practices for home and industrial loans.

- Supports holding the insurance industry accountable for detrimental practices.
- Wants to ensure fair underwriting practices for home and industrial loans.

Corruption

Wants to create an "intense evaluation process" to determine if insurance rates should be raised.

Wants insurance companies that will work with vulnerable families, small businesses, and senior citizens to do business in Georgia.

Supports creating a tool to compare insurance rates and prices.

- Wants to create an "intense evaluation process" to determine if insurance rates should be raised. 
- Wants insurance companies that will work with vulnerable families, small businesses, and senior citizens to do business in Georgia.
- Supports creating a tool to compare insurance rates and prices.

Insurance

Wants 'surprise billing' to be a predatory practice and remove blame from affected patients.

Supports caps for health insurance premium rates to make sure healthcare coverage is affordable.

- Wants 'surprise billing' to be a predatory practice and remove blame from affected patients.
- Supports caps for health insurance premium rates to make sure healthcare coverage is affordable.

Healthcare

Wants to create ways for citizens to voice their concerns about fire safety, including town hall meetings and annual awareness events.

- Wants to create ways for citizens to voice their concerns about fire safety, including town hall meetings and annual awareness events.

Fire Safety

Janice Laws Robinson

John is originally from Mexico. He has a bachelor's degree in public administration from Brenau University and a master's degree in strategic studies from the United States Army War College.

John is insurance and fire safety commissioner. He used to work as Doraville police chief and for the Georgia National Guard.

John F. King is currently the insurance and fire safety commissioner. He was first elected in 2018 and has been in office for one term. He is the first Hispanic statewide elected official in Georgia history.

As of October 24, 2022, John King’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Said, "[I] will work around the clock to restore trust in the Department of Insurance eliminate corruption, advance policies that put consumers ahead of the special interests."

- Said, "[I] will work around the clock to restore trust in the Department of Insurance eliminate corruption, advance policies that put consumers ahead of the special interests."

John King

- The Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner (Insurance Commissioner for short) oversees the office that regulates insurance companies to make sure they’re following state law.
- The Insurance Commissioner works with insurance companies to set prices for all types of insurance including health, automobile, and home. 
- The Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner acts as Georgia’s top fire marshal. Their office conducts inspections of buildings and houses to prevent fire outbreaks and keep the public safe. 
- In October 2021, the former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck was sentenced to over 7 years in prison for wire fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud. For this reason, corruption is one of the top issues we highlight for this office.
- The Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner is a statewide position that is elected to four-year terms.

Regulates the insurance industry and ensures fire safety in Georgia

Georgia Commissioner of Insurance

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