A state insurance department receives credible evidence that a local agency has been misappropriating client premium funds. As the investigation progresses, the chief regulator authorizes several enforcement measures to address the violations. Which of the following actions represent a lawful exercise of the regulator's administrative authority?
- Revoking the agency's license after providing proper notice and conducting a formal hearing.Cevap
- BEnacting a new insurance statute to permanently ban the agency's specific accounting practices.
- Assessing civil monetary fines against the agency for documented violations of the insurance code.Cevap
- DSentencing the agency's principal to a term of imprisonment following a finding of criminal fraud.
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The lawful actions are revoking the agency's license following a hearing and assessing civil monetary fines for the violations.
The chief insurance regulator has the administrative authority to oversee the insurance marketplace and enforce the state's insurance code. This explicitly includes the power to discipline licensees by suspending or revoking licenses (after providing due process through notice and a hearing) and to levy administrative or civil monetary fines against entities that violate insurance laws.
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Boundaries of Administrative Enforcement Powers