Applicant attempted to falsify test results
Affirming denial of insurance license to applicant who attempted to submit falsified copy of her test results. Read More
Insurance
Failure to inform clients of revocation supports denial of subsequent application.
The Department of Insurance (“the Department”) revoked Petitioner’s insurance agent license in 2009 after he submitted four applications containing false and misleading information. Petitioner thereafter did not notify his clients... Read More
Court Martial not an automatic bar to licensure.
The Georgia Department of Insurance denied Petitioner’s application based upon his conviction for two violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice while serving in the United States Navy. The... Read More
Mitigating factors and evidence of good character support issuance of probationary license.
The Georgia Department of Insurance denied Petitioner’s Resident Insurance Agent License Application due to Petitioner’s non-disclosure two separate criminal convictions in 2009 - one a misdemeanor shoplifting offense, and the... Read More
Licensee fined for repeated failure to respond to investigator inquiries.
The Department of Insurance sent several letters to Petitioner, a licensed Resident Agent, regarding allegations of certain business practices. After Petitioner failed to respond to any of the Department’s letters,... Read More
Application denied due to identity fraud and forgery convictions.
Petitioner did not report his prior criminal convictions for forgery and identity theft on his online Resident Agent License application. Because the online application was completed by a third party... Read More
Insured must pay retroactive workers’ compensation insurance premiums for failing to include family employees’ wages.
Petitioner did not report the annual wages he paid to his sons, who were employees in his carpentry business, on his applications for workers’ compensation insurance coverage, relying on erroneous... Read More
Department of Insurance properly exercised its discretion in denying the application of a woman previously caught cheating on an exam.
Petitioner was caught cheating during the examination component of a Resident Agent License Application. She failed the exam, but the company administering the exam reported the incident to the Georgia... Read More
NCCI Manual requires refund of all excess insurance premiums.
The Basic Manual for Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Insurance, published by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), which is incorporated into all workers’ compensation policies in Georgia, can... Read More
Insurance license granted given former felon’s personal transformation.
The denial of Petitioner’s application for a non-resident agent insurance license was reversed. While the Commissioner of Insurance has the discretion to refuse to grant an insurance license to persons... Read More
Probationary insurance license for reformed First Offender.
Judge Walker reversed the Department of Insurance’s decision to deny Petitioner an insurance license. Even though Petitioner had received First Offender treatment for one felony count of theft by shoplifting—a... Read More
Petitioner denied insurance license due to her current criminal probationary status.
Judge Miller affirmed the decision of the Georgia Department of Insurance to deny Petitioner a resident insurance agent license on the basis of her criminal record. Petitioner has a criminal... Read More
Probationary insurance agent license recommended for applicant with criminal history
Judge Walker reversed the Georgia Department of Insurance’s denial of Petitioner’s application for an insurance license on the basis of his criminal history. Petitioner was sentenced under the First Offender... Read More
Interloctory order in insurance case.
The Commissioner of Insurance filed a show cause order against several respondents relating to the sale of limited medical insurance benefits as part of expanded membership in the National Better... Read More
Judge finds insurance group correctly calculated workers’ compensation insurance premiums.
FCCI Insurance Group issues workers’ compensation policies based on payment of an estimated premium and the final premium is calculated at the end of the policy term based on actual... Read More