California licensing agencies can issue a default decision against a licensee who has no idea their license was even in trouble. If you’ve moved and failed to notify your licensing agency about your new address, have trouble getting your mail, or have someone else handling your mail, the first time you learn your license is
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Reinstating an Insurance Broker License After Revocation
By Fredrick Ray on
Posted in Professional License Law
Insurance Code section 1669(d) empowers the California Insurance Commissioner to summarily deny (without a hearing) a license application within five years of a license revocation. For an insurance broker who has lost their license, this five year window can present a trap. If you re-apply within five years and are denied, under section 1669(c), the…
Department of Insurance Orders of Summary Denial or Summary Revocation
By Fredrick Ray on
Posted in Professional License Law
The California Department of Insurance wields arguably the most powerful licensing law in California, California Insurance Code section 1669. Section 1669, which applies to applicants but also to existing insurance broker licenses through a related statute, empowers the Commissioner to summarily deny or summarily revoke (without a hearing) an insurance broker license for a felony…
Preventing Department of Insurance License Revocations
By Fredrick Ray on
Posted in Professional License Law
California’s insurance brokers are licensed and disciplined by the Insurance Commissioner through the Department of Insurance (DOI). It has been my experience that the Department of Insurance takes a firm stance in disciplining its licensees. In my view there are three reasons that account for this: 1) the Insurance Commissioner is an elected public official…