Sec. 38a-1019. Cease and desist orders. Violations. Penalties. License and certificate revocation. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 38a-1019. Cease and desist orders. Violations. Penalties. License and certificate revocation. (a) After notice and opportunity for a hearing, the commissioner may issue an order requiring a person or group to cease and desist from engaging in an act or practice found to be in violation of any provision of subsection (e) of section 31-288 or section 31-289b, 31-316, 31-345 or 38a-1000 to 38a-1023, inclusive, or of any rules or regulations adopted pursuant to said sections.

      (b) Upon a finding, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, that any person or group has violated any cease and desist order, the commissioner may do either or both of the following: (1) Impose a monetary penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars for each and every act or violation of the order not to exceed an aggregate monetary penalty of one hundred thousand dollars; or (2) revoke the group's certificate of approval for the group or any insurance license held by the person.

      (P.A. 96-267, S. 20.)