Administrative Orders - 2010
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| Abel, Robert E |
| Medford, Oregon |
Violation: Made unsuitable recommendation in life insurance transaction |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual insurance producer license suspended for 30 days, from Feb. 1, 2010 to March 2, 2010 |
| Date of Order: 01/27/2010 |
| Final |
| American Trade Association Inc., American Trade Association LLC, Smart Data Solutions LLC, and Serve America Assurance Ltd. |
| Springfield, Tennessee |
Violation: Transacted insurance in Oregon without a license |
Penalty: Cease and desist |
| Date of Order: 07/20/2010 |
| Cease & Desist |
| Autoland, Inc |
| Portland, Oregon |
Violation: Autoland sold 476 mechanical breakdown insurance policies on behalf of three insurers at a time it wasn't licensed to transact insurance in Oregon |
Penalty: $50,000 |
| Date of Order: 06/07/2010 |
| Final |
| Averill, Colleen A |
| Beaverton, Oregon |
Violation: Averill was convicted of multiple counts of theft and forgery, both felonies involving dishonesty or breach of trust |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual insurance producer license revoked. Averill agrees to never to reapply for license or work for another insurance producer. |
| Date of Order: 08/18/2010 |
| Final |
| Baek, Michelle L |
| Vancouver, Washington |
Violation: Made unsuitable recommendation in an annuity transaction. Failed to notify DCBS director of a business address change. |
Penalty: Oregon nonresident insurance producer license suspended for 30 days, from July 14, 2010 to August 13, 2010 |
| Date of Order: 07/15/2010 |
| Final |
| Bauer, Richard A and Executive Financial Insurance & Leasing Co |
| Salem/Keizer, Oregon |
Violation: Misappropriated money by accepting funds to pay insurance premiums but failing to purchase the insurance; misrepresented to a premium finance company that policies had been issued and that proceeds of the loan would be owed to the insurer; and, in numerous instances in 2008, transferred premium money from his trust account to his business operating or personal account. Executive Financial knew about Bauer's misconduct but did not correct it or report it to the director. |
Penalty: Bauer's expired Oregon resident individual insurance producer license revoked. Executive Financial's expired Oregon resident business entity insurance producer license revoked. Each agrees not to reapply for an insurance license and Bauer agrees not to work in the industry. |
| Date of Order: 06/24/2010 |
| Final |
| Beaver State Insurance Agency LLC |
| Salem, Oregon |
Violation: Improperly withheld premium money received in course of insurance business. Failed to deposit insurance premium into trust account. |
Penalty: $7,000 |
| Date of Order: 01/13/2010 |
| Final |
| Biege, Philip J |
| Portland, Oregon |
Violation: Forged person's name on an insurance-related document |
Penalty: Fined $1,000 |
| Date of Order: 01/28/2010 |
| Final |
| Blankenship, Lori C |
| Springfield, Oregon |
Violation: Made unsuitable recommendations in annuity transactions |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual insurance producer license revoked |
| Date of Order: 09/28/2010 |
| Final |
| Proposed |
| Burum, Brenda G |
| Roseburg, Oregon |
Violation: Does not qualify for consent to engage or participate in the business of insurance in Oregon, and a new insurance producer license. |
Penalty: The director refuses to give consent to engage or participate in the business of insurance in Oregon pursuant to ORS 731.428, and refuses to issue an Oregon resident individual insurance producer license. |
| Date of Order: 04/08/2010 |
| Final |
| Castro, Page M |
| Ukiah, California |
Violation: Convicted of misdemeanor involving dishonesty. Resident producer license revoked by California. |
Penalty: Expired Oregon nonresident individual insurance producer license revoked. |
| Date of Order: 01/07/2010 |
| Final |
| Emter, Mark J |
| Woodland, Washington |
Violation: Failed to respond to DCBS director's inquiry into alleged misrepresentations involving sales of life insurance policies |
Penalty: Oregon nonresident individual insurance producer license revoked |
| Date of Order: 07/01/2010 |
| Final |
| Finley, Latasha Z |
| Lancaster, Texas |
Violation: Administrative action taken by insurance regulators in three other states. Failed to report administrative action by insurance regulators in other states. |
Penalty: Oregon nonresident individual insurance producer license revoked. |
| Date of Order: 05/12/2010 |
| Final |
| Gardner, Tera D |
| Vancouver, Washington |
Violation: Nonresident producer license revoked by State of Washington |
Penalty: Expired Oregon resident individual producer license revoked |
| Date of Order: 01/20/2010 |
| Final |
| Hanft, Stanley A |
| Brownsville, Oregon |
Violation: Made unsuitable recommendation in life insurance transaction |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual producer license suspended for 30 days, from March 1, 2010 through March 30, 2010. |
| Date of Order: 01/18/2010 |
| Final |
| Hardesty, James E |
| Taylors, South Carolina |
Violation: Failed to respond to the DCBS director's inquiry into another state's investigation involving failure to remit premiums. Nonresident individual insurance producer license revoked by Michigan and resident individual producer license revoked by South Carolina. |
Penalty: Oregon nonresident individual producer license revoked. |
| Date of Order: 06/14/2010 |
| Final |
| Hart, Shannon K |
| Indianapolis, Indiana |
Violation: Convicted in 2007 of a felony narcotics charge in California; provided false information on a 2010 application for an Oregon producer license by failing to disclose conviction; California regulators refused to issue nonresident license |
Penalty: Nonresident individual insurance producer license revoked; Hart agrees never to reapply for a license. |
| Date of Order: 10/25/2010 |
| Final |
| Higbee, Landra E |
| Central Point, Oregon |
Violation: Made unsuitable recommendations in annuity transactions |
Penalty: Expired Oregon resident insurance producer license revoked; Higbee agrees not to reapply for an insurance license or to work in the industry |
| Date of Order: 11/29/2010 |
| Final |
| Letendre, Jeffrey M and Jeffrey M. Letendre dba Jeff Letendre Agency |
| Grants Pass, Oregon |
Violation: Accepted insurance paperwork, including applications, from someone not licensed as an agent; used a dishonest business practice; Letendre and Letendre Agency failed to notify DCBS director of change in address; Letendre Agency knew about the misconduct but did not correct or report it to the DCBS director. |
Penalty: Letendre's expired Oregon resident individual insurance producer license and Letendre Agency's expired Oregon resident business entity insurance producer license revoked |
| Date of Order: 11/08/2010 |
| Final |
| Lucas, Don M |
| Springfield, Oregon |
Violation: Producer subject to an order suspending Oregon insurance producer license pursuant to ORS 25.780 (1) |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual producer license suspended from April 5, 2010, to Oct. 12, 2010 |
| Date of Order: 10/12/2010 |
| Final |
| License reinstatement order |
| MacLaren-Beattie, Brenda L |
| Des Moines, Washington |
Violation: Collected at least $135,225 worth of insurance premiums from 18 oral and maxillofacial surgeons in Oregon but failed to provide insurance; was dishonest in issuing a variety of documents suggesting that policies were or would be issued. Failed to report that Washington insurance regulators in September 2009 ordered her to stop selling insurance or holding herself out to be an insurance agent in Washington. |
Penalty: Oregon nonresident insurance producer license revoked. MacLaren-Beattie agrees not to reapply for an insurance license or work in the industry. |
| Date of Order: 06/29/2010 |
| Final |
| Mahyari, Yahya "Alex" |
| Portland, Oregon |
Violation: Transacted insurance without an appointment; used a fraudulent business practice by representing that certain vehicles had coverage when they didn't; deposited insurance premium money into a personal checking account instead of a trust account; and withheld money by not forwarding premium money to insurer. |
Penalty: Expired Oregon resident individual insurance producer license revoked |
| Date of Order: 09/08/2010 |
| Final |
| Mayweather, Karrar K |
| Beaverton, Oregon |
Violation: Producer subject to an order suspending Oregon insurance producer license pursuant to ORS 25.780 (1) |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual insurance producer license suspended |
| Date of Order: 04/05/2010 |
| Final |
| Minyard, Michael D |
| Milwaukie, Oregon |
Violation: Created 24 fictitious "declaration pages" for automobile insurance policies and submitted them to an insurer, thereby misrepresenting that the person named on each of the pages was insured by the insurer. |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual producer license revoked. Minyard agrees never to reapply for license or work for other insurance agent or agency. |
| Date of Order: 01/07/2010 |
| Final |
| Momberger, M Linda dba Jack Barber Insurance |
| Aloha, Oregon |
Violation: The business received $800 in premium money to renew a liability insurance policy for a client but neglected to purchase the insurance, then didn't inform the client that it did not have liability insurance for a period and later forged the client's signature on a new liability policy. As a result of these actions, the business withheld and misappropriated premium money, used a dishonest business practice, demonstrated incompetence or untrustworthiness in business, and also failed to respond promptly and truthfully to a DCBS director's inquiry about this issue. |
Penalty: Oregon resident business entity insurance producer license revoked |
| Date of Order: 07/15/2010 |
| Final |
| Morris Jr., John J |
| Portland, Oregon |
Violation: Convicted of felony theft involving funds from an employee benefit plan, a crime involving dishonesty |
Penalty: Expired Oregon resident individual insurance producer license revoked |
| Date of Order: 09/14/2010 |
| Final |
| Moua, Koua |
| Merced, California |
Violation: Producer subject to an order suspending Oregon insurance producer license pursuant to ORS 25.780 (1) |
Penalty: Oregon nonresident individual insurance producer license suspended |
| Date of Order: 04/05/2010 |
| Final |
| Moya, Derek J |
| Beaverton, Oregon |
Violation: Failed to report to the DCBS director that California refused to issue a producer license because of criminal convictions. Failed to respond to an inquiry from the DCBS director. |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual insurance producer license revoked. |
| Date of Order: 01/07/2010 |
| Final |
| Murphy, Eric S |
| Portland, Oregon |
Violation: Misrepresented on insurance producer license application that he had no criminal convictions when he had been convicted in Washington for driving with a suspended license and shoplifting; forged person's name and submitted false insurance application to an insurance company, receiving commission for fictitious transaction |
Penalty: Expired Oregon resident individual insurance producer license revoked |
| Date of Order: 11/08/2010 |
| Final |
| Nelson, Stephanie M |
| Portland, Oregon |
Violation: Made unsuitable recommendation in life insurance transaction. |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual insurance producer license suspended for 30 days, from Sept. 1, 2010 to Sept. 30, 2010. Fined $2,848. |
| Date of Order: 08/12/2010 |
| Final |
| Pelzner, Adam M |
| Portland, Oregon |
Violation: Made unsuitable recommendations in life insurance transactions |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual insurance producer license is suspended for 30 days, from Nov. 1, 2010, to Nov. 30, 2010. |
| Date of Order: 08/16/2010 |
| Final |
| Prentice Jr., Douglas J |
| Gresham, Oregon |
Violation: Producer subject to an order suspending Oregon insurance producer license pursuant to ORS 25.780 (1) |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual insurance producer license suspended from August 18, 2010 to Dec. 3, 2010 |
| Date of Order: 12/03/2010 |
| Final |
| License reinstatement order |
| Rexroat-Craigmiles, Melissa G |
| Clarksville, Indiana |
Violation: Failed to respond to DCBS director's inquiry into cancellation of Indiana resident individual insurance producer license |
Penalty: Oregon nonresident individual insurance producer license revoked |
| Date of Order: 06/09/2010 |
| Final |
| South, Gary D |
| Vancouver, Washington |
Violation: Made unsuitable recommendations in life insurance transactions |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual insurance producer license is suspended for 90 days, from June 1, 2010 to August 30, 2010. |
| Date of Order: 06/07/2010 |
| Final |
| Taliaferro, Craig K |
| Eugene, Oregon |
Violation: Made unsuitable recommendations in annuity transactions. |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual insurance producer license suspended 120 days from Nov. 8, 2010 to March 8, 2011. |
| Date of Order: 11/03/2010 |
| Final |
| Proposed |
| Tenison, Ronald D |
| Grants Pass, Oregon |
Violation: Failed to respond to a DCBS director's inquiry about a complaint; engaged in fraud in financial transactions as found by a civil court |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual insurance producer license is revoked |
| Date of Order: 11/30/2010 |
| Final |
| Towne, Allen P |
| Springfield, Oregon |
Violation: Made unsuitable recommendation in life insurance transaction |
Penalty: Oregon resident individual insurance producer license revoked. Towne agrees never to reapply for license or work for another insurance agent or agency. |
| Date of Order: 04/21/2010 |
| Final |