Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 949, Sec. 2.
(a)Any production agent, administrator, or other person or entity engaged in the business of insurance, other than an insurer, who violates this chapter is liable for administrative penalties of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) for the first violation.
(b)Any production agent, administrator, or other person or other entity engaged in the business of insurance, other than an insurer, who engages in practices prohibited by this chapter a second or subsequent time, or who commits a knowing violation of this chapter, is liable for administrative penalties of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation.
(c)Any insurer who violates this chapter is liable for administrative penalties of not less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for the first violation.
(d)Any insurer who violates this chapter with a frequency that indicates a general business practice, or commits a knowing violation of this chapter, is liable for administrative penalties of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for each violation.
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