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TDI Announces September
Enforcement Actions
AUSTIN - The Texas
Department of Insurance today announced
enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike
Geeslin that became final during September.
The actions
include five license revocations, three license
denials and fines and restitution totaling
$514,271. Copies of Geeslin's orders may be
obtained by contacting TDI's Public Information
Office.
Only final orders
are listed. An order imposing disciplinary
measures becomes final 20 days after the agent
or insurance company has received notice of the
order unless a motion for rehearing is filed
within that period. A motion for rehearing stays
the finality of an order until the Commissioner
of Insurance acts upon the motion or upon the
operation of law.
Commissioner's
orders are subject to appeal to state district
court.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT
OF INSURANCE
FINAL
DISCIPLINARY ORDERS SEPTEMBER 2006
Alaniz, Rolando
of Mission
Order Number: 060979
Date of Order: 9/15/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,500 fine; Must complete
15 hours of continuing education; General Life,
Accident and Health License suspended for one
year
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Allen, Burt G.
of Amarillo
Order Number: 060924
Date of Order: 9/1/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $750 fine; Must complete
30 hours of continuing education
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Ayala, Miguel
A. of San Antonio
Order Number: 060930
Date of Order: 9/1/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,500 fine; Must complete
15 hours of continuing education; General Life
Accident and Health License and General Property
and Causalty License suspended for one year
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Bartula, Larry
Robert of Fort Worth
Order Number: 060932
Date of Order: 9/1/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,500 fine; General Life,
Accident and Health License suspended for one
year
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Battle,
Cristina Margarita of Houston
Order Number: 060952
Date of Order: 9/8/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,500 fine; Must complete
30 hours of continuing education
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Baughn, Terri
Lynn of Euless
Order Number: 060978
Date of Order: 9/15/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: General Property and
Casualty License application denied
Violation: Engaged in fraudulent or
dishonest acts or practices; Misdemeanor offense
Beck , Dorothy
Sue of Trinity
Order Number: 060934
Date of Order: 9/1/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,000 fine
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Bush, Ladonna
Kaye of Arlington
Order Number: 060996
Date of Order: 9/22/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: General Life, Accident,
and Health License and General Property and
Casualty License revoked
Violation: Misappropriated or converted
money belonging to an insurer or insured;
Engaged in fraudulent or dishonest acts or
practices
Cabrera, Manuel
of Brownsville
Order Number: 060940
Date of Order: 9/7/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: General Life, Accident and
Health License suspended
Violation: Felony conviction
De La Cruz,
Rosalinda of Edinburg
Order Number: 060931
Date of Order: 9/1/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,500 fine; Must complete
30 hours of continuing education; General Life,
Accident, and Health License suspended
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Deep South
Surplus of Texas, L.P. of Southlake
Order Number: 060998
Date of Order: 9/22/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $75,000 fine
Violation: Allegedly failed to file
required information with TDI
Desai, Chirag
Anil of Sugar Land
Order Number: 061069
Date of Order: 9/29/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,000 fine; Must complete
30 hours of continuing education
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Doby, Floyd
Milton of Houston
Order Number: 061071
Date of Order: 9/29/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,500 fine; General Life
Accident and Health License and County Mutual
License revoked
Violation: Engaged in fraudulent or
dishonest acts or practices; Misappropriated or
converted money belonging to an insurer or
insured
Dumas, Albert
of Houston
Order Number: 060949
Date of Order: 9/8/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $3,000 fine; General Life,
Accident and Health License suspended
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Escobedo, Able
Jr. of Austin
Order Number: 060958
Date of Order: 9/13/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,450 fine; General Life,
Accident and Health License suspended; Must
complete 30 hours of continuing education
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Frisbie, Mark
Troy of Keller
Order Number: 060953
Date of Order: 9/8/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $550 fine; Must complete
30 hours of continuing education
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Garrett, Lois
Ann of Baytown
Order Number: 060925
Date of Order: 9/1/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $750 fine
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Garrett, Robert
J. Jr. of Tyler
Order Number: 060950
Date of Order: 9/8/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $3,000 fine; General
Life, Accident and Health License suspended
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Gordon, Darrell
of Missouri City
Order Number: 060926
Date of Order: 9/1/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $2,900 fine
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Guarantee Title
of Wichita Falls
Order Number: 060927
Date of Order: 9/1/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $6,000 fine
Violation: Failed to timely remit title
insurance policy guaranty fees
Gulamali, Feroz
of Sugarland
Order Number: 061066
Date of Order: 9/29/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: General Lines Property and
Casualty Agent License granted conditionally
Violation: Third Degree Felony charges
Home Life
Financial Assurance Corp. of Piscataway, NJ
Order Number: 060947
Date of Order: 9/8/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $5,000 fine; URA
Certification suspended for 1 year
Violation: Failed to timely file
required report; Failed to timely respond to
requests for information from TDI
Jacobs, Brian
Russell of Lubbock
Order Number: 061067
Date of Order: 9/29/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: General Lines Property and
Casualty License and Life Accident and Health
Agent's License denied
Violation: Felony offense
Johnson, Jackey
of Plano; Seagoville
Order Number: 060991
Date of Order: 9/22/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: General Property and
Casualty License revoked
Violation: Engaged in fraudulent or
dishonest acts or practices; Felony conviction
Lary, Mike
Robert; Texas National Title, Inc. of
Leander; Cedar Park
Order Number: 060929
Date of Order: 9/1/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $5,000 fine
Violation: Allegedly charged for a
policy in a transaction and withheld issuance of
a policy; Allegedly failed to timely respond to
requests for information from TDI
Middlebrook
Title Company of Burleson
Order Number: 060999
Date of Order: 9/22/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,000 fine
Violation: Failed to timely file an
Annual Trust Account Audit Report
Miot, Charles
C. of Wake Village
Order Number: 060957
Date of Order: 9/13/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $550 fine; Must complete
30 hours of continuing education
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Montenegro,
Fabian of Houston
Order Number: 060945
Date of Order: 9/8/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,500 fine; Must complete
30 hours of continuing education; General
Property and Casualty License suspended for 1
year
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Moreno, Cory
Dan of Azle
Order Number: 060933
Date of Order: 9/1/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,500 fine; Must complete
30 hours of continuing education
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Newbold, Aaron
Craig of Winnsboro
Order Number: 060944
Date of Order: 9/8/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: Adjuster Trainee
certificate granted and suspended for a period
of 8 years
Violation: Felony offense
Novus
Management Systems, Inc. of Houston
Order Number: 060948
Date of Order: 9/8/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $5,000 fine; URA
Certification suspended for 1 year
Violation: Failed to file required
report; Failed to timely respond to requests for
information from TDI
Roberts, Inga
P. of Dallas
Order Number: 061065
Date of Order: 9/29/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: General Lines Property and
Casualty Insurance Agent License denied
Violation: Felony offenses directly
related to the business of insurance
Ruiz, Jesse
Edward of McAllen
Order Number: 060928
Date of Order: 9/1/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,500 fine
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Texas State
Title of Houston
Order Number: 060954
Date of Order: 9/8/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $5,000 fine
Violation: Failed to timely provide an
annual escow audit report
Trueba, Jaime
of Helotes
Order Number: 060951
Date of Order: 9/8/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $1,500 fine
Violation: Failed to comply with
continuing education requirements
Wadley, Ronda
of Springtown
Order Number: 060946
Date of Order: 9/8/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $20,000 fine; Restitution;
Escrow Officer License revoked
Violation: Misappropriated or converted
money belonging to an insurer or insured;
Engaged in fraudulent or dishonest acts or
practices
Will Rogers
Texas Title, LLC of Flower Mound
Order Number: 061000
Date of Order: 9/22/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $4,200 fine
Violation: Failed to timely provide an
annual trust fund account audit report
Williams,
Steven Burch of Killeen
Order Number: 060936
Date of Order: 9/5/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: $50,000 fine; $308,121
Restitution; General Life, Accident and Health
License revoked
Violation: Misappropriated or converted
money belonging to an insurer or insured;
Engaged in fraudulent or dishonest acts or
practices
Womack, Morris
Mark of Plano
Order Number: 061064
Date of Order: 9/29/2006
Order Final In: September
Action Taken: Insurance Adjuster License
issued with a 2 year probation
Violation: Criminal conduct
For more
information contact:
PIO@tdi.state.tx.us
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