§ 27-72-16 — § 27-72-16. Penalties.

Rhode Island § 27-72-16

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 27: Insurance
• Ch. 27-72: Life Settlements Act

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§ 27-72-16. Penalties.

(a) It is a violation of this chapter for any person, provider, broker, or any other party related to the business of life settlements, to commit a fraudulent life settlement act.

(b) For criminal liability purposes, a person who commits a fraudulent life settlement act is guilty of committing insurance fraud and shall be subject to additional penalties under § 27-54-1 et seq.

(c) The commissioner shall be empowered to levy a civil penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) and the amount of the claim for each violation upon any person, including those persons and their employees licensed pursuant to this chapter, who is found to have committed a fraudulent life settlement act or violated any other provision of this chapter.

(d) The license of a person licensed under this chapter that commits a fraudulent life settlement act shall be revoked.

Legislative History

P.L. 2009, ch. 195, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 262, § 1.