Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Respondent: EMERY ALLEN LUCAS
Judges: LARRY J. SARTIN
Agency: Department of Financial Services
Locations: Port St. Lucie, Florida
Filed: Feb. 01, 2008
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Wednesday, February 27, 2008.
Latest Update: Dec. 23, 2024
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EMERY ALLEN LUCAS - CASE NO. 91696-08-AG
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
TO: EMERY ALLEN LUCAS
1080 SE Lansdowne Avenue
Pt. St. Lucie, Florida 34983
You, EMERY ALLEN LUCAS, are hereby notified that pursuant to Chapter 626, Florida
Statutes, the Chief Financial Officer of the State of Florida, has caused to be made
an investigation of your activities while licensed as an insurance agent in this state, as a result of
which it is alleged:
GENERAL ALLEGATIONS
1. You, EMERY ALLEN LUCAS, are currently licensed in the state as a life,
including variable annuity, and health insurance agent.
2. At all time pertinent to the dates and occurrences referred to in this Administrative
Complaint you, EMERY ALLEN LUCAS, were licensed as an insurance agent in this state.
3. At all time pertinent to the dates and occurrences referred to in this Administrative
Complaint, you, EMERY ALLEN LUCAS, were appointed as a life insurance agent to represent
Southern Security Life Insurance Company in this state.
COUNT I
4. Paragraphs one through three are realleged and incorporated herein by reference.
5. On or about February 15, 2005, you, EMERY ALLEN LUCAS, did personally
solicit M.V. of Palm City, Florida, for the purported purpose of setting up a college tuition
savings plan for her two children.
6. Throughout your solicitation, you, EMERY ALLEN LUCAS, concealed the fact
that you were selling a life insurance policy. Instead, through misleading statements and
deceptive omissions, you caused M.V. to believe that you were soliciting a college tuition
savings plan which she desired to purchase.
7. Based in part on your misleading and deceptive statements, M.V. signed what she
believed to be an application for a college tuition savings plan, but was, in point of fact, an
application for a Southern Security Life life insurance policy.
8. At no time pertinent to the dates and occurrences referred to herein did you,
EMERY ALLEN LUCAS, disclose to M.V. that you were soliciting a life insurance policy or did
you disclose any of the terms, benefits, and conditions of the policy.
9. Your representations to M.V. were false and a material misstatement of fact.
M.V. would not have knowingly purchased the life insurance policy except for your misleading
and deceptive representations and omissions.
10. The misleading and deceptive representations and omissions were made for the
purpose of obtaining a fee, commission, money or other benefit from an insurance company.
IT IS THEREFORE CHARGED that you, EMERY ALLEN LUCAS, have violated or are
accountable under the following provisions of the Florida Insurance Code and Rules of the Chief
Financial Officer which constitute grounds for the suspension or revocation of your insurance
licenses and eligibility for licensure:
(a) Willful misrepresentation of any insurance policy or willful deception with regard to
such policy, done either in person or by any form of dissemination of information or advertising.
[Section 626.611(5), Florida Statutes]
(b) Demonstrated lack of fitness or trustworthiness to engage in the business of insurance.
[Section 626.61 1(7), Florida Statutes];
(c) . Fraudulent or dishonest practices in the conduct of business under the license or permit.
[Section 626.611(9), Florida Statutes];
(d) Willful failure to comply with or willful violation of any provision of the Insurance
Code. [Section 626.611(13), Florida Statutes];
{e) In the conduct of business under the license or appointment, engaging in unfair
methods of competition or in unfair or deceptive acts or practices, as prohibited under part IX of
this chapter. [Section 626.621(6), Florida Statutes];
(f) Knowingly making, issuing, circulating, or causing to be made, issued, or circulated, any
estimate, illustration, circular, statement, sales presentation, omission, or comparison which:
1. Misrepresents the benefits, advantages, conditions, or terms of any insurance policy.
[Section 626.9541(1)(a)1, Florida Statutes}
(g) Knowingly:
a. Filing with any supervisory or other public official,
b. Making, publishing, disseminating, circulating,
c. Delivering to any person,
d. Placing before the public,
e. Causing, directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated,
circulated, delivered to any person, or placed before the public, any false material statement.
[Section 626.9541(1)(e) 1, Florida Statutes]
COUNT II
11. Paragraphs one through three are realleged and incorporated herein by reference.
12. On or about November 9, 2005, you, EMERY ALLEN LUCAS, did personally
solicit J.P. of Pt. St. Lucie, Florida, for the purported purpose of setting up a college tuition
savings plan for her two children.
13. Throughout your solicitation, you, EMERY ALLEN LUCAS, concealed the fact
that you were selling a life insurance policy. Instead, through misleading statements and
deceptive omissions, you caused J.P. to believe that you were soliciting a college tuition savings
plan which she desired to purchase.
14. Based in part on your misleading and deceptive statements, J.P. signed what she
believed to be an application for a college tuition savings plan, but was, in point of fact, an
application for a Southern Security Life life insurance policy.
15. Atno time pertinent to the dates and occurrences referred to herein did you,
EMERY ALLEN LUCAS, disclose to J.P. that you were soliciting a life insurance policy or did
you disclose any of the terms, benefits, and conditions of the policy.
16. Your representations to J.P. were false and a material misstatement of fact. J.P.
would not have knowingly purchased the life insurance policy except for your misleading and
deceptive representations and omissions.
17. The misleading and deceptive representations and omissions were made for the
purpose of obtaining a fee, commission, money or other benefit from an insurance company.
IT IS THEREFORE CHARGED that you, EMERY ALLEN LUCAS, have violated or are
accountable under the following provisions of the Florida Insurance Code and Rules of the Chief
Financial Officer which constitute grounds for the suspension or revocation of your insurance
licenses and eligibility for licensure: Sections 626.611(5); 626.611(7); 626.611(9);
626.611(13); 626.621(6); 626.9541(1)(a)1, and 626.9541(1)(e)1, Florida Statutes, as more
particularly alleged in Count I above.
WHEREFORE, you, EMERY ALLEN LUCAS, are hereby notified that the Chief
Financial Officer intends to enter an Order suspending or revoking your licenses and
appointments as an insurance agent or to impose such penalties as may be provided under the
provisions of Sections 626.611, 626.621, 626.681, 626.691, and 626.9521, Florida Statutes, and
under the other referenced Sections of the Florida Statutes as set out in this Administrative
Complaint.
NOTICE OF RIGHTS
You have the right to request a proceeding to contest this action by the Department of
Financial Services ("Department") pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes,
and Rule 28-106, Florida Administrative Code. The proceeding request must be in writing,
signed by you, and must be filed with the Department within twenty-one (21) days of your receipt
of this notice. Completion of the attached Election of Proceeding form and/or a petition for
administrative hearing will suffice as a written request. The request must be filed with the
General Counsel acting as Agency Clerk, at the Florida Department of Financial Services, 612
Larson Building, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333. Your written
response must be received by the Department no later than 5:00 p.m. on the twenty-first day after
your receipt of this notice. Mailing the response on the twenty-first day will not preserve your
right to a hearing.
YOUR FAILURE TO RESPOND IN WRITING WITHIN
TWENTY-ONE (21) DAYS OF YOUR RECEIPT OF THIS
NOTICE WILL CONSTITUTE A WAIVER OF YOUR
RIGHT TO REQUEST A PROCEEDING ON THE
MATTERS ALLEGED HEREIN AND AN ORDER OF
SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION WILL BE ENTERED
AGAINST YOU.
If you request a proceeding, you must provide information that complies with the
completion of
, completion of
tle 28-106.2015, Florida Administrative Code. As noted above
the attached Election of Proceeding form conforms to these requirements. Specifically, your
response must contain:
(a) The name, address, and telephone number, and facsimile number (if any) of the
respondent (for the purpose of requesting a hearing in this matter, you are the "respondent").
(b) The name, address, telephone number, facsimile number of the attorney or
qualified representative of the respondent (if any) upon whom service of pleadings and other
papers shall be made.
(c) A statement requesting an administrative hearing identifying those material facts
that are in dispute. If there are none, the petition must so indicate.
(d) A statement of when the respondent received notice of the administrative
complaint.
(e) A statement including the file number to the administrative complaint.
If a hearing of any type is requested, you have the right to be represented by counsel or
other qualified representative at your expense, to present evidence and argument, to cal] and
cross-examine witnesses, and to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of
documents by subpoena.
If a proceeding is requested and there is no dispute of material fact, the provisions of
Section 120.57(2), Florida Statutes, apply. In this regard, you may submit oral or written
evidence in opposition to the action taken by the Department or a written statement challenging
the grounds upon which the Department has relied. While a hearing is normally not required in
the absence of a dispute of fact, if you feel that a hearing is necessary, one will be conducted in
Tallahassee, Florida, or by telephonic conference call upon your request.
However, if you dispute material facts which are the basis for the Department’s action,
you must request an adversarial proceeding pursuant to Sections 120.569 and 120.57(1), Florida
Statutes. These proceedings are held before a State Administrative Law Judge of the Division of
Administrative Hearings. Unless the majority of witnesses are located elsewhere, the
Department will request that the hearing be conducted in Tallahassee, Florida.
Failure to follow the procedure outlined with regard to your response to this notice may
result in the request being denied. All prior oral communication or correspondence in this matter
shall be considered freeform agency action, and no such oral communication or correspondence
shall operate as a valid request for an administrative proceeding. Any request for an
administrative proceeding received prior to the date of this notice shall be deemed abandoned
unless timely renewed in compliance with the guidelines as set out above.
Mediation of this matter pursuant to Section 120.573, Florida Statutes, is not available.
No Department attorney will discuss this matter with you until the response has been received by
the Department.
DATED and SIGNED this _ | \" day of on UL Gr 4 , 2008.
KAREN CHANDLER
Deputy Chief Financial Officer
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing ADMINISTRATIVE
COMPLAINT and ELECTION OF PROCEEDING has been furnished by Certified Mail to
Emery Allen Lucas, 1080 SE Lansdowne Avenue, Pt. St. Lucie, Florida 34983 ph this | 1
day of (Saun ACY , 2008. fi
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MES A. BOSSART, ES:
\ Dyvision of Legal Services
2 Larson Building
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333
(850) 413-4124
Docket for Case No: 08-000606PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Feb. 27, 2008 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Feb. 26, 2008 |
Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction filed.
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Feb. 12, 2008 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Feb. 12, 2008 |
Notice of Hearing (hearing set for April 9, 2008; 9:00 a.m.; Port St. Lucie, FL).
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Feb. 08, 2008 |
Response to Initial Order filed.
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Feb. 01, 2008 |
Election of Proceeding filed.
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Feb. 01, 2008 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Feb. 01, 2008 |
Agency referral filed.
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Feb. 01, 2008 |
Initial Order.
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