Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Respondent: GLORIA ROSEN
Judges: LARRY J. SARTIN
Agency: Department of Financial Services
Locations: Mango, Florida
Filed: May 12, 2003
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Thursday, May 29, 2003.
Latest Update: Dec. 25, 2024
FILED
APR 10 2003
ToM GALLAGHER
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
IN THE MATTER OF:
GLORIA ROSEN
/ CASE NO.: 62240-03-AG
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
TO: GLORIA ROSEN
1244 Garfield Street
Hollywood, Florida 33019-3124
GLORIA ROSEN
1250 Hallandale Beach Blvd., No. 604
Hallandale, Florida 33009-4638
You, GLORIA ROSEN, are hereby notified that 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. Pursuant to Chapter 626, Florida Statues, you, GLORIA
ROSEN, are currently licensed in this state as a resident life and
variable annuity (2-14), life, health and variable annuity (2-15),
life (16), life and health (2-18), and health (2-40) agent. Your
license identification number is A225891.
2. At all times pertinent to the dates and occurrences
referred to herein, you, GLORIA ROSEN, were licensed in this state
as a resident insurance agent.
3. Pursuant to Chapter 626, Florida Statutes, the Florida
Department Financial Services, f/k/a the Florida Department of
Insurance, has jurisdiction over your resident insurance licenses
and appointments.
4. at all times material to the dates and occurrences
specified herein, you held yourself out as an insurance agent
marketing a bogus “PRG Insurance Plan.”
5. “PRG” was the acronym or pseudonym for a multitude of
entities that wrongfully engaged in the business of insurance.
6. At no time material to the dates and occurrences herein,
did TRG possess a Certificate of Authority from the Florida
Department of Insurance (presently the office of Insurance
Regulation of the Financial Services Commission within the
Department of Financial Services) to engage in the business of
insurance as an insurer or to operate as a Multiple employer |
Welfare Arrangement (MEWA), in Florida.
7. At all times material to the dates and occurrences
herein, you, GLORIA ROSEN, did directly or indirectly represent or
aid TRG in its operation as an unauthorized insurer.
COUNT I
8. The above general allegations are realleged here.
9. In April, 2001 you, GLORIA ROSEN, solicited the sale of
a group health penefit insurance policy or contract to K. M. F.
The health insurance policy was purportedly to be issued by TRG.
10. Having become suspicious of TRG brochures and
advertisement, Ms. F. contacted the Department and discovered that
TRG was not an authorized insurer. You, GLORIA ROSEN, became
alarmed and upset upon hearing from Ms. F. that she had discovered
the truth about TRG.
IT IS THEREFORE CHARGED that you, GLORIA ROSEN, have violated
or are accountable under the following provisions of the Florida
Insurance Code and Rules of the Department of Insurance, n/k/a the
Department of Financial Services, which constitute grounds for the
suspension or revocation of your licenses and appointments as a
resident insurance agent:
(a) No person shall transact in this State, or relative to a
subject of insurance resident, located, or to be performed in this
state, without complying with the applicable provisions of this
code. [Section 624.11, Florida Statutes]; {
(b) Demonstrated lack of fitness or trustworthiness to
engage in the business of insurance. [Section 626.611(7), Florida
Statutes];
(c) Demonstrated lack of reasonably adequate knowledge and
technical competence to engage in the transactions authorized by
the license or appointment. {Section 626.611(8), Florida
Statutes];
(a) Violation of any provision of this Code or any law
applicable to the business of insurance in the course of dealing
under the licensure or appointment. {Section 626.621(2), 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 xX
{redesignated as part IX] of this chapter, or having otherwise
shown himself or herself to be a source of injury or loss to the
public. [Section 626.621(6), Florida Statutes];
(£) No person shall, from offices or by personnel or
facilities located in this state directly or indirectly act as an
agent for, or otherwise represent or aid on pehalf of another, any
" ansurer not then authorized to transact such insurance in this
state. [Section 626.901(1), Florida Statutes].
WHEREFORE, you, GLORIA ROSEN, are hereby notified that the
Chief Financial Officer, f/k/a the Treasurer and Insurance
Commissioner, intends to enter an Order suspending or revoking
your licenses and appointments or to impose such penalties as may
provided under the provisions of Sections 626.611, 626.621,
626.681, 626.691, and 626.901, Florida Statutes, under the other
referenced sections of the Florida Statutes as set out in this
Administrative Complaint, and under the provisions of Rule Chapter
4-231, Florida Administrative Code. You are further notified that
any order entered in this case revoking or suspending any license
or eligibility for licensure held by you shall also apply to all
other licenses and eligibility held by you under the Florida
Insurance Code.
NOTICE OF RIGHTS
You have the right to request a proceeding to contest this
action by the Department pursuant to sections 120.569 and 120.57,
Florida Statutes, and Rule 28-107, 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 as acting Agency Clerk, at the Florida Department
of Financial Services, 612 Larson Building, 200 East Gaines
Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333. The Department must
receive your written response 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 REVOCATION WILL BE
ENTERED AGAINST YOU.
If you request a proceeding, you must provide information
that complies with the requirements of Rule 28-107.004, Florida
Administrative Code. As noted above, completion of the attached
Election of Proceeding form conforms to these requirements.
Specifically, your response must contain:
(a) The name and address of the party making the request,
for purpose of service;
(b) A statement that the party is requesting a hearing
involving disputed issues of material fact, or a hearing not
involving disputed issues of material fact; and
(c) A reference to the notice, order to show cause,
administrative complaint, or other communication that the party
has received from the agency.
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 call and icross~
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 420.57(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 ebr 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 of Financial Services, f/k/a the Department of
Insurance.
patep this 10th day of April , 2003.
Aner Ca hlrn
KAREN CHANDLER
Deputy Chief Financial officer
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a copy of the foregoing has been
furnished to GLORIA ROSEN, by restricted U.S. Certified Mail to
the addresses listed above this 10th day of April
2003.
David 3. Busch
Fla. Bar No.: 140945
Florida Department of
Financial Services
Division of Legal Services
612 Larson Building
200 East Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333
(850) 413-4146
Attorney for the Department
STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
DIVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES
IN THE MATTER OF:
GLORIA ROSEN
ELECTION OF PROCEEDING
T have received and have read the Notice of the ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT filed against me,
including the Notice of Rights contained therein, and I understand my options. I am requesting disposition of
this matter as indicated below. (Choose one)
10] I do not dispute any of the Department’s factual allegations and I do not desire a hearing. I
understand that by waiving my right to a hearing, the Department may enter a final order that adopts
the Administrative Complaint and imposes the sanctions sought, including revoking my licenses and
appointments as may be appropriate.
2. I do not dispute any of the Department's factual allegations and I hereby elect a proceeding to be
conducted in accordance with section 120.57(2), Florida Statutes. In this regard, I desire to (Choose
one):
[ ] Submit a written statement and documentary evidence in lieu of a hearing; or
[ ] Personally attend a hearing conducted by a department hearing officer in Tallahassee; or
{ | Attend that same hearing by way of a telephone conference call.
3. [J I do dispute one or more of the Department's factual allegations. I hereby request a hearing pursuant
to section 120.57(1), Florida Statutes, to be held before the Division of Administrative Hearings.
TO PRESERVE YOUR RIGHT TO A HEARING, YOU MUST FILE YOUR RESPONSE WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE WITHIN TWENTY-ONE (21) DAYS OF YOUR RECEIPT OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT. THE RESPONSE MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT NO
LATER THAN 5:00 P.M. ON THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY AFTER YOUR RECEIPT OF THE { ;
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT.
The address for filing is: General Counsel as acting agency clerk, Florida Department of Financial Services, 612
Larson Building, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333.
Signature Print Name
Date: Address:
Phone No.:.
Docket for Case No: 03-001723PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
May 29, 2003 |
Order Closing File issued. CASE CLOSED.
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May 28, 2003 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions issued.
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May 28, 2003 |
Notice of Hearing issued (hearing set for July 17, 2003; 9:30 a.m.; Miami, FL).
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May 22, 2003 |
Joint Response to Initial Order (filed by Petitioner via facsimile).
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May 22, 2003 |
Motion to Stay (filed by Respondent via facsimile).
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May 21, 2003 |
Response to Initial Order (filed by Respondent via facsimile).
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May 13, 2003 |
Initial Order issued.
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May 12, 2003 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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May 12, 2003 |
Election of Proceeding filed.
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May 12, 2003 |
Agency referral filed.
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