Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Respondent: EBEN COETZEE
Judges: CHARLES C. ADAMS
Agency: Department of Financial Services
Locations: Daytona Beach, Florida
Filed: Jun. 30, 2004
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Wednesday, September 1, 2004.
Latest Update: Jan. 27, 2025
Jun 3 2004
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
TOM GALLAGHER
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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IN THE MATTER OF:
CASE NO.: 76113-04-AG
EBEN COETZEE
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
TO: EBEN COETZEE
1199 East Fowler Drive
Deltona, Florida 32725-6311
You, EBEN COETZEE, license 1.D. #4050091, 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 Statutes, you, EBEN COETZEE, are currently
licensed in this state as a Life Agent (2-16), Life & Health Agent (2-18), and Health Agent (2-
40).
2. At all times pertinent to the dates and occurrences referred to herein, you, EBEN
COETZEE, were licensed in this state as an insurance agent.
3. Pursuant to Chapter 626, Florida Statutes, the Department of Financial Services
(hereinafter the “Department”) has jurisdiction over your licenses and appointments.
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4. The above general allegations are hereby realleged and fully incorporated herein
by reference.
5. On or about June 12, 2002, you, EBEN COETZEE, solicited D.D. of Ormond
Beach, Florida to cance} her existing annuity with Conseco Annuity Assurance Company (f/k/a
American Life and Casualty) and purchase two new annuities with Allianz Life and Casualty
Company being solicited by you.
6. You, EBEN COETZEE, failed to inform D.D. at any time tha: she would be
charged approximately $8,698.14 as a surrender charge for canceling her existing Conseco early.
D.D. would not have surrendered the Conseco annuity and purch ased the Allianz annuities if she
had been so informed of the surrender charge.
7. The Allianz annuities each had a thirty-day free look period from the delivery
date in which the applicant could return the policy and obtain a penalty free refund of her
payment. You, EBEN COETZEE, represented to Allianz in writing that you delivered the
annuities to D.D. on June 20, 2002. However, in fact, you, EBEN COETZEE, did not deliver the
annuities to D.D. until August, 2002, in an attempt to deprive D.D. of her opportunity to retum
the annuities. Your representations to Allianz and to D.D. were false and a material
misstatement of fact.
It IS THEREFORE CHARGED that you, EBEN COETZEE, have violated or are
accountable under the following provisions of the Florida Insurance Code and Rules of the
Department of Financial Services which constitute grounds for the suspension or revocation of
your licenses and appointments:
(a) Willful misrepresentation of any insurance policy or annuity contract or willful
deception with regard to any such policy or contract, 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 626.611(7), Florida Statutes];
(c) Willful violation of any provision of the Insurance Code. [Section 626.61 1(13),
Florida Statutes];
(d) Violation of the provision against twisting, as defined in s. 625.9541(1)().
[Section 626.621(5), Florida Statutes];
(e) Violation of any provision of this code or of any other law applicable to the
business of insurance in the course of dealing under the license or appointment. [Section
626.621(2), Florida Statutes];
(f) 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]
WHEREFORE, you, EBEN COETZEE, 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
pursuant to sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes, and Rule 28-1C7, 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. 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 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; ard
(c) A teference to the notice, order to show cause, administrative complaint, or other
communication that the party has received from the agency.
Ifa 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
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, ore will be conducted in
Tallahassee, Florida, or by telephonic conference call upon your request.
However, if you dispute material facts that 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 of Financial Services.
DATED and SIGNED this __ ATS dayof_ June _, 2004.
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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 to: EBEN COETZEE, at
1199 E. Fowler Drive, Deltona, Florida 32725 by Certified Mail this. 3° ¢ day of Dine,
2004.
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Docket for Case No: 04-002283PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Sep. 01, 2004 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Aug. 31, 2004 |
Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction (filed by Petitioner via facsimile).
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Jul. 19, 2004 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (video hearing set for September 14, 2004; 9:30 a.m.; Daytona Beach and Tallahassee, FL).
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Jul. 19, 2004 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Jul. 08, 2004 |
Joint Response to Initial Order (filed via facsimile).
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Jul. 01, 2004 |
Initial Order.
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Jun. 30, 2004 |
Election of Proceeding filed.
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Jun. 30, 2004 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Jun. 30, 2004 |
Agency referral filed.
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