Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Respondent: JON KEMPTON KOCHA
Judges: LARRY J. SARTIN
Agency: Department of Financial Services
Locations: West Palm Beach, Florida
Filed: Oct. 03, 2006
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Tuesday, January 16, 2007.
Latest Update: Apr. 17, 2025
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FLORIDA _
DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCIAL SERVICES
TOM GALLAGHER FILED
GUAR OPFLORIDA
“AUG 31 2006
IN THE MATTER OF: Bockouad Dai
CASE NO.; 85544-06-AG
JON KEMPTON KOCHA
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
TO: JON KEMPTON KOCHA
11566 Buckhaven Lane
Weat Palm Beach, Florida 33412-1607
JON KEMPTON KOCHA
13700 U § Highway One, Suite #102
Juno Beach, Florida 33408-1600
You, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, license I.D. #A144087, 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
lL. Pursuant to Chapter 626, Florida Statutes, you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, are
currently licensed in this state as a General Lines (Prop. & Cas.) (2-20) Agent, and were so
licensed at all times pertinent to the dates and occurrences referred to herein.
2. Pursuant to Chapter 626, Florida Statutes, the Florida Department of Financial
Services has jurisdiction over your insurance licenses and appointments.
3. Pursuant to Section 626.734, Florida Statutes, any general lines insurance agent
who is an officer, director, or stockholder of an incorporated general lines insurance agency shall
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remain personally and fully liable and accountable for any wrongful acts, misconduct or
violations of any provisions of the Florida Insurance Code committed by such licensee or by any
person under his or her direct supervision and control while acting on behalf of the corporation.
4, On or about December 2003, an insurance binder was requested along with
umbrella insurance by Karla Kander for her company, Brown and Phillips, Inc.
5. On or about August, 2003, Karla Kander learned that you, JON KEMPTON
KOCHA, or someone in your employ or under your supervision and control, and for whose
actions you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, are accountable, failed to secure coverage on the
aforesaid property and failed to forward the premium received to the intended insurer for
approximately nine months but did during this period of time issue bogus certificates of
ingurance reflecting that Brown and Philips, Inc. was insured with an umbrella policy during the
time they were, in fact, not covered. At all times material herein, Karla Kander, on behalf of her
company, Brown and Philips, Inc., paid you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, for insurance coverage
which you did not provide,
6. Atall times material herein, you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, were the president
of Palm Beach Insurance Group, Inc,, d/b/a St. Lucie Insurance.
7. Atall times material herein, you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, were the president
of island Insurance Partners, Inc.
8. At all times pertinent to the dates and occurrences referred to herein, and pursuant
to Section 626.561(1), Florida Statutes, all funds received by you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA,
from insureds were trust funds received in a fiduciary capacity and were to be paid over to an
insurer, insured, or other person entitled thereto in the regular course of business.
9, Atall times material herein, you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, as a licensed
insurance agent, misappropriated fiduciary funds collected in the normal course of business and
made an excess charge for insurance, all as will hereinafter be more fully set forth.
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COUNTI
10. The above general allegations are hereby realleged and fully incorporated herein
by reference.
11. You, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, have misappropriated, converted, or withheld
moneys belonging to Karla Kander. As a result, Karla Kander and her company, Brown and
Phillips, Inc., were without insurance coverage for a significant period of time.
12. You, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, or someone in your employ or under your
supervision and control, and for whose actions you are responsible, overcharged Karla Kandar
the amount of or about FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE ($451.00) DOLLARS.
IT IS THEREFORE CHARGED that you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, have violated or
are accountable under one or more of 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) All premiums, return premiums, or other funds belonging to insurers, insureds, or
others received by an agent under his license are trust funds received by the licensee in a
fiduciary capacity, The licensee in the regular course of business shall account for and pay the
same to the insurer, insured, or other person entitled thereto, [Section 626.561(1), Florida
Statutes];
(>) Demonstrated lack of fitness or trustworthiness to engage in the business of
insurance. [Section 626.611(7), Florida Statutes];
(c) — Fraudulent or dishonest practices in the conduct of business under the license or
appointment. [Section 626.611(9), Florida Statutes];
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(d) Misappropriation, conversion, or unlawful withholding of moneys belonging to
insurers or insureds or beneficiaries or to others and received in conduct of business under the
license or appointment, [Section 626.6] 1(10), Florida Statutes);
(e) Willful failure to comply with, or willful violation of, any proper order or rule of
the department or willful violation of any provision of this code. [Section 626.611(13), Florida
Statutes];
(f) Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices
prohibited: ...
No person shall engage in this state in any trade practice which is defined in this part as, or
determined pursuant to s. 626.951 or s, 626.9561 to be, an unfair method of competition or an
unfair or deceptive act or practice involving the business of insurance... . [Section 626.9521,
Florida Statutes];
(g) UNFATR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE
ACTS,—The following are defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts
or practices: ...
False information and advertising generally,--Knowingly making, publishing, disseminating,
circulating, or placing before the public, or causing, directly or indirectly, to be made, published,
disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public:
1. In a newspaper, magazine, or other publication,
2. In the form of a notice, circular, parmphict, letter, or poster,
3. Over any radio or television station, or
4, In any other way, ...
an advertisement, announcement, or statement containing any assertion, representation, or
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statement with respect to the business of insurance, which is untrue, deceptive, or misleading.
False statements and entries.--
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. . . .
Illegal dealings in premiums; excess or reduced charges for insurance.-- Knowingly
collecting any sum as a premium or charge for insurance, which is not then provided, or is not in
due course to be provided, subject to acceptance of the risk by the insurer, by an insurance policy
issued by an insurer as permitted by this code. [Section 626.9541, Florida Statutes];
(hy Knowingly collecting as a premium or charge for insurance any sum in excess of
ot leas than the premium or charge applicable to such insurance, in accordance with the
applicable classifications and rates as filed with and approved by the office, and as specified in
the policy; or, in cases when classifications, premiums, or rates are not required by this code to
be so filed and approved, premiums and charges collected from a Florida resident in excess of or
less than those specified in the policy and as fixed by the insurer. This provision shal! not be
deemed to prohibit the charging and collection, by surplus lines agents licensed under part VIIT
of this chapter, of the amount of applicable state and federal taxes, or fees as authorized by s.
626.916(4), in addition to the premium required by the insurer or the charging and collection, by
licensed agents, of the exact amount of any discount or other such fee charged by a credit card
facility in connection with the use of a credit card, as authorized by subparagraph (q)3., in
addition to the premium required by the insurer. This subparagraph shall not be construed to
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prohibit collection of a premiuin for a universal life or a variable or indeterminate value
insurance policy made in accordance with the terms of the contract. ... [Section 626.9541,
Florida Statutes].
COUNT II
13. The above general allegations are hereby realleged and fully incorporated herein
by reference.
14. Onor about March 2004, you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, or someone in your
employ or under your supervision and control, and for whose actions you are responsible,
provided Tony Gallivan and/or his firm, Clark Construction with a false insurance certificate,
sent via facsimile, which reflected that Brown and Phillips was insured with an umbrella policy
when, in fact, they were not. This bogus insurance exposed Tony Gallivan and/or his firm, Clark
Construction, to potential risk and liability.
IT 18 THEREFORE CHARGED that you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, have violated or
ate accountable under one or more of 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) Demonstrated lack of fitness or trustworthiness to engage in the business of
insurance. [Section 626.611(7), Florida Statutes];
(b) Fraudulent or dishonest practices in the conduct of business under the license or
appointment. [Section 626.611(9), Florida Statutes];
(ce) Willful failure to comply with, or willful violation of, any proper order or rule of
the department or willful violation of any provision of this code. [Section 626.611(13), Florida
Statutes];
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(d) 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];
(c) Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices
prohibited; penalties.--
No person shall engage in this state in any trade practice which is defined in this part as, or
determined pursuant to s. 626,951 or s. 626.9561 to be, an unfair method of competition or an
unfair or deceptive act or practice involving the business of insurance. {Section 626.9521,
Florida Statutes];
(f) UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE
ACTS.--The following are defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts
or practices: ...
False information and advertising generally.-Knowingly making, publishing, disseminating,
circulating, or placing before the public, or causing, directly or indirectly, to be made, published,
disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public:
1. In anewspaper, magazine, or other publication,
2. In the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, or poster,
3. Over any radio or television station, or
4. Tin any other way, ...
an advertisement, announcement, or statement containing any assertion, representation, or
statement with respect to the business of insurance, which is untrue, deceptive, or misleading.
False statements and entries.--
Knowingly:
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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, of placed before the public,
any false material statement. . ..
Illegal dealings in premiums; excess or reduced charges for imsurance.-- Knowingly
collecting any sum as a premium or charge for insurance, which is not then provided, or is not in
due course to be provided, subject to acceptance of the risk by the insurer, by an insurance policy
issued by an insurer as permitted by this code.
(g) Knowingly collecting as a premium or charge for insurance any sum in excess of
or less than the premium or charge applicable to such insurance, in accordance with the
applicable classifications and rates as filed with and approved by the office, and as specified in
the policy; or, in cases when classifications, premiums, or rates are not required by this code to
be so filed and approved, premiums and charges collected from a Florida resident in excess of or
less than those specified in the policy and as fixed by the insurer. This provision shall not be
deemed to prohibit the charging and collection, by surplus lines agents licensed under part VIII
of this chapter, of the amount of applicable state and federal taxes, or fees as authorized by s.
626.916(4), in addition to the premium required by the insurer or the charging and collection, by
licensed agents, of the exact amount of any discount or other such fee charged by a credit card
facility in connection with the use of a credit card, as authorized by subparagraph (q)3., in
addition to the premium required by the insurer. This subparagraph shall not be construed to
prohibit collection of a premium for a universal life or a variable or indeterminate value
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insurance policy made in accordance with the terms of the contract .... [Section 626.9541,
Florida Statutes].
COUNT Ul
15. The above general allegations are hereby realleged and fully incorporated herein
by reference.
16. Onor about January 2004, you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, or someone in your
employ or under your supervision and control, and for whose actions you are responsible,
provided Patti Davis and/or her firm, Perini Building Company, with a false insurance certificate,
sent via facsimile, which reflected that Brown and Phillips was insured with an umbrella policy
when, in fact, they were not. This bogus insurance exposed Patti Davis and/or her firm, Perini
Building Company, to potential risk and liability.
IT IS THEREFORE CHARGED that you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, have violated or
ate accountable under one or more of 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) Demonstrated lack of fitness or trustworthiness to engage in the business of
insurance, [Section 626.611(7), Florida Statutes];
(b) — Fraudulent or dishonest practices in the conduct of business under the license or
appointment. [Section 626.611(9), Florida Statutes];
(c) Willful failure to comply with, or willful violation of, any proper order or rule of
the department or willful violation of any provision of this code. [Section 626.611(13), Florida
Statutes];
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(4) 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].
(e) Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices
prohibited; penalties.--
No person shall engage in this state in any trade practice which is defined in this part as, or
determined pursuant to s. 626,95] or s. 626.956) to be, an unfair method of competition or an
unfair or deceptive act or ptactice involving the business of insurance. [Section 626.9521,
Florida Statutes];
(f)) UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE
ACTS.--The following are defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts
or practices: ...
False information and advertising generally.--Knowingly making, publishing, disseminating,
circulating, or placing before the public, or causing, directly or indirectly, to be made, published,
disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public:
1. In a newspaper, magazine, or other publication,
2. In the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, or poster,
3. Over any radio or television station, or
4. In any other way, ...
an advertisement, announcement, or statement containing any assertion, representation, or
statement with respect to the business of insutance, which is untrue, deceptive, or misleading.
False statements and entries.--
Knowingly:
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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. . . .
Illegal dealings in premiums; excess or teduced charges for insurance.- Knowingly
collecting any sum as a premium or charge for insurance, which is not then provided, or is not in
due course to be provided, subject to acceptance of the risk by the insurer, by an insurance policy
issued by an insurer as permitted by this code, . . .
Knowingly collecting as a promium or charge for insurance any sum in excess of or less
than the premium or charge applicable to such insurance, in accordance with the applicable
classifications and rates as filed with and approved by the office, and as specified in the policy;
or, in cases when classifications, premiums, or rates are not required by this code to be so filed
and approved, premiums and charges collected from a Florida resident in excess of or less than
those specified in the policy and as fixed by the insurer. This provision shall not be deemed to
prohibit the charging and collection, by surplus lines agents licensed under part VII of this
chapter, of the amount of applicable state and federal taxes, or fees as authorized by s.
626,916(4), in addition to the premium required by the insurer or the charging and collection, by
licensed agents, of the exact amount of any discount or other such fee charged by a credit card
facility in connection with the use of a credit card, as authorized by subparagraph (q)3., in
addition to the premium required by the insurer. This subparagraph shall not be construed to
prohibit collection of a premium for a universal life or a variable or indeterminate valuc
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insurance policy made in accordance with the terms of the contract... . [Section 626.9541,
Florida Statutes].
COUNT IV
17. The above general allegations are hereby realleged and fully incorporated herein
by reference.
18. Onor about January 2004, you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, or someone in your
employ or under your supervision and control, and for whose actions you are responsible,
proyided Melinda L. Robinson and/or her firm, Kilday & Associates, with a false insurance
certificate, sent via facsimile, which reflected that Brown and Phillips was insured with an
Umbrella policy when, in fact, they were not. This bogus insurance exposed Melinda L.
Robinson and/or her firm, Perini Building Company, to potential risk and liability.
IT IS THEREFORE CHARGED that you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, have violated or
are accountable under one or more of 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) Demonstrated lack of fitness or trustworthiness to engage in the business of
insurance. [Section 626.611(7), Florida Statutes];
(b) Fraudulent or dishonest practices in the conduct of business under the license or
appointment. [Section 626.611(9), Florida Statutes];
(c) Willful failure to comply with, or willful violation of, any proper order or rule of
the department or willful violation of any provision of this code, [Section 626.611(13), Florida
Statutes];
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(4). ‘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];
(e) Unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices
prohibited; penalties.--
No person shall engage in this state in any trade practice which is defined in this part as, or
determined pursuant to s. 626.951 or s. 626.9561 to be, an unfair method of competition or an
unfair or deceptive act or practice involving the business of insurance. [Section 626.9521,
Florida Statutes];
() | UNFAIR METHODS OF COMPETITION AND UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE
ACTS.--The following are defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts
or practices: ...
False information and advertising generally.--Knowingly making, publishing, disseminating,
circulating, or placing before the public, ot causing, directly or indirectly, to be made, published,
disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public:
1. Ina newspaper, magazine, or other publication,
2. In the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, or poster,
3. Over any radio or television station, or
4, In any other way, ...
an advertisement, announcement, or statement containing any assertion, representation, or
statement with respect to the business of insurance, which is untrue, deceptive, or misleading.
false statements and entries.
Knowingly:
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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... .
Illegal dealings in premiums; excess or reduced charges for insurance.-- Knowingly
collecting any sum as a premium or charge for insurance, which is not then provided, or is not in
due course to be provided, subject to acceptance of the risk by the insurer, by an insurance policy
issued by an insurer as permitted by this code... .
Knowingly collecting as a premium or charge for insurance any sum in excess of or less
than the premium or charge applicable to such insurance, in accordance with the applicable
classifications and rates as filed with and approved by the office, and as specified in the policy;
ot, in cases when classifications, premiums, or rates are not required by this code to be so filed
and approved, premiums and charges collected from a Florida resident in excess of or less than
those specified in the policy and as fixed by the insurer. This provision shall not be deemed to
prohibit the charging and collection, by surplus lines agents licensed under part VIII of this
chapter, of the amount of applicable state and federal taxes, or fees as authorized by s.
626,916(4), in addition to the premium required by the insurer or the charging and collection, by
licensed agents, of the exact amount of any discount or other such fee charged by a credit card
facility in connection with the use of a credit card, as authorized by subparagraph (q)3., in
addition to the premium required by the insurer. This subparagraph shall not be construed to
prohibit collection of a premium for a universal life or a variable or indeterminate value
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insurance policy made in accordance with the terms of the contract .... [Section 626.9541,
Florida Statutes].
WHEREFORE, you, JON KEMPTON KOCHA, are hereby notified that the Chief
Financial Officer intends to enter an Order suspending or revoking your licenses and
appointments as an insurarice 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 120.37, 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. 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
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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.
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 atiendance 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
ghall be considered freeform agency action, and no such oral communication or correspondence
shall operate as a valid request for an adininistrative proceeding. Any request for an
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administrative procecding 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 3/$Z_ day of hug fas l , 2006.
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KAREN CHANDLER
Deputy Chief Financial Officer
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
IHEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing ADMINISTRATIVE
COMPLAINT and ELECTION OF PROCEEDING has been furnished to: JON KEMPTON
KOCHA, FED USA, 11566 Buckhaven Lane, West Palm Beach, FL 33412-1607; JON
KEMPTON KOCHA, 13700 U § Highway One, Suite #102, Juno Beach, FL 33408-1600 by
Certified Mail this 3/ <7 day of 71 iet 6 st , 2006.
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Dickson E. Kesler““” Es
Division of Legal Sers ies
Department of Financial Services
Suite $-225, Hurston Bldg.
400 W. Robinson St.
Orlando, Florida 32801
(407) 835-4409 Phone
(407) 317-7217 Fax
Florida Bar Number 0884952
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Docket for Case No: 06-003760PL
Issue Date |
Proceedings |
Jan. 16, 2007 |
Order Closing File. CASE CLOSED.
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Jan. 12, 2007 |
Motion to Relinquish Jurisdiction filed.
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Dec. 01, 2006 |
Order Granting Continuance and Re-scheduling Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for January 29, 2007; 9:00 a.m.; West Palm Beach and Tallahassee, FL).
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Nov. 28, 2006 |
Motion to Continue filed.
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Nov. 21, 2006 |
Respondent`s Response to First Request for Production of Documents filed.
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Nov. 21, 2006 |
Respondent`s Answers to First Set of Interrogatories filed.
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Nov. 21, 2006 |
Respondent`s Response to First Request for Admissions filed.
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Oct. 20, 2006 |
Petitioner`s First Request for Production of Documents filed.
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Oct. 20, 2006 |
Petitioner`s First Request for Admissions filed.
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Oct. 20, 2006 |
Petitioner`s Notice of Service of First Set of Interrogatories to Respondent filed.
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Oct. 20, 2006 |
Petitioner`s Response to Respondent`s Request to Produce filed.
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Oct. 18, 2006 |
Order of Pre-hearing Instructions.
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Oct. 18, 2006 |
Notice of Hearing by Video Teleconference (hearing set for December 15, 2006; 9:00 a.m.; West Palm Beach and Tallahassee, FL).
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Oct. 16, 2006 |
Request to Produce to Department of Financial Service filed.
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Oct. 12, 2006 |
Petitioner`s Response to Initial Order filed.
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Oct. 11, 2006 |
Response to Initial Order filed.
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Oct. 04, 2006 |
Initial Order.
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Oct. 03, 2006 |
Administrative Complaint filed.
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Oct. 03, 2006 |
Answer to Administrative Complaint and Request for Formal Administrative Hearing filed.
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Oct. 03, 2006 |
Agency referral filed.
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