The verified answer is D — withhold the licensee's commissions and/or fees. New York Insurance Law §2110 authorizes the Superintendent of Financial Services to refuse renewal, revoke, or suspend an insurance producer's, consultant's, adjuster's, or other covered license when the licensee has used fraudulent, coercive, or dishonest practices or engaged in specified misconduct.
New York law also authorizes monetary penalties. Insurance Law §2127 permits the Superintendent, in lieu of license revocation or suspension in qualifying proceedings, to impose a monetary penalty. Thus, A and B clearly represent recognized regulatory sanctions.
Option D is the required exception because withholding commissions or fees otherwise earned by a licensee is not listed as the Article 21 disciplinary sanction for fraudulent or dishonest practice. Regulatory action may affect the person's continuing authority to transact insurance and can include suspension, revocation, nonrenewal, and statutory penalties, but it does not operate simply by confiscating the licensee's compensation.
The video's use of “Insurance Commissioner” should also be corrected for New York: the appropriate regulator is the Superintendent of Financial Services.
The Series 17-70 outline tests licensing, disciplinary actions, penalties, suspension, revocation, and prohibited fraudulent or dishonest conduct.
Therefore, D is the verified answer.
