Chandler v. Office of the Insurance Commissioner

¶1 Jack Chandler challenges the order revoking his Washington insurance agent’s license. He asserts the review judge applied the wrong duty of care and burden of proof and her final order was not supported by substantial evidence. Under the recent Supreme Court holding in Ongom v. Department of Health, professional disciplinary hearings require clear and convincing proof.1 The review judge based her ruling here on both the former preponderance of the evidence and the anticipated clear and convincing evidence standards and correctly rejected the administrative law judge’s use of caveat emptor…