Anawan Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Division of Insurance

The plaintiffs appeal from a decision of a judge of the Superior Court affirming a decision of the Commissioner of Insurance (commissioner), which in turn affirmed a decision and order of a hearing officer of the Division of Insurance (division). The decision held that the plaintiffs, Anawan Insurance Agency, Inc. (Anawan) and Stephen Michaels, one of its officers and directors, violated § 2 of G. L. c. 176D and § 177 of G. L. c. 175 by having paid compensation to one Kuntthy Prum at a time that Prum was not duly licensed as an insurance agent. The hearing officer ordered the plaintiffs to…