Stone & Edwards Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Department of Insurance

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Before this court are cross-motions for summary judgment questioning whether the Unfair Insurance Practices Act (UIPA)1 is unconstitutional because it permits commingling of prosecutorial and adjudicative fune-tions in the office of Insurance Commissioner (Commissioner), and whether the Insurance Department’s (Department) placing of ad-mimstrative “holds” on an agent s appliea-tions is improper,

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Stone & Edwards Insurance Agency, Inc. (Stone & Edwards) is a licensed corporation authorized to sell insurance2 within the Commonwealth. Both Emerson Lightner and Gary Lightner…