BG Balmer & Co. v. COM. OF PA., INS. COMM.

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

B. G. Balmer & Company, Inc. (Balmer), appeals a Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioners (Commissioner) adjudication suspending its insurance business license for fifteen days, ordering it to cease and desist from unfair practices, and directing restitution pursuant to the Pennsylvania Unfair Insurance Practices Act (UIPA). We affirm.

The Insurance Department initiated an action against Balmer by filing an order to show cause, 4 alleg ing that Balmer violated Section 4 and 5(a)(l)(i) 5 of the UIPA by charging a hidden fee to a corporate client, The Saunders…