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New Hampshire · Through 2026 regular legislative session. Last updated: September 2026

RSA 402-J:12: License Nonrenewal, Suspension, or Revocation.

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  1. Title XXXVII: INSURANCE
  2. Chapter 402-J: PRODUCER LICENSING

I. The commissioner may, for good cause shown, after notice and hearing, place on probation, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew an insurance producer's license, and may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,500 per violation, or impose any combination of actions. Good cause includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(a) Providing incorrect, misleading, incomplete, or materially untrue information in the license application.

(b) Violating any insurance laws, or violating any rule, regulation, subpoena, or order of the commissioner or of another state's insurance commissioner

(c) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license through misrepresentation or fraud.

(d) Improperly withholding, misappropriating, or converting any moneys or properties in the course of doing insurance business.

(e) Intentionally misrepresenting the terms of an actual or proposed insurance contract or application for insurance.

(f) Having been convicted of a felony, or other offense of moral turpitude involving dishonesty, deceit, theft, willful misrepresentation, or which tends to discredit the profession.

(g) Having admitted or been found to have committed any unfair trade practice or fraud.

(h) Using fraudulent, coercive, or dishonest practices, or demonstrating incompetence, untrustworthiness or financial irresponsibility whether directly, as an individual, or through activities for an entity, in the conduct of any business activity, or fraud, misappropriation or conversion of funds, misrepresentation or breach of fiduciary duty involving any activity in this state or elsewhere.

(i) Having an insurance producer license, or its equivalent, denied, suspended, or revoked in any other state, province, district, or territory.

(j) Forging another's name to an application for insurance or to any document related to an insurance transaction.

(k) Improperly using notes or any other reference material to complete an examination for an insurance license.

(l) Knowingly accepting insurance business from an individual who is not licensed.

(m) Failing to comply with an administrative or court order imposing a child support obligation.

II. The license of a business entity may be suspended, revoked, or nonrenewed if the commissioner finds, after notice and hearing, that an individual licensee's violation was known or should have been known by one or more of the partners, officers, or managers acting on behalf of the partnership or corporation and the violation was neither reported to the commissioner nor had any corrective action been taken.

III. The commissioner shall retain the authority to enforce the provisions of and impose any penalty or remedy authorized by this chapter and title XXXVII against any person who is under investigation for or charged with a violation of this chapter or title XXXVII even if such person's license or registration has been surrendered or has lapsed by operation of law.

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