Opinion
(AC 16510)
Argued April 30, 1997
Decision released June 10, 1997
Appeal from the decision by the insurance commissioner revoking the plaintiffs' licenses as insurance agents, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford and tried to the court, Maloney, J.; judgment dismissing the appeal, from which the plaintiffs appealed to this court. Affirmed.
Jonathan L. Gould, for the appellees (plaintiffs).
William J. Prensky, assistant attorney general, with whom, on the brief, was Richard Blumenthal, attorney general, for the appellee (defendant).
The record reveals overwhelming evidence that the plaintiffs violated General Statutes §§ 38a-769, 38a-815 and 38a-816 (8), the violation of any one of which would entitle the insurance commissioner to revoke the licenses of the plaintiffs.
The most recent pronouncement concerning judicial review of the penalty imposed by the commissioner is that set forth in Goldberg v. Ins. Dept., 207 Conn. 77, 87, 540 A.2d 365 (1988). There, the court held that the penalty is at the discretion of the commissioner but "such discretion must be exercised within statutory guidelines."
We conclude that the commissioner acted within such guidelines and that there was no abuse of discretion.