Section 310.42 - Theft by insurance producers(a) Prohibition.--No insurance producer shall sell, solicit or negotiate a contract of insurance and fraudulently appropriate or convert to his own use or, with intent to use or fraudulently appropriate, take, or otherwise dispose of, or withhold, appropriate, lend, invest or otherwise use or apply money or substitutes for money received by him as an insurance producer contrary to the instructions or without the consent of the insurer.(b) Penalty.-- A person that violates this section commits a theft punishable in accordance with 18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 39 (relating to theft and related offenses).1921, May 17, P.L. 789, art. VI-A, § 642-A, added 2002, Dec. 6, P.L. 1183, No. 147, § 2, effective in 180 days.