17:36-5.32. Penalties
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3. If the commissioner determines that an insurer has committed or performed, with such frequency as to indicate a general business practice, violations of any provisions of this act, the commissioner may impose a civil penalty in an amount up to $2,500 for the first violation and up to $5,000 for each and every subsequent violation, collectible in an action brought in the name of the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of the "Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.).
A violation is a general business practice of failing to provide notice to a policyholder, where the failure is not due to the commissioner's failure to prescribe the notices required pursuant to this act.
L.2000,c.84,s.3.