(a) The director may deny issuance of or not renew a license or may suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter for any of the following:


(1) a cause for which issuance of the license or its renewal could have been denied had it then existed and been known to the director;


(2) a violation or participation in a violation of a provision of this title;


(3) wilful misrepresentation or fraud by the licensee or applicant to obtain or attempt to obtain a license;


(4) misappropriation, conversion to personal use, or illegally withholding money required to be held in a fiduciary capacity by a licensee or applicant;


(5) with intent to deceive, material misrepresentation of the terms or effect of an insurance contract by a licensee or applicant;


(6) twisting in violation of AS 21.36.050
or rebating in violation of AS 21.36.100
by a licensee or applicant;


(7) conviction of a felony;


(8) the conduct of affairs under a license if the licensee exhibits conduct considered by the director to reflect incompetence or untrustworthiness, or to be a source of potential injury and loss to the public;


(9) the licensee or applicant dealing with, or attempting to deal with, or to exercise a power relative to, insurance outside the scope of the license of the licensee or applicant;


(10) [Repealed, Sec. 29 ch 30 SLA 2009].


(11) [Repealed, Sec. 29 ch 30 SLA 2009].


(12) [Repealed, Sec. 29 ch 30 SLA 2009].


(13) a licensee or applicant engaging in or about to engage in an unfair or fraudulent insurance transaction;


(14) suspension or revocation of a license in another jurisdiction;


(15) forgery of another's name to an application for insurance by a licensee or applicant;


(16) accepting insurance business from a person not licensed as required by this title if the applicant or licensee knew or should have known that the person was unlicensed.


(b) The license of a firm and its compliance officer may be denied, nonrenewed, suspended, or revoked for a violation or cause that relates to a person representing or acting on behalf of the firm.