In a pair of orders issued by the Insurance Council of British Columbia, Jasbir Singh Minhas and his son, Jaspreet Jason Singh Minhas, were each suspended – for a period of one year, and a period of nine months, respectively – after Jaspreet was in a car accident with a suspended driver’s license and fled the scene, before his father claimed to be the driver.
Jasbir Minhas, licensed since May 2000, was the nominee of two different agencies he had an authorization to represent. In addition to being suspended for one year, his general insurance agent level 2 license will be downgraded for a period of one year once he returns. In addition, Minhas was ordered to pay investigation costs in the amount of $2,375, and complete three different courses before reapplying for his reinstated license.
His son, Jaspreet Minhas, licensed since November 2010, had his general insurance license suspended for nine months, it will be downgraded for a period of one year following the suspension, and he is ordered to complete two courses and pay costs in the amount of $2,347.50 before reapplying for a license in the future.
According to both intended decisions, the pair are accused of misleading the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) and law enforcement. They also failed to notify the Insurance Council of British Columbia about the sanctions imposed by the ICBC, charges and Jaspreet’s conviction under the Insurance Vehicle Act.
“The father reported the accident to ICBC indicating that he was the driver,” Jaspreet’s intended decision states, adding that both continued to insist throughout the investigation that the father had been the driver – something Jasbir Minhas later admitted to the regulator’s investigators. According to the intended decision, Jaspreet Minhas’ driving record indicates multiple suspensions over the past several years.
In addition to allegations related to the traffic accident, Jasbir Minhas is also being sanctioned for processing 13 of his own Autoplan transactions between September 2016 and January 2019. Both father and son were suspended from using the system for one year.
“Council found the licensee’s misconduct – not reporting a charge and processing his own ICBC transactions – to be a disregard for the laws governing an insurance licensee’s conduct,” the regulator states in Jasbir Minhas’ intended decision. “Also, council found that the licensee made several misstatements during its investigation. As an experienced insurance agent with over 20 years of licensed experience in the insurance industry, the licensee ought to have known his conduct was unacceptable.”
