490. An insurer convicted of an offence under section 480 or 482 is liable to a minimum fine of $10,000, double the profit realized or one fifth of the sums entrusted to or collected by the person, whichever is the greatest amount. The maximum fine is $200,000, four times the profit realized or half the sums entrusted to or collected by the person, whichever is the greatest amount.
In the case of a second or subsequent conviction, the minimum and maximum fines are doubled.
1998, c. 37, s. 490; 2008, c. 7, s. 97.