Fort Myers Life Insurance Broker Charged With Policy Fraud, Misusing ID Info

www.insurancejournal.com, June 4, 2024

Florida financial regulators have charged a Fort Myers insurance broker with taking out a life insurance policy on a person without their knowledge and misusing the person’s identification information.

Bryce Corey Tyminski, 26, was arrested and booked into the Lee County jail late last week, charged with insurance fraud and use of another person’s identification. He was released Friday on a $2,500 bond.

Investigators with the state Department of Financial Services began looking into Tyminski after the alleged victim had filed a complaint, the DFS said in a statement Tuesday. The investigation found that in November 2023, the broker allegedly wrote two life insurance policies in the victim’s name, with Americo Financial Life and Annuity Insurance Co. and with American Amicable Life Insurance Co. of Texas, in an attempt to collect some $1,200 in commission, DFS said.

He also used the person’s ID information without their consent and used a false address and fake email account on the insurance application, DFS said.

“Tyminski knowingly presented false, incomplete, and misleading information as part of an application for issuance of an insurance policy,” the department’s statement reads. The alleged victim’s name was not provided.

The DFS webpage shows that Tyminski holds a life insurance and annuity agent license, issued in March 2023. He is currently appointed with 11 insurance carriers.

Tyminski, who also lists a Sarasota address, could not be reached for comment Tuesday morning at the phone number and email address shown on the DFS license page. His Facebook page shows he is a former U.S. Marine and was a top producer last year for a life insurance and financial firm.

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