Whenever it appears to the Commissioner that any insurer or any director, officer, employee, or agent of any insurer has committed a willful violation of this chapter, the Commissioner may cause criminal proceedings to be instituted by the superior court of the county in which the principal office of the insurer is located or, if the insurer has no such office in the state, by the Superior Court of Fulton County against the insurer or the responsible director, officer, employee, or agent of the insurer.