Licensing of Public Insurance Adjusters

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28 Tex. Admin. Code ch. 19, subch. H - Licensing of Public Insurance Adjusters (ss. 19.701-19.713) is a regulation published by Cornell Legal Information Institute (law.cornell.edu), publication of the Texas Administrative Code. It is one of the Texas documents that insurance license exam questions are written from, including texas claims adjuster practice questions. This page summarizes it and points to the official version, which is the text to rely on.

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• 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.708(b)(11) (Public Insurance Adjuster Contracts)

  “(11) a statement that under any method of compensation, the total commission payable to the public insurance adjuster, including expenses, direct costs, or any other costs accrued by the public insurance adjuster, must not exceed 10% of the amount of the insurance settlement;”

• 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.708(b)(7)(A) (Public Insurance Adjuster Contracts)

  “(A) "NOTICE: The insured may cancel this contract by written notice to the public insurance adjuster within 72 hours of signature for any reason.";”

• 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.708(b)(8) (Public Insurance Adjuster Contracts)

  “(8) the statement: "If the insurance carrier pays or commits in writing to pay to the insured the policy limits of the insurance policy under Insurance Code § 862.053, concerning Fire and Marine Insurance Companies, within 72 hours of the loss being reported to the insurer, the public insurance...”

• 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.708(d) (Public Insurance Adjuster Contracts)

  “(d) All public insurance adjusters in Texas must use a written contract that is in the form prescribed by the department and that complies with all relevant Insurance Code requirements and department rules. Public insurance adjusters must select from the following contract form options: (1) a...”

• 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.707 (Type of Financial Responsibility)

  “A surety bond used to maintain and demonstrate proof of financial responsibility under §§ 19.705 and 19.706 of this subchapter (relating to Financial Responsibility Requirement and Demonstrating Financial Responsibility) must: (1) be in the form specified by the department; (2) be executed by the...”

• 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.704(c)(3) (Public Insurance Adjuster Licensing)

  “(3) at least one officer of the corporation or one active partner of the partnership and all other persons performing any acts of a public insurance adjuster on behalf of the corporation or partnership in this state are individually licensed by the department separately from the corporation or partnership;”

• 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.704(f) (Public Insurance Adjuster Licensing)

  “(f) Each corporation or partnership must notify the department not later than the 30th day after the date of: (1) a felony conviction of a licensed public insurance adjuster of the entity or any individual associated with the corporation or partnership who is required to file biographical...”

• 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.704(j) (Public Insurance Adjuster Licensing)

  “(j) Notwithstanding subsection (h) of this section, a change in control is considered approved if the department has not proposed to deny the requested change before the 61st day after the date the department receives all information required by this section.”

• 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.704(m) (Public Insurance Adjuster Licensing)

  “(m) Each public insurance adjuster must maintain all insurance records, including all records relating to customer complaints received from customers and the department, separate from the records of any other business in which the person may be engaged and in the manner specified in Insurance Code...”

• 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.713(a) (Public Insurance Adjuster Rules of Professional Conduct and Ethics)

  “(a) This section states legal and ethical requirements that are of prime importance for public insurance adjusters' professional conduct. This section does not exhaust the legal or ethical requirements that govern public insurance adjusters. This section details requirements similar to the codes of...”

• 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 19.702 (Type of Public Insurance Adjuster Licenses)

  “The department will issue a single public insurance license under Insurance Code Chapter 4102, concerning Public Insurance Adjustors and the provisions of this subchapter.”

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