HB591 Alabama 2015 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Insurance Department, adjusters, public adjusters licensed and regulated, adjustment of claims on behalf of insured party, license fees, Sec. 27-4-2 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, insurance adjusters are defined to be representatives of the insurance company and not of the insured</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would provide for the licensing and regulation of public adjusters of insurance claims on behalf of insureds</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to insurance; to provide for the qualifications and procedures for the licensing of public adjusters; to provide definitions and exceptions to the licensing and registration requirements; to require public adjusters to take and pass a written examination, with exception; to provide for nonresident licensing; to require public adjusters to complete a minimum of 24 hours of continuing education on a biennial basis; to provide standards of conduct for public adjusters; to require public adjusters to report administrative action taken against them in other jurisdictions; to give the Commissioner of Insurance authority to promulgate rules necessary to administer and enforce this act; to authorize a delayed effective date for certain provisions; and to amend Section 27-4-2, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended by Act 2014-346, to provide license and application fees for public adjusters. </p>

Subjects

Insurance Department