Sec. 11. (a) A person who adjusts an insurance loss without having obtained the required certificate of authority or who adjusts an insurance loss after his certificate of authority has been cancelled, suspended, or revoked by the commissioner of insurance commits a Class B infraction.

     (b) A person who makes any false statement pertaining to any matter or thing required by this chapter to be made commits a Class B infraction.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-27-11

  • certificate of authority: means an instrument in writing issued by the department to an insurer, which sets out the authority of such insurer to engage in the business of insurance or activities connected therewith. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • Commissioner: means the "insurance commissioner" of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Insurance: means a contract of insurance or an agreement by which one (1) party, for a consideration, promises to pay money or its equivalent or to do an act valuable to the insured upon the destruction, loss or injury of something in which the other party has a pecuniary interest, or in consideration of a price paid, adequate to the risk, becomes security to the other against loss by certain specified risks; to grant indemnity or security against loss for a consideration. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, and partnerships; personal pronoun includes all genders; the singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
     (c) A contract or agreement for compensation or services made between any insured and a public adjuster for any loss suffered by the insured which occurred in Indiana is void unless the public adjuster, at the time of the making of the contract or agreement, has a certificate of authority issued by the commissioner of insurance under this chapter.

     (d) This section does not limit the authority of the commissioner of insurance to suspend, revoke, place on probation, or refuse to issue a certificate of authority.

As added by P.L.257-1983, SEC.1.

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