Sec. 2. (a) No individual or corporation shall act within Indiana as a public adjuster, or receive, directly or indirectly, compensation or reward for services rendered in the adjustment of any claim or claims under the types of insurance policies set forth in section 1(g) of this chapter, unless the individual, or it, is the holder of a certificate of authority to act as such public adjuster issued by the commissioner of insurance of the state of Indiana pursuant to this chapter.

     (b) Any individual or corporation who, or which, shall have received from the commissioner of insurance a public adjuster’s certificate of authority shall be styled and be known as a “Certified Public Adjuster”.

As added by P.L.257-1983, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.226-2023, SEC.5.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-1-27-2

  • 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
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • corporation: means an insurance company and includes all persons, partnerships, corporations, associations, orders or societies engaged in or proposing to engage in making any kind of insurance authorized by the laws of this state. See Indiana Code 27-1-2-3
  • 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
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