Texas Insurance Code Title 13, Chapter 4101 - Insurance Adjusters

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 4101.001 - Definitions
  (a) In this chapter: (1) "Adjuster" means a person who: (A) investigates or adjusts losses on behalf of an insurer as an independent contractor or...
• Texas Section 4101.002 - General Exemptions
  (a) This chapter does not apply to: (1) an attorney who: (A) adjusts insurance losses periodically and incidentally to the practice of law; and (B)...
• Texas Section 4101.003 - Temporary Exemption
  An individual who is undergoing training as an adjuster under the supervision of a licensed adjuster may act as an adjuster for a period not...
• Texas Section 4101.004 - Reciprocity
  The department may waive any license requirement imposed under this chapter for an applicant who holds a valid license from another state if the state...

SUBCHAPTER B LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

• Texas Section 4101.005 - Rules
  The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter and to meet the minimum requirements of federal law, including regulations. Added by Acts 2003,...
• Texas Section 4101.051 - License Required
  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, a person may not act as or represent that the person is an adjuster in this state unless...
• Texas Section 4101.052 - Application
  (a) An applicant for a license under this chapter must submit to the department an application on a form prescribed and provided by the department,...
• Texas Section 4101.053 - Qualifications; Issuance
  (a) To qualify for a license under this chapter, an individual must: (1) comply with this chapter; (2) present evidence satisfactory to the department that...
• Texas Section 4101.054 - Examination Required
  (a) To be eligible for a license under this chapter, an applicant must personally take and pass, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, a written...
• Texas Section 4101.055 - Examination Procedures
  (a) The department shall prepare and make available to applicants instructions specifying in general terms the subjects that may be covered in an examination required...
• Texas Section 4101.056 - Exemption From Examination Requirement
  (a) An applicant for a license under this chapter is not required to pass an examination under Section 4101.054 to receive the license if the...
• Texas Section 4101.057 - Fees
  (a) Before issuing or renewing a license under this chapter, the department shall set and collect a nonrefundable license application fee in an amount not...
• Texas Section 4101.058 - License Form
  (a) The commissioner shall prescribe the form of a license issued under this chapter. (b) A license must contain: (1) the adjuster's name; (2) the...
• Texas Section 4101.059 - Continuing Education: General Requirements
  (a) To renew a license under this chapter, a licensed adjuster must participate in a continuing education program under Chapter 4004. (b) The department may...
• Texas Section 4101.060 - Continuing Education: Exemptions And Waivers
  (a) On written request of a licensed adjuster and if the department determines that the adjuster is unable to comply with continuing education requirements under...

SUBCHAPTER C SPECIAL LICENSES

• Texas Section 4101.061 - Expiration; Renewal
  Expiration and renewal of a license issued under this chapter are governed by Sections 4003.001 and 4004.055, rules adopted by the commissioner, and any applicable...
• Texas Section 4101.101 - Emergency License
  (a) If a catastrophe or an emergency arises out of a disaster, act of God, riot, civil commotion, conflagration, or other similar occurrence, the commissioner...

SUBCHAPTER D POWERS AND DUTIES OF ADJUSTER

• Texas Section 4101.102 - Limited License
  (a) If considered necessary by the commissioner, the department may issue a limited license to an applicant in the manner otherwise provided for the issuance...
• Texas Section 4101.151 - Place Of Business
  (a) A licensed adjuster shall maintain a place of business that is: (1) located at the place at which the adjuster principally conducts transactions under...

SUBCHAPTER E ENFORCEMENT

• Texas Section 4101.152 - Referral By Insurer
  (a) An insurer may not knowingly refer a claim or loss for adjustment in this state to a person purporting to be or acting as...
• Texas Section 4101.201 - Grounds For Disciplinary Action
  (a) The commissioner may discipline an adjuster or deny an application for a license under this chapter under a department rule or any applicable insurance...
• Texas Section 4101.202 - Reinstatement Or Reissuance Of License
  The commissioner may not reinstate or reissue the license of a license holder or former license holder whose license has been suspended, revoked, or refused...
• Texas Section 4101.203 - Criminal Penalty
  A person commits an offense if the person violates Section 4101.051 or 4101.102(c). An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by: (1) a...
• Texas Section 4101.251 - Certain Roofing-related Business Prohibited
  (a) An insurance adjuster licensed under this chapter may not adjust a loss related to roofing damage on behalf of an insurer if the adjuster...

Last modified: September 28, 2016