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2011 Florida Statutes
SECTION 859
"Catastrophe" or "emergency" adjuster defined.
"Catastrophe" or "emergency" adjuster defined.
626.859 “Catastrophe” or “emergency” adjuster defined.—A “catastrophe” or “emergency” adjuster is a person who is not a licensed adjuster under this part, but who has been designated and certified to the department by insurers as qualified to adjust claims, losses, or damages under policies or contracts of insurance issued by such insurer, and whom the department may license, in the event of a catastrophe or emergency, for the purposes and under the conditions which the department shall fix and for the period of the emergency as the department shall determine, to adjust claims, losses, or damages under the policies of insurance issued by the insurers.
History.—s. 322, ch. 59-205; ss. 13, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 81-282; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 275, 293, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; ss. 138, 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 974, ch. 2003-261; s. 55, ch. 2004-390.