APPENDIX 5 AMENDMENT TO THE CALIFORNIA INSURANCE CODE

• Jurisdiction: United States

Insurance Code re: Public Adjusters

Note: Author's comments are in italics.

Amendment to the California Insurance Code

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2578, Cardenas. Insurance: public insurance adjusters.

Existing law provides for the regulation of public insurance adjusters. Existing law prohibits any person from engaging in the business of public insurance adjusting, or from acting as or representing himself or herself to be, a public insurance adjuster without a license.

This bill would provide for certain civil penalties for violating this prohibition. This bill would also provide that any contract for relevant services entered into by an insured with any unlicensed person may be voided at the option of the insured and would provide that the insured is not liable for payment of any past services rendered or future services to be...