California Insurance Code

§ 15013

INS § 15013 Effective Jan 1, 2017Div. 5 · Ch. 2 · Art. 3

Statute text

Each applicant for a license as a public insurance adjuster shall, prior to issuance of the license, personally take and pass, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, an examination given by the department as follows:

(a)The examination shall be prescribed by the commissioner and shall be of sufficient scope to reasonably test the applicant’s knowledge, among other things, of basic insurance theory, essential elements of contracts, technical competence in the handling of the various lines for which the applicant is being tested, claims ethics and knowledge of the Unfair Practices Act, and the duties and responsibilities of public insurance adjusters under the law.

(b)The examination shall be given to applicants under the supervision of the department or the department’s examination contractor and shall be in written form.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 833, Sec. 9. (SB 488) Effective January 1, 2017.