Article 7.5. Crop Insurance Adjusters of California Insurance Code >> Division 5. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 7.5.
(a) Upon application, the commissioner shall issue a crop
insurance adjuster license to a person who meets both of the
following requirements:
(1) Obtains an insurance adjuster license, with the exception of
the examination requirement of Section 14026.
(2) Provides evidence that he or she has satisfactorily completed
the loss adjustment training curriculum and competency testing
required by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation Standard
Reinsurance Agreement.
(b) For the purposes of this article, the following definitions
apply:
(1) "Crop insurance" means insurance provided by the private
insurance market that indemnifies for damage to crops from
unfavorable weather conditions, fire, lightning, flood, hail, insect
infestation, disease, or other yield-reducing conditions or perils,
and multiple peril crop insurance reinsured by the federal crop
insurance corporation.
(2) "Crop insurance adjuster" means a person who investigates,
negotiates, or settles crop insurance claims.
(c) A person shall not act as or purport to be a crop insurance
adjuster unless licensed as a crop insurance adjuster.
(d) A person shall not contract, employ, or use any other person
to adjust claims made under a crop insurance policy unless the other
person is licensed as a crop insurance adjuster.
(e) All provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted
pursuant to this chapter shall apply to crop insurance adjusters,
unless exempted by or in conflict with this article or the
regulations adopted pursuant to this article.
(f) The commissioner may adopt regulations to implement this
article, including, but not limited to, regulations that require
applicants to satisfy other competency requirements in addition to or
instead of those referred to in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a),
and regulations that establish standards of practice for crop
insurance adjusters.