RCW 48.17.410
Authority of adjuster.
An adjuster shall have authority under an adjuster's license only to either investigate and negotiate settlement relative to insurance claims, or apply the factual circumstances of an insurance claim to the insurance policy provisions, or both, to the adjuster's principal upon claims as limited under RCW 48.17.010(1) on behalf only of the insurers if licensed as an independent adjuster, or on behalf only of insureds if licensed as a public adjuster. An adjuster licensed concurrently as both an independent and a public adjuster shall not represent both the insurer and the insured in the same transaction.
[ 2021 c 22 § 3; 2007 c 117 § 20; 1947 c 79 § .17.41; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 45.17.41.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 48.17 - Insurance Producers, Title Insurance Agents, and Adjusters.
48.17.062 - Insurance producer license not required under chapter 117, Laws of 2007.
48.17.063 - Unlicensed activities—Acts committed in this state—Sanctions.
48.17.090 - Application for license—Commissioner's findings.
48.17.110 - Examination of applicants—Exemptions—Rules.
48.17.125 - Examination questions—Confidentiality—Penalties.
48.17.150 - Continuing education courses and requirements—Rules.
48.17.153 - Agents selling federal flood insurance policies—Training requirements.
48.17.160 - Appointment of agents—Approval—Termination—Fees.
48.17.173 - Nonresident license request—Conditions for approval—Service of legal process.
48.17.175 - In-state applicant has license in another state.
48.17.180 - Doing business under any name other than legal name.
48.17.250 - Insurance producer's bond.
48.17.270 - Insurance producer as insurer's agent—Compensation—Disclosure.
48.17.380 - Adjusters—Application form—Qualifications for license—Bond.
48.17.390 - Independent, public, or crop adjusters—Separate licenses.
48.17.410 - Authority of adjuster.
48.17.430 - Public adjuster's bond.
48.17.450 - Place of business.
48.17.460 - Display of license.
48.17.470 - Records of insurance producers, title insurance agents, adjusters.
48.17.475 - Licensee to reply promptly to inquiry by commissioner.
48.17.480 - Reporting and accounting for premiums.
48.17.490 - Must be licensed to receive a commission, service fee, or other valuable consideration.
48.17.510 - Temporary licenses—Restrictions—Commissioner's discretion.
48.17.535 - License or certificate suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
48.17.540 - Procedure to suspend, revoke, or refuse—Effect of conviction of felony.
48.17.550 - Duration of suspension.
48.17.560 - Fines may be imposed.
48.17.563 - Insurance education providers—Commissioner's approval—Renewal fee.
48.17.565 - Insurance education providers—Violations—Costs awarded.
48.17.568 - Insurance education providers—Bond.
48.17.591 - Termination of agency contract—Effect on insured—Definition—Application of section.
48.17.600 - Separation of premium funds.
48.17.901 - Effective date—2007 c 117.
48.17.902 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.