H1113 • 2025

An Act regarding public insurance adjusters

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Sponsor: Tackey Chan
Last action: 2026-02-09
Official status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act regarding public insurance adjusters

An Act regarding public insurance adjusters By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act regarding public insurance adjusters By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
1113) of Tackey Chan relative to public insurance adjusters.
Financial Services.
Status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill History

2026-02-09 House
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-02-09 House
Rules suspended
2026-02-09 House
Read second and ordered to a third reading
2026-01-15 House
Accompanied a study order, see H4931
2026-01-15 House
Reported from the committee on House Rules
2026-01-15 House
Reported on a part of H4931
2026-01-15 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-10-27 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 11/04/2025 from 10:30 AM-01:30 PM in A-2
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Financial Services
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act regarding public insurance adjusters
By Representative Chan of Quincy, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1113) of Tackey Chan relative to public insurance adjusters. Financial Services.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill H.1113

SECTION 1. Section 162 of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the last paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

Whoever, for compensation, not being an attorney at law acting in the usual course of his profession, directly or indirectly solicits from an insured, or the representative of the insured, or performs services pursuant to an agreement, assignment, engagement, or undertaking either to represent the insured or to act as the assignee of the insured in connection with the assessment of damages, negotiation, settlement, appraisal or reference of a loss under a fire insurance policy, homeowners insurance policy, commercial multi-peril insurance policy, business interruption insurance policy, fidelity bond or crime insurance policy, inland or ocean marine insurance policy, or other property damage insurance coverage of any sort, shall be a public insurance adjuster.

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