Insurance adjusters.

WORKING DRAFT
2012
STATE OF
WYOMING
12LSO-0130

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0059

Insurance adjusters.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Illoway and Blikre and Senator(s) Case

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
insurance; providing for licensure of Canadian adjusters; providing an
exception
from licensure for persons collecting insurance claim information as specified;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.
W.S. 26
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9
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219(b)(ii), (e) and by creating new subsections (f) through (h)
is
amended to read:

26
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9
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219.

Adjuster
'
s license; exception; notification.

(b)

To be licensed as an adjuster the applicant shall:

(ii)

Except as provided in subsection (f) or (g) of this section, b
e a resident of Wyoming or of another state which permits residents of Wyoming to act as adjusters in that state;

(e)

For purposes of this section,
"
home state
"
means the District of Columbia and any state or territory of the United States in which an adjuster maintains his principal place of residence or business and is licensed to act as a resident adjuster
, or, if the
resident state does not license adjusters, or if
adjuster resides in Canada,
the adjuster shall designate as his home state any state in which the adjuster is licensed and in good standing
.

(f)

A resident of Canada may be licensed as an adjuster and may designate Wyoming as his home state if
the
person has successfully passed the adjuster examination and has complied with
all
other applicable
provisions
of this
s
ection.

(g)

A resident of Canada may be licensed as a nonresident adjuster if
he
has been granted a resident
or home state
license from another state
with
licensure
requirements similar to the requirements of the state of Wyoming as determined by the
c
ommissioner.

(h)

This section
shall
not apply to an individual who collects claim information from, or furnishes claim information to, insureds or claimants, and who conducts data entry
,
including entering data into an automated claims adjudication system, provided that no more than
twenty-five (
25
)
such persons are under the supervision of one
(1)
licensed adjuster or licensed agent who is exemp
t from licensure pursuant to W.
S. 26
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1
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102(a)(i). For purposes of this section,
"
a
utomated claims adjudication system
"
means a preprogrammed computer system designed for the collection, data entry, calculation and final resolution of property insurance claims which:

(i)

M
ay only be utilized by a licensed adjuster, licensed agent or supervised individuals operating pursuant to this
subsection;

(ii)

Shall
comply with all claims payment requirements of
this title; and

(iii)

Shall
be certified as compliant with this
sub
section by a licensed independent adjuster
who
is an officer of the entity which employs the individuals operating pursuant to this
subs
ection.

Section 2.
This act is effective July 1, 2012.

(END)

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