Oklahoma § 36-6203 - Persons not deemed adjusters or required to obtain

§ 36-6203. Persons not deemed adjusters or required to obtain

license.

The definition of an insurance adjuster shall not be deemed to

include, and a license as an insurance adjuster shall not be

required of, the following:

1. A licensed agent or general agent of an insurer who

processes undisputed or uncontested losses for the insurers solely

pursuant to the provisions of policies issued by the agent, or his

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 36. Insurance

agency, if the agent or general agent receives no extra compensation

for such services;

2. A person engaged in investigating, adjusting, negotiating,

or processing claims arising pursuant to the provisions of life

insurance, annuity, or accident and health insurance contracts;

3. A nonresident who occasionally is in this state to adjust a

single loss or losses arising pursuant to the provisions of a policy

of marine insurance;

4. A salaried employee of a licensed insurer whose primary

duties are not adjusting, investigating, or supervising insurance

claims;

5. A licensed attorney in the State of Oklahoma who adjusts

insurance losses from time to time, incidental to the practice of

law, and who does not advertise or represent that he is an adjuster;

6. A person employed solely for the purpose of furnishing

technical assistance to a licensed adjuster, including but not

limited to photographers, appraisers, estimators, private

detectives, engineers, handwriting experts, and attorneys-at-law;

7. A person who performs clerical duties for a licensed insurer

or organization that handles claims and who does not negotiate

disputed or contested claims for the insurer or organization that

handles claims;

8. A nonresident insurance adjuster who is actively licensed in

another state and who is in this state no more than once a year for

the purpose of adjusting a single loss or who is acting as a

temporary substitute for a licensed adjuster; or

9. An individual who collects claim information from, or

furnishes claim information to, insured customers or claimants, and

who conducts data entry including entering data into an automated

claims adjudication system, provided that the individual is an

employee of a licensed independent adjuster or an affiliate where no

more than twenty-five persons are under the supervision of one

licensed independent adjuster or licensed agent. A licensed agent

acting as a supervisor pursuant to this paragraph is not required to

be licensed as an adjuster.

Added by Laws 1973, c. 178, § 3. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 129, § 2,

eff. Nov. 1, 1983; Laws 2009, c. 176, § 40, eff. Nov. 1, 2009; Laws

2011, c. 278, § 31, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2019, c. 294, § 8, eff.

Nov. 1, 2019.