Okla. Stat. tit. 36, § 36-6203
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Persons not deemed adjusters or required to obtain
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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 Page 1162
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.
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 Page 1162
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.
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