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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="10-402" title_number="10" title_name="Regulation of Insurance Professions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Public Adjusters">
  <text>This subtitle does not apply to:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>an adjuster for or an insurance producer or employee of an insurer or group of insurers under common control or ownership that, as representative of the insurer or group, adjusts losses or damages under policies issued by the insurer or group;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>an insurance producer that acts as an adjuster without compensation for an insured for whom the insurance producer is acting as an insurance producer;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>an attorney at law who does not:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>regularly act as a public adjuster; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>represent to the public by sign, advertisement, or otherwise that the attorney at law acts as a public adjuster;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>a person who negotiates or settles claims arising under:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>a life, health, or motor vehicle insurance policy; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>an annuity contract;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>a person employed only for the purpose of obtaining facts surrounding a loss or furnishing technical assistance to a public adjuster, including a photographer, an estimator, a private investigator, an engineer, and a handwriting expert;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>a licensed health care provider, or an employee of a licensed health care provider, who prepares or files a health claim form on behalf of a patient; or</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>a person who settles subrogation claims between insurers.</text>
  </level>
</section>
