GENERAL EXEMPTIONS

(a) This chapter does not apply to: (1) an attorney who: (A) adjusts insurance losses periodically and incidentally to the practice of law; and (B) does not represent that the attorney is an adjuster; (2) a salaried employee of an insurer who is not regularly engaged in the adjustment, investigation, or supervision of insurance claims; (3) a person employed only to furnish technical assistance to a licensed adjuster, including: (A) an attorney; (B) an engineer; (C) an estimator; (D) a handwriting expert; (E) a photographer; and (F) a private detective; (4) an agent or general agent of an authorized insurer who processes an undisputed or uncontested loss for the insurer under a policy issued by the agent or general agent; (5) a person who performs clerical duties and does not negotiate with parties to disputed or contested claims; (6) a person who handles claims arising under life, accident, and health insurance policies; (7) a person: (A) who is employed principally as: (i) a right-of-way agent; or (ii) a right-of-way and claims agent; (B) whose primary responsibility is the acquisition of easements, leases, permits, or other real property rights; and (C) who handles only claims arising out of operations under those easements, leases, permits, or other contracts or contractual obligations; (8) an individual who is employed to investigate suspected fraudulent insurance claims but who does not adjust losses or determine claims payments; (9) a public insurance adjuster licensed under Chapter 4102; (10) an individual who: (A) collects claim information from, or furnishes claim information to, an insured or claimant and enters data into an automated claims adjudication system; and (B) is employed by a licensed independent adjuster or its affiliate under circumstances in which no more than 25 individuals performing duties described by Paragraph (A) are supervised by a single licensed independent adjuster or a single licensed agent; or (11) an individual employed by an insurer or an affiliate of the insurer who adjusts a loss not to exceed $500, or authorizes a payment on a claim for a loss for which there is a specified coverage limit of $500 or less, arising from a first-party claim under a property and casualty insurance policy. (b) A nonresident adjuster is not required to hold a license under this chapter to: (1) adjust a single loss in this state; (2) adjust losses arising out of a catastrophe common to all those losses; or (3) act as a temporary substitute for a licensed adjuster. (c) For purposes of Subsection (a)(6), claims arising under workers' compensation insurance policies, including claims relating to services provided through a certified workers' compensation health care network authorized under Chapter 1305, do not constitute claims arising under life, accident, or health insurance policies. (d) A licensed agent acting as a supervisor under Subsection (a)(10) is not required to be licensed as an adjuster.