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¹626.851  Short title.--This part may be referred to in any legal proceedings as the "Insurance Adjusters Law."

History.--s. 315, ch. 59-205; s. 3, ch. 81-282; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 293, 807, 810, ch. 82-243; ss. 206, 207, ch. 90-363; s. 4, ch. 91-429.

¹Note.--

A.  Section 81, ch. 2004-390, provides that "[t]he transfer of the regulation of adjusters from the Office of Insurance Regulation to the Department of Financial Services by this act shall not affect the regulation of adjusters in any administrative or judicial action of the Office of Insurance Regulation arising out of or involving the Office of Insurance Regulation before or pending on the effective date of this act, and the Department of Financial Services shall be substituted as a party in interest on any such pending action."

B.  Section 83, ch. 2004-390, provides that "[u]pon the effective date of this act, the rules or portions thereof of the Financial Services Commission which govern the regulation of insurance adjusters shall become rules or portions thereof of the Department of Financial Services as is appropriate to the corresponding regulatory or constitutional function and shall remain in effect until specifically amended or repealed in the manner provided by law."

C.  Section 21, ch. 2004-370, and s. 166, ch. 2004-390, provide that "[n]othing in this act shall be construed to create or be the basis of a civil action. Nothing in this act shall be construed as limiting settlement or adjustment of claims by methods that are otherwise permissible under Florida law."