684A.020 - “Adjuster” defined.
684A.020 “Adjuster” defined.
1. As used in this Code, “adjuster” means any person who, for compensation as an independent contractor or for a fee or commission, investigates and settles, and reports to his or her principal relative to, claims:
(a) Arising under insurance contracts for property, casualty or surety coverage, on behalf solely of the insurer or the insured; or
(b) Against a self-insurer who is providing similar coverage, unless the coverage provided relates to a claim for industrial insurance.
2. For the purposes of this chapter:
(a) An associate adjuster, as defined in NRS 684A.030;
(b) An attorney at law who adjusts insurance losses from time to time incidental to the practice of his or her profession;
(c) An adjuster of ocean marine losses;
(d) A salaried employee of an insurer; or
(e) A salaried employee of a managing general agent maintaining an underwriting office in this state,
Ê is not considered an adjuster.
(Added to NRS by 1971, 1661; A 1981, 270; 1987, 141; 1993, 2389; 1995, 1615)