While wildfires continue to devastate California, the Department of Insurance published a notice reminding all licensed public adjusters of the laws governing how they may contact policyholders following a disaster.

Anyone providing public adjusting services must have a public insurance adjuster licensed with the California DOI. Public adjusters may not solicit business or contact policyholders at certain times after a disaster has occurred. They are prohibited from soliciting business from disaster victims until 7 days after the disaster has ended. They also may not make contact between 6 PM and 8 AM unless given permission by the policyholder.

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