Checked and updated 1/12/2011

Licensing Requirements: Information from TDOI

Catastrophe or Emergency Adjusters In Texas

• Nonresident insurance adjusters exemption: Nonresident insurance adjusters do not have to be licensed in Texas when acting as a temporary substitute for a licensed adjuster for the adjustment of losses arising out of a catastrophe common to all such losses.
• Individuals not otherwise licensed as adjusters may be emergency adjusters: In the event of a catastrophe, an emergency adjuster license may be issued to residents or nonresidents of Texas who may or may not be otherwise licensed adjusters.
• 90 day period: The emergency license will remain in force for 90 days with an allowable 90 day extension.
• Emergency Adjusters not required to receive a Texas license before commencing work: Within five days of any applicant commencing work, the employer shall submit an application for the emergency adjuster. The emergency adjuster does not have to receive a Texas adjuster license before beginning work as an emergency adjuster.
• Emergency adjuster applications given first priority in processing: Emergency adjuster applications are processed on the day received ahead of all other applications.
• Applications and license status is available on the Internet: Our website contains a copy of the application for licensing and displays the status of individual licensees. The website location is: www.tdi.state.tx.us 

Texas will grant reciprocity in licensing non-resident adjusters.

The following states issue an adjuster license that would allow reciprocal licensing in Texas.