Public Adjusters Can’t Also Be Appraisers on the Claim, Florida Supreme Court Finds

The Florida Supreme Court ruled that a public adjuster cannot act as an appraiser for a homeowner they represent when the insurance policy specifies that the appraiser must be “disinterested.” The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by Jon Douglas Parrish against State Farm Insurance over damages suffered during Hurricane Irma. Parrish had wanted to […]


