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		<title>Public Adjuster Accused of Swiping $600,000 in Hurricane Ian Insurance Payments</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2026/04/06/336672.htm</link>
		
						<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
						<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Florida public adjuster, already facing prosecution for similar alleged misappropriation in 2024, now stands accused of diverting more than $600,000 in insurance settlements for homeowners hit by Hurricane Ian. Francisco Javier Chaparro-Araus, 46, of All Elements Public Adjusters in &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Public Adjuster Charged With Embezzling $130,000 Insurance Payment</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2025/11/03/333859.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 06:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[North Carolina authorities have arrested a public adjuster, accusing him of absconding with a $133,000 payout from the insurance carrier following a contentious roof claim. Tyler Dionysius Englin, 26, of Garner, North Carolina, was charged with embezzlement after the Department &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Insureds Need Early ACV Estimate to Claim Breach of Contract, Appeals Court Rules</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2025/10/16/333522.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 05:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[In what is being seen as a significant win for property insurers, a Florida appeals court found that Universal Property and Casualty Insurance Co. did not breach the insurance contract when it paid just $8,125 on a homeowner&#8217;s Hurricane Sally &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Contractor Offering &#8216;Claim Assistance&#8217; Fined for Acting as a Public Adjuster</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2025/10/15/333518.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Nathan Houdek fined a contractor his office said was acting as a public adjuster under Wisconsin law. Houdek imposed civil forfeitures of $6,000, finding the contractor violated the standards of Wis. Stat. ch. 629 by engaging in &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Public Adjuster, Already in Prison, Sentenced to Another 19 Years Concurrent</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2025/09/30/333237.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 05:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A public adjuster who pleaded guilty in March to defrauding Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co. and a Georgia church out of millions of dollars has been sentenced to 19 years in prison. A federal judge in Georgia last week also ordered &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Public Adjuster Pleads Guilty to Another Scam, This One on a Church in Georgia</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2025/03/31/329762.htm</link>
		
						<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
						<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Michael]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A notorious public adjuster, already in prison for scamming Louisiana and Texas residents out of insurance proceeds, last week pleaded guilty to defrauding Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co. and a Georgia church out of millions of dollars after the church was &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Alabama Singer/Public Adjuster Ordered to Wear Ankle Monitor, Stay Home</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2024/12/05/327729.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 16:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Austin Tanner]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Austin Tanner, a claims adjuster and aspiring country singer from Alabama, has been confined mostly to his home and must wear an ankle monitor after he violated the terms of his bail bond and traveled to the Country Music Awards &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Aspiring Alabama Country Singer/Claims Adjuster Charged After Violating Bond at CMA</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2024/12/03/327636.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 06:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[An Alabama public adjuster known as an aspiring country music singer has been re-arrested after reportedly violating the terms of his bond from an arrest earlier this year. Austin Tanner, of Orange Beach, also appears to be part owner of &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Court Rules Florida Insurer Can&#8217;t Object to Appraiser After the Award Is Decided</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2024/08/08/325590.htm</link>
		
						<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
						<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2024 13:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[If a property insurer is going to object to an appraisal panel member&#8217;s fee arrangement, it must do so early in the process – not after the panel provides an unfavorable, multimillion-dollar appraisal award. That was the word this week &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Viewpoint: How Public Adjusters Bridge The Gap in California&#8217;s Insurance Landscape</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2024/02/29/322148.htm</link>
		
						<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
						<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 06:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[When you consider the types of disaster that might befall a California homeowner, flooding might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But as climate change triggers more erratic weather patterns, bringing more frequent and extreme natural disasters—including &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>More Legal Troubles for Moseley Law Firm, Mitchell Adjusting</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southcentral/2023/03/17/315918.htm</link>
		
						<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Sams]]></dc:creator>
						<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 05:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A judge in Louisiana and a prosecutor in Texas have taken action to block two separate insurance fraud schemes: One by a law firm whose lawyers admitted filing claims on behalf of homeowners it did not represent and another by &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Fla. Supreme: Public Adjuster with Contingent Fee Agreement Cannot Act as Appraiser</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southeast/2023/02/10/315259.htm</link>
		
						<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Sams]]></dc:creator>
						<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2023 06:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A public adjuster cannot act as an appraiser for a homeowner they represent when the insurance policy specifies that the appraiser must be &#8220;disinterested,&#8221; the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The high court affirmed a 2nd District Court of Appeal &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Louisiana Police Arrest Public Adjuster Accused of Pocketing Clients&#8217; Checks</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southcentral/2023/01/17/314782.htm</link>
		
						<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Sams]]></dc:creator>
						<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2023 06:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Louisiana State Police arrested a Texas public adjuster for allegedly pocketing $592,000 from settlement checks that were intended for seven former clients by forging the homeowners&#8217; signatures. Andrew Joseph Mitchell, 43, voluntarily surrendered to state police at the St. Charles &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Fla. Plaintiff&#8217;s Attorney Disbarred, Public Adjuster May Lose License</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southeast/2022/12/28/314485.htm</link>
		
						<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
						<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2022 17:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Florida officials have taken strong action against two of the insurance industry&#8217;s most-detested adversaries, disbarring a notorious plaintiffs&#8217; attorney who filed thousands of frivolous claims lawsuits, and moving to revoke the license of a public adjuster that obstructed insurers in &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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		<title>Public Adjuster Accused of Pocketing Settlement Checks Says No Penalty Warranted</title>
		<link>https://www.claimsjournal.com/news/southcentral/2022/11/08/313661.htm</link>
		
						<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2022 06:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[An attorney for the Texas public adjuster accused of pocketing $7.6 million in insurer settlement checks told an administrative law judge that the case doesn&#8217;t warrant any administrative penalties and if any restitution is ordered, it should be limited to &#8230;]]></description>
				
		
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