Editor's Note: Comments from FAIA Executive Vice President Scott Johnson published earlier this month in this News section (see "Public Adjusters and RCV – The Messenger and the Message") elicited a number of responses from people in the public adjuster industry. He shares his views once again on the topic, in a letter he sent to the Tallahassee Democrat in response to an editorial piece in that publication from a public adjuster.

Dear Editor:

In the opinion section of your July 7, 2010, edition, you published a piece written by a public adjuster named Lenny Bauman. He gave a great deal of very good advice on hurricane preparedness and insurance coverage, but…his closing paragraphs sounded more like an advertisement and he omitted some material facts about filing claims. As a public adjuster, he encouraged everyone to call a "public adjuster." He went on to provide contact information and to promote websites of trade groups to which he and other public adjusters subscribe.