A California public adjusting firm has agreed to pay $128,707.92 in fines and restitution after investigators charged that victims of the 2003 wild fires were deceived into signing contracts unfavorable to their interests. The California Department of Insurance alleged that Kapilow & Son of Los Angeles unlawfully hired unlicensed public adjusters, who then misled four families in East San Diego County.
"The survivors of the firestorms have looked to public adjusters for help and guidance in the wake of the disaster," said Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi. "Instead, these families were allegedly duped into signing bad contracts that cost them tens of thousands of dollars, money that they needed to rebuild their lives."
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