Thursday, February 15th, 2007 — Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has issued an emergency rule prohibiting public insurance adjusters from collecting fees on contracts with policyholders whose homes were destroyed earlier this month by tornadoes if there is no dispute with the insurance company that the home is a total loss. The emergency rule, issued last Friday to cover policyholders in Lake, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia counties affected by the Feb. 2 tornadoes, also gives homeowners 14 days to rescind a public adjuster contract without penalty.