exempt status of an employee. .The exempt or nonexempt status of any particular employee must be determined on the basis of whether the employee's salary and duties meet the requirements of the regulations in this part.” 29 C.F.R. § 541.2. 16 . The Labor Department over the years has consistently expressed the view that claims adjusters typically satisfy the requirements of the administrative exemption. See In re Farmers Ins. Exch., 481 F.3d 1119, 1128-29 (9th Cir.2007) (reviewing prior regulations and opinion letters). 17 . That the Investigators do not have these duties distinguishes this case from many of those decisions that GEICO relies on in its argument that the directly related element is satisfied here. See Roe-Midgett v. CC Servs., Inc., 512 F.3d 865, 868-73 (7th Cir.2008) (<HOLDING>); In re Farmers Ins. Exch., 481 F.3d at 1124
holding that the drafting history of operative language from a general liability policy is discoverable when ambiguity in policy has not been resolved holding where an insurance policy indemnifies defense costs paid as a result of occurrences covered that the insurer need only reimburse defense costs for claims that are established to be covered through judgment and settlement and not for claims only potentially falling within the policys coverage holding that a similar exclusion denies coverage for property damage to the particular part of the real property that is the subject of the insureds work at the time of the damage if the damage arises out of those operations holding that damage to realty was not excluded from coverage if such damage resulted from subsidence caused by something other than soil condition despite homeowners experts description of the damage as settling holding that administrative exemption covered materialdamage appraisers responsible for investigating auto accident damage making repair or replacement determinations drafting estimates and settling claims of up to 12000 where liability has been established and coverage approved