Personal injuries that victims sustain due to someone else’s negligent or intentional actions can cause prolonged pain from physical and emotional suffering. For a lot of people who have suffered severe personal injuries or lost their loved ones, they can also suffer financial hardship due to mounting medical bills and lost income that will eventually wreak havoc on their entire life.
Be Very Careful When Dealing With Insurance Claims Adjusters
Insurance claims adjusters are highly trained to shrewdly influence claimants into saying something that will shield their bosses (the insurance companies) from liability. This means that anything you say to them can be used to undermine or discredit your claim. This is why you should never talk about your injuries or how you got them with anyone until you’ve spoken to an attorney.
Insurance providers are all about making money and minimizing payouts to injured claimants, so you should keep in mind that they will be looking out for their best interests and not yours. Claims adjusters will even attempt to offer you legal advice, which is actually illegal for people who are not lawyers. Remember that no matter how warm and friendly the adjuster seems, their main goal is to reduce your payout as much as possible.
It’s also common for claims adjusters to make a quick settlement offer. But if you agree to a settlement or sign any documents before you’ve had a chance to talk to a lawyer, this can prevent you from getting maximum compensation for your losses.
They are hoping that you’re still not sure about the full cost and extent of your injuries and related losses. Therefore they offer quick settlements.
When you work with the Ventura personal injury attorneys at The Law Offices of Bamieh & De Smeth, PLC, we can make sure that the insurance provider will pay your claim’s full value, including all your future and past losses.
