TL;DR Insurance companies don’t always play fair when handling claims. Lowball settlement offers, unreasonable delays, and failure to disclose available insurance coverage can all be warning signs that an insurer is not handling a claim appropriately. If you’re experiencing these tactics, it may be time to stop negotiating on your own and seek legal help. […]
As a Kansas City personal injury lawyer with over 20 years of experience, I’ve been asked more than a thousand times what my options are if the insurance company makes a low settlement offer or needlessly delays your case. It’s a common frustration, and something I explain to nearly every client. Here’s what I tell […]
Most personal injury claims involve some kind of insurance dispute. Some of those claims are directly against the insurance company itself. These are called first party claims. As a Kansas City personal injury lawyer with over 20 years of experience, I handle a lot of first-party insurance disputes. Here are the most common I’ve seen […]
As a personal injury lawyer in Kansas City with 20 years of experience, nearly every one of my cases involved some kind of insurance dispute. Most of those are disputes with negligent parties’ insurance carriers, but I’ve also handled plenty of disputes directly with insurance companies. These most often come about when your own insurance […]
Understanding Bad Faith Insurance Claims Insurance companies are in a unique position. They are part of one of the few industries that have laws requiring you to pay them. If you want to drive a car in the US, the law requires you to have car insurance. To have car insurance, you must pay an […]
At our law firm, we’ve handled dozens of bad faith cases against insurance companies. Having practiced personal injury law in the greater Kansa City area for almost 20 years, we have seen some very bad behavior and actions from insurance companies. Sometimes, that bad behavior or those bad acts give rise to a lawsuit against that insurance […]
A common question we get from current and potential clients is, “What’s my case worth?” I’ve written before about how we, as personal injury lawyers, evaluate cases. I thought, in this blog, I would write about how an insurance company evaluates a case. It is typically an insurance company who pays a settlement or judgment. […]
If you have been hurt because of someone else’s negligence, you are typically responsible to pay for your medical care up front. After you have finished getting medical care, your personal injury attorney will ask the insurance company to compensate you for the medical bills. In some cases, however, insurance carriers will pay for your […]
What happens when your own insurance company denies your claim when your house is robbed, burned or otherwise damaged? What rights do you have to recover for your loss from your own insurance company? In Missouri, the answer is a claim of vexatious refusal. Missouri law provides a cause of action against your own insurance […]
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