How Insurers Negotiate

by | Jan 29, 2018 | Personal Injury | 0 comments

Insurers use all kinds of tricks to negotiate a lower settlement offer with you. One way to prevent this may be by hiring a Detroit personal injury lawyer.

Detroit Personal Injury Lawyers and Adjustment Companies
Many insurance companies have local or national adjustment branches to work on their cases. These branches usually offer less compensation than the main insurance company partly because they are rarely authorized to do more. If you receive a low offer from one such branch, your Detroit personal injury lawyer can ask to speak to someone in direct authority with the organization instead.

Detroit Personal Injury Lawyers Fight the “One Time Offer” Trick
A different trick that Detroit personal injury attorneys often see is when insurance adjusters make only one offer for compensation. They claim that negotiation takes too much time; therefore, the offer being made represents the best one they have.

Detroit Personal Injury Lawyers Fight the “Double Lowball Offer”
Sadly, many times Detroit personal injury lawyers see insurance adjusters make insultingly low compensation offers to claimants for their damages and suffering. They then make yet another low offer when claimant’s Detroit personal injury attorney lowers his or her initial offer. The final result can be far less than the victim truly deserves.

However, there are ways your legal counsel can minimize this tactic. The most salient way is probably to simply start filing the claim in court. If you send the message that you are not interested in settling for such a low offer, the insurer knows they must either make a higher offer or be prepared to spend time, money, and effort litigating the case. Many times, this is enough to make the insurer come back with a better offer.

Speak to a Detroit Personal Injury Lawyer
If you would like to speak to a Detroit personal injury attorney, please contact the Law Offices of Christopher Trainor & Associates at 800-961-8477.

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