Should I Document All of My Expenses After A Car Accident?
I Attorney Eric T. Kirk discussed in another guide a concept familiar to all experienced Baltimore personal injury and accident lawyers that try their cases- the pain diary. [i.e. a day-to-day chronology of the ways that a car or automobile accident effects the life of the injury victim]. Some of us are natural organizers and record keepers-others are not. I... Read more »
What Is a Low Speed Collision? Can The Insurance Company Deny My Claim Because of This?
Baltimore car and automobile accident lawyers will tell you that “low-speed collision” it is a term of art for the insurance industry really meaning: “We are not going to pay any money on this claim” Insurance companies take the position that if there is no serious or visible property damage than no one could have possibly been hurt... Read more »
The Disappearing Motorist
This is not truly a situation involving a ‘hit and run“, or at least it is a variant on that theme. Perhaps this situation can be though of as a ‘delayed hit and run’. In other words, the person responsible for the accident stays at the scene, but later disappears, at least for all intents... Read more »
Am I Entitled To Compensation For A Hit And Run Accident?
Maryland car accident lawyers Attorney Eric T. Kirk are aware that every insurance policy issued in Maryland must include coverage for damages caused by unidentified motorists unless that coverage is affirmatively waived. Victims of Baltimore car accidents where the at-fault diver flees the scene must show that they have exhausted all reasonable efforts to ascertain the... Read more »
Can A Computer Tell Me How Much I Should Recover Or How Much My Case Is Worth?
Insurance companies believe they can. Maryland car accident lawyers believe that something in the neighborhood of 7 out of 10 property insurance companies use “settlement software”. Foremost is the ‘colossus’ program- but don’t think it’s going to spit out colossal settlement numbers. Maryland car accident lawyers have a general idea of how these program function,... Read more »
Is State Farm a Tough Insurance Company to Settle Claims With?
State Farm is the largest auto accident insurance company. State Farm generates mammoth profits each and every year. Baltimore personal injury and car accident lawyers Attorney Eric T. Kirk are well aware of many of the methods employed by State Farm to defend against, deny, delay or defeat claims. Insurance industry analysts will tell you that an insurance company’s... Read more »
Is Nationwide Considered a Difficult Insurance Company to Settle With?
Nationwide, the nations 8th largest auto insurer, is a gargantuan operation with in excess of 30,000 employees. Nationwide posted profits of 893 million in 2010 and 716 million in 2009.1 More recent figures suggest Nationwide is even more profitable today. According to the company 2 2015 produced 1.2 billion in net operating income an increase of 10% over the prior... Read more »
Is It Difficult to Get a Good Settlement from Progressive Insurance Company?
Progressive insurance company is the fourth largest automobile insurance company in the United States. Personal injury and accident lawyers Attorney Eric T. Kirk in Baltimore have seen that Progressive typically uses “in house” personal injury defense lawyers to contest the claims Progressive has denied in court. Progressive is an enormously profitable business. Bloomberg.com reported Progressive had net profits exceeding 1 billion... Read more »
Is GEICO a Fair Insurance Company to Get A Setlemement From?
GEICO is one of the largest auto accident insurance companies in the land, and the largest in Maryland. GEICO is massively profitable. If you have any doubt about that, consider these two salient facts. As Attorney Eric T. Kirk will tell you. Warren Buffet bought the company, and they spend almost a billion dollars a year... Read more »
Is Liberty Mutual a Good Company to Get a Settlement From.
Liberty Mutual is an enormously profitable American insurance company. Baltimore personal injury and car accident lawyers Attorney Eric T. Kirk have also seen that the major auto insurers employ different methods to generate enormous profits. While paying less out in claims is perhaps a business model, or part of a larger model, it is certainly not the... Read more »
Is USAA an Easy Insurance Company To Get a Settlement From?
Although perhaps somewhat below the radar screen of most national consumers, USAA is well known to Baltimore personal injury and accident lawyers Attorney Eric T. Kirk handling Maryland car accident claims. Perhaps USAA should be a little more well known. The company proudly boasts that its net worth has increased from only 20 billion in 2011... Read more »
What Is The Value Of My Personal Injury Case? – Insurance Company Delayed Claims
I’ve seen over the years that insurance companies employ various models to combat claims. One method is outright denial. Here, the insurance company takes the position that either there was no accident or injury, it wasn’t their insured’s fault. Another method is to delay the payment of the claim. Imagine a scenario with which Baltimore personal... Read more »
