If you have been injured in an accident, it is important to be mindful of who you share details of your accident with. When another party is at fault, their insurance adjusters may try and contact you to get you to agree to terms or sign a document that does not detail accurate accident information and could result in lesser compensation for you. Even if they do not ask you to sign anything, they will often record the conversation, thus locking you into a position that may not fairly represent your story. You should always think twice about speaking to the other parties’ insurance company without an attorney.
Insurance companies typically want to pay you the least amount possible in compensation. Sometimes this results in them using deceitful or misleading tactics in order to do so. These tactics include:
– Trying to reach you directly after the accident because they are hoping if they reach you quickly you won’t find out that victims who hire lawyers receive 2 to 5 times more in compensation
– Calling you on a recorded line and trying to coerce information out of you (they’ll say the call is being monitored for quality assurance purposes)
– Trying to convince you not to hire a lawyer because “what they’re offering is better than any settlement you’ll get”
– And asking you to sign documents that take away your right to pursue better compensation
If your own insurance company contacts you, please note that you may be required to communicate with your insurance company as part of the terms of your contract with them. These tips above are applicable when the other drivers’ insurance companies are contacting you.
If you have been in an accident call the experienced lawyers at ReidGoodwin for a free no obligation consultation at (804) 415-7800 and we will personally deal with your insurance adjustors so that you don’t have to.