Category: Insurance Adjuster
The Importance of Car Accident Witnesses
Nothing is worse than getting involved in a car accident, especially when it isn’t your fault. Your safety should certainly be your top priority so ensuring that you have not been injured or that any others have not been injured should be a concern. However, another major concern that you should have when you are… read more
Bad Faith Claims and Allstate Insurance
I hear all the time about how awful Allstate is to deal with. I agree. Except that I have one caveat: I haven’t found an insurance company that’s much better. In fact, that’s why we are willing to sue insurance companies – as Portland insurance bad faith claim attorneys, we are working to ensure that… read more
Oregon Bad Faith Claims
No one really enjoys paying for insurance; it’s not one of those things you get a really good feeling about when you’re handing over your hard-earned money. What’s more, it’s one of those things you absolutely have to buy, but hope you’ll never use. When bad things happen and you need to call upon your… read more
Bad Insurance Company Behavior: A Great Example
It would probably be fair to say that the behavior, policies and practices of many insurance companies would be enough to offend the sensibilities of a large piece of driftwood. The refusal of insurers to act in good faith and in a fair and equitable manner could bring tears from a stone, but most of… read more
Diminished Value Claims in Oregon
For many Oregon drivers, their car, SUV or pickup truck is more than just a means of getting to and from work or school. It’s their pride and joy, and when someone crashes into it, causing damage and lowering the value of that vehicle, it’s unlikely that any insurance company will ever offer one of… read more
You Deserve Compensation After a Hit and Run Accident
There are many crimes that shock and appall people, especially when an innocent victim is seriously injured or killed in the process. Included in the list of almost inconceivably criminal behavior are the hit and run incidents—not accidents—where one driver makes the cold and sinister decision to leave the scene of an accident without stopping… read more
Oregon Car Thefts Increasing, and Keep Insurance Rates High
While the state as a whole saw a general—if minor—decline in car thefts in 2011, major metropolitan areas and Portland in particular saw a dramatic surge in the number of stolen cars over the past 12 months, according to a new report just released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB). The NICB 2011 figures,… read more
How to Get a Rental Car After A Car Accident
What a week you’ve had! You’ve been in a car accident, but your boss doesn’t want to know about it. You still have to get to work, and the kids aren’t about to walk to school just because your car is off the road. What can you do, and how do you do it? Portland… read more
Insurance Adjusters and Colossus Lowball Your Claim
The Consumer Federation of America and a concerned group of Portland personal injury attorneys have issued a warning to consumers that insurance companies are using a powerful software tool to keep claims payouts unrealistically low. The software package is used to lowball customers who have made homeowners and auto insurance claims. Two former employees within… read more
Oregon Auto Insurance Fraud Hurts Everyone
Portland auto insurance lawyers will fight as hard as they can when a client comes to them with injuries sustained through someone else’s negligence in a car accident. However, they are as adamantly opposed to auto insurance fraud as anyone else. They know that fraudsters make it that much more difficult for genuine cases to… read more