Insurance Adjuster Tricks Introduction
janssenlaw • September 23, 2021
This post introduces a series of posts about tactics insurance adjusters sometimes use in order to get a person injured in an accident to agree to a settlement offer that’s in the insurance company’s interest, rather than in the interest of the injured person. People injured in an accident have enough to worry about without having to contend with lowball offers from unscrupulous insurers. If you’ve been injured in an accident, you should not consider accepting an offer without speaking to a dedicated personal injury attorney.
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