Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, a high-profile Mississippi litigator, with the help of a key whistleblower, is building a large case against different insurance companies for their unfair handling of claims arising from the damage of Hurricane Katrina. Click here for the full text of the story.

Zurich American Insurance Co., the third-largest underwriter in the U.S., has agreed to pay $171 million to nine different states for bid-rigging and price-fixing, with Massachusetts being one of those states. This is another example of a powerful insurance company profiting at the expense of others. In my personal injury practice I see insurance companies […]

If you are presently shopping for auto insurance, or if you are interested in changing your current policy, or if you are thinking about changing carriers, I suggest you visit auto-insurance-rates-compared.com for valuable information. Please click here for the link, and feel free to contact me with any Massachusetts auto insurance questions you may have.

In Massachusetts you are required to carry a minimum of $20, 000.00/$40, 000.00 in bodily injury insurance coverage. This insurance is commonly called compulsory bodily injury insurance. This protects you and your assets if you are completely or only partially at fault for an automobile accident in Massachusetts, because your insurance company will pay the individual […]

My colleague in California, Jonathan G. Stein, who is also a personal injury attorney, and a former claims adjuster, was kind enough to share with me the following list of points that you should be aware of if you have been involved in a motor vehicle accident, and how insurance companies try everything to make […]

Ok, so you have concluded your medical treatment following your personal injury accident and now it is time to negotiate your claim with the insurance company. In order to effectively begin settlement negotiations, you must first know how to write a demand letter. Your demand letter should first state the facts of the accident. For […]

The main objective of any claims adjuster handling a car accident claim is to settle the claim for the least amount of money possible. That really is what claims adjusters are paid to do. As a Boston car accident attorney, I can tell you that one of the most important things NOT to do is […]

Let us now look at a hypothetical automobile accident and its aftermath to illustrate the successive stages of the insurance claims process.  Assume for this hypothetical that the accident was the fault of the other driver. Remember, as stated in an earlier post, if his/her insurance company calls you, refuse to provide a recorded statement because […]

Following your Massachusetts auto accident, you will be entitled to PIP benefits. Here is a quick primer on what PIP payments you are entitled to: “Reasonable and necessary” medical expenses incurred within two years of your Massachusetts motor vehicle accident; 75% of the wages that you lose as a result of your Massachusetts motor vehicle accident […]