Bad Faith Insurance Claims

Insurance Claim Denials and Bad Faith

Legal Help if You are Experiencing Problems with Your California Insurance Company

When an insurance company rejects a claim, delays a settlement payment, or underpays on a claim, there may be a reason — or there may be no reason at all beyond the thought that they can get away with it.

If you've paid your insurance premiums and the insurance company has accepted your money, the insurance company has entered a contract to pay when the proper conditions are met. It has also promised to defend you if a lawsuit is brought against you. This is the case with car insurance, homeowner's insurance, an umbrella liability policy, or a business insurance policy.

When the insurance company:

• Unfairly rejects a claim
• Says it is not responsible for paying (fails to indemnify)
• Fails to fairly settle a claim against you causing the case to go to court
• Fails to defend you in court

…the insurer has not lived up to its end of the contract. This is called "bad faith," and the law allows you to bring a claim against your insurance company for a bad faith breach of contract. The Weinberger Law Firm can help you. Contact our Roseville, California, law office to learn more about bringing a bad faith insurance claim. Call 1-(866)-428-2976.

Bringing a Bad Faith Insurance Claim

As a policy holder you do have rights, but you need to protect your rights by demanding fair treatment. For more than 20 years, attorney Joseph Weinberger has been helping people achieve justice and recover fair compensation from insurance companies after car accidents, truck accidents, pedestrian accidents, and slip and fall accidents. One of the ways the firm does protects clients is by overcoming bad faith insurance claim denials.

Remember, insurance companies make their money by collecting and keeping premiums, not by paying out claims. They will routinely look for any legal loophole to avoid paying even a justifiable claim. Sadly, policyholders often give the insurance company just the fuel they need to deny a claim by saying or doing something soon after an accident that the insurance company can use against them.

PLEASE, AFTER ANY ACCIDENT, DO NOT GIVE A WRITTEN OR RECORDED STATEMENT TO AN INSURANCE COMPANY UNTIL YOU HAVE SPOKEN WITH A LAWYER!

If you're experiencing problems with your insurance company, contact our office.