Insurance Company Advises Customers How To Avoid Liability For Accident
Insurance Company Tactics Used to Reduce the Amount of Your Claim, Settlement or Potential Award
Car insurance is big business in the U.S. Over 268 million cars, truck, vans, SUVs, and commercial vehicles were registered in 2016 in the U.S. Multiply that number of registered vehicles times the average insurance premium, and it is easy to see that there is much money to be made. The basic economic model of an insurance company is to receive more money in premium payments than paying out in claims. Thus, auto insurers have an incentive to lower the amount of money they pay out in liability. It stands to reason that they might "coach" their customers how to mitigate the company's losses.
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"Subtle" Advice Offered by Car Insurance Companies
One popular, discount auto insurer offers advice to its customers on the company's website. When you read the information at first, it seems to be generalized. Some of the information provided is common sense and a good reminder of what to do in the event you are involved in a car crash. A closer look reveals the insurer's intent by providing some "helpful hints."
Of course, insurance companies cannot advise their customers to violate any state laws. However, they can "suggest"specific actions that you, as their insured, might take to avoid or minimize liability. In other words, they subtly offer tactics of avoiding liability to keep money in their vaults.
Insurance companies will find some cases impossible to avoid liability. An easy example of that is when their insured runs a red light and hits another car, resulting in serious bodily injuries. Auto insurers can limit the money they spend on claims by winning the closer cases when liability for the car crash is not as clear as running a red light.
What Advice Does Insurance Companies Give?
At the outset, the insurer included in this discussion wants to you make sure everyone is ok. That is common sense and decency. Then, the subtle psychological training takes over. In sum, the company then casually opines that everyone is accident prone and, by definition, an accident is an unintentional act, therefore determining fault is not easy.
The insurance company indicates that they will use the police's version of events as recorded in the accident report. The company asserts that the police report can "break the tie" in a he said, she said type of argument. However, there is a fundamental flaw in that tactic, however. The police most likely did not personally see the accident happen. Therefore, they need to rely on the people involved, along with witnesses, to figure out why an accident occurred. Also, the insurer cautions people about admitting fault for the accident.
Finally, the insurance company educates their customer about the law of negligence generally. They do not spill any ink discussing why their driver is at fault. Instead, they dive right into discussing complicated legal concepts like comparative negligence. Why? Comparative negligence can reduce or eliminate the financial responsibility an insurer might have after an accident. The insurer is putting the idea in their customers' heads that the other driver may be at fault too.
Montlick & Associates Georgia car wreck lawyers know how to counter these arguments made by insurance companies to make sure justice is done for our clients and their families.
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Sources:
https://www.esurance.com/info/car/how-fault-is-determined-after-a-car-accident
https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/what-you-auto-accident-georgia/WlInbSumpULag6ZaPNHD6L/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/183505/number-of-vehicles-in-the-united-states-since-1990/
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