Can I Trust the Insurance Adjuster?
The insurance adjuster's job is to pay you as little as he can, and save his company money!
As a Houston car accident attorney, a phrase I hear far too often is, "The insurance adjuster seemed so nice... I thought I could trust them." Unfortunately, this phrase is always followed by an explanation of how the adjuster has tried to (and in some cases succeeded to) take advantage of the accident victim.
If you have been involved in a Houston car accident, you will likely have to deal with an insurance adjuster at some point in the claims process. The vast majority of our firm's clients hire us after they have realized that the insurance adjuster is not going to treat them fairly, and or the insurance adjuster is not going to offer them a reasonable settlement. (Note: The sooner a lawyer becomes involved in your case, the greater the likelihood of a high dollar settlement.) More often than not, the accident victim does not realize that they are being taken advantage of until it is much too late because the insurance adjusters are nice to them and the accident victim has no idea that they are being led into a trap.
In my 20 years of practicing this type of law, one thing remains certain:
THE INSURANCE ADJUSTER IS NOT YOUR FRIEND!!!