New Orleans Insurance Bad Faith Lawyer
When your insurance provider has wrongly denied a claim, you can take action by contacting an attorney. At the New Orleans area law office of Glenn C. McGovern, we have successfully handled many bad faith insurance claims related to health insurance, life insurance and property damage. We find that insurance companies take our clients more seriously when they learn that we represent them.
Insurance companies can act in bad faith in a number of actionable ways:
- Bad faith denial of coverage
- Retroactive cancellation of insurance policy
- Undercompensation for covered damage
- Undue delay in paying compensation
- Failure to investigate and pay insurance claims timely
- Failure to pay business interruptions claims for businesses
- Failure to pay alternative living expenses
- Systematic under evaluation of claims due to defective insurance adjusting programs used to evaluate claims
How Insurance Companies Cheat their Insured
Insurance companies maximize their profits by minimizing what they pay out. They count on your mistakes to do this — using any mistake to deny a claim. They do this by committing fraud, manipulating their software to give falsely low estimates, like wrongly depreciating contractor's fees. They also take advantage of people, settling claims for low amounts after people are worn down. It is critical that you contact Glenn C. McGovern as soon as possible after the loss. Often, notarized sworn proof of losses are not furnished by insurers and they are not filed timely and properly, resulting in non-recovery. The insurance companies have experts to help them. You should, too. Contact Glenn C. McGovern, who has handled such insurance claims, immediately after your property loss or any failure to pay insurance benefits such as life insurance, health insurance or disability payments.
At the law offices of Glenn C. McGovern, we beat the insurers at their game by carefully presenting your proof of loss and then taking legal action if necessary. We pay close attention to the details, making sure that everything is executed perfectly. We do not hesitate to stand up for your rights against an insurer.
One of the most critical things for insured people to do after a large-scale disaster is to immediately create a notarized sworn proof of loss — a statement that describes the dates and types of the damage as well as the amount lost.
Our Katrina Insurance Story
Our law office takes action in insurance bad faith claims that arise out of damage from hurricanes, mudslides, tornados and floods. Although we have extensive professional experience in this area, our perspective on insurance bad faith is very personal. We lost our New Orleans law office in Hurricane Katrina. The related insurance struggle could only be resolved with legal action. We handled claims for our neighbors and neighboring businesses who needed us in the worst natural disaster in U.S. history, so we truly understand what our clients are experiencing when an insurance company denies a claim in bad faith.
Contact Us
To talk with us about your insurance company's bad faith actions, please contact our law office at 1-866-603-7542. We offer free and confidential initial consultations.
