Insurance attorneys resolve disputes over accident claims and payments.
The insurance lawyer is the professional specialized in the different types of insurance and in the regularization of these insurance policies. Daily activities may include working with counsel and staff to track the progress of current cases, researching current cases, and completing continuing education courses involving changes in insurance law. Some of the most common types of insurance include home insurance, auto insurance, health insurance, and mortgage insurance. The attorney may practice any one of these areas or one of hundreds of other divisions of insurance law.
It is important for an insurance attorney to stay current with changes in the industry.
A common role of the insurance attorney is to mitigate insurance law cases. These cases may involve personal and corporate insurance legislation. The attorney practicing mitigation may need to employ time management skills, the ability to gather and decipher information, and communication skills when presenting the information gathered in court.
An insurance attorney may specialize in any of the hundreds of divisions of insurance law.
Case investigation often works concurrently with case mitigation. The insurance claims attorney will often work with counsel and staff members to gather data related to the insurance case to present in court. These facts will serve as the basis for the defense of the client who hired the claims attorney to represent her case. In many insurance cases, the amount of facts required to win a case requires the use of additional manpower, thus the use of counsel and team members.
Insurance attorneys can examine the causes of property damage.
In addition to mitigating insurance cases in court, the insurance attorney may oversee the writing of new insurance policies for professional or corporate clients. The specific wording of the policies can be carried out by the insurance companies. In most cases, the attorney will be responsible for verifying the legality of the insurance policy and removing any loopholes the policy may have.
An attorney can fight for the policyholder to have coverage for certain medical procedures that were previously denied by the insurer.
As insurance laws change, the insurance attorney may be required to complete continuing education courses or attend continuing education seminars to keep up with changes in the law. Such continuing education can help the attorney provide the most effective representation for the client, reassuring the attorney. Continuing education may not be required in all regions to maintain a license under insurance law.
There is a long list of insurance policies, companies, and laws under which the insurance attorney will operate. Each of the different types of insurance may require specific knowledge about the effective legal support needed to win insurance cases. These attorneys may work for the victim or the accused.