Insurance Litigation

Anyone work for Farmers Insurance as trial associate in CA that can share their experience?

Anyone know of any Chicago firms looking for juniors? Looking to lateral with a year of post-grad insurance coverage/litigation experience. TIA!

Anyone have any tips/strategies for transitioning from ID to coverage?

Are there any fully remote positions available for someone barred in Ohio?

Thoughts about Leahy, Eisenberg & Fraenkel?

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I have a few cases where the parties are close to settling but pa takes literal months to counteroffer. What the hell are they telling their clients, who I am sure are anxious to get paid? Do they jus… more

I have a fully litigated desk. My pending has averaged 150+ for over a year. Neither me or my manager have identified a significant amount of closures. Guess which carrier I work for?

Which big law firms have id practices? Near cravath scale firms.. not Wilson elser, lb, Gordon Reese etc..

Does anyone know anything about the legal group at pure insurance?

I am curious. I work with many attorneys who do not seem passionate about ID. it makes me wonder why or how they’re in the field.
Is it the money? Life?

I’m not bashing or judging just curious.

Can I work for CMS and a private health insurance company at the same time? Is that a conflict of interest?

Has anyone gone from practicing ID in NY to Florida? Is it different, better, worse? I’ll mostly be doing MVAs with some premises sprinkled in. I have 10 YOE.

Been at this firm for 5 months and generally like work/environment but I’m not getting enough work to meet billing requirements. I get one assignment at a time in most cases. I’ve been requesting more… more

Plaintiff withdrew their motion for sanctions after being reamed by the judge for wasting his time and being given the option to continue the hearing and trial or withdraw the motion and have the tria… more

Any suggestions on how to find out who cashed a PIP check without endorsing?
FPC said payment was issued in 2018 and are unable to take any action since it’s past the 3 year SOL. The bank won’t give me… more

Anyone ever have an opposing attorney be such a pain in the ass to deal with that your firm has to institute new policies with dealing with the entire opposing firm?

Court just ordered a hearing on the motion for sanctions and is requiring the mobile claims specialist and the original claims specialist to be there in person. This is actually growing into a bigger … more

I wish I got a picture but this morning on my way to work I saw where someone had graffitied a Morgan and Morgan billboard to say “World’s Largest Ambulance Chaser” with a painted picture of an ambula… more

A few weeks ago I posted about getting threatened with sanctions by plaintiff’s counsel over having a mobile claims specialist there. They actually filed for sanctions last Friday stating that they be… more

Anyone ever have to do a jail visit to speak to a client for an initial interview and have them answer the interrogatories from the plaintiff? I got another case too where plaintiff’s counsel… more

Does anyone here work at Wilson Elser and are you comfortable answering questions about pay , WLB, culture etc.?

Dear Insurance Companies - stop using these BS third party reviewing companies. You make your attorneys pissed off and waste their time on administrative crap. This is why your reputation sucks in the… more

Is the litigation experience gained working ID worth anything outside of ID or PI. Taken cases from beginning up to trial then handed off to the partner and senior associate for trial, will get trial … more

Would appreciate some insight from in house coverage litigators. Pay? Wlb? Overall happiness?

Anyone work for CSAA as a sales rep? How do you like it? What is your daily routine like? Thinking of switching from Allstate-any thoughts?@

Has anyone heard of the Rissman Barrett law firm? Saw a posting for a workers comp associate position and considering applying. Would you recommend?

If you had to choose one:
JOB 1: You work 8am-530pm M-F and get $16/hr with 4-5% commissions? Your boss is bad about paying you on time. You never know if the owner is stable.
JOB 2: You work different… more

I have 2 carriers splitting bills on experts. They're over 90 days overdue paying our experts in a wrongful death case now set for trial. How can I politely rattle their cages to pay the bills imm… more

12 years of civil litigation litigation both plaintiff’s and defense side, including family law, insurance defense, med mal, wrongful death, PI, some real estate, business litigation and contract disp… more

Anyone been threatened with sanctions for making plaintiff do mediation (in state where it’s required by law), and making the plaintiff appear in person when you were ordered by the court to have a cl… more

Anyone work at intact insurance?

Anyone moved from ID to coverage? What had your experience been like and what effect does this have on future prospects?

I’m looking to go to claims side from ID atty. Some job posts are looking for claims counsel. I don’t think I ever dealt with claims counsel with any of the carriers I dealt with. How is the work done… more

Those that have moved from insurance defense litigation to an adjuster or claims role at a carrier, what has your experience been like? Would you recommend it? Do you miss litigation?

Question for defense counsel: what % of the time do you think “we really should just be paying this claim, why are we wasting time and money litigating it?” As policyholder counsel myself I certainly… more