Think the Insurance Company is There to Help You? Think Again. | Newsletter March 2011

When you're hurt from injuries you suffered in a car accident, you want to get better - and fast. You want your claim handled fairly and you want a reasonable settlement. Unfortunately in many cases that's not easy, and there's a big reason: Insurance companies are not your friend. Their warm and fuzzy (and even...
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Insurer Robo-Settlement Offers Take a Hit

The investigation, launched by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), looked into Allstate's use of a program called Colossus. The software uses highly technical computer algorithms to come up with suggested settlement amounts for personal injuries, based on a database of claims for similar automobile accidents. However, NAIC investigators found that management and oversight...
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Med-Mal: Still Making Mistakes

 A study published this week in the Archives of Surgery reports that doctors are still performing operations on the wrong body parts - and even the wrong people. The mistakes were compiled in a database of errors Colorado doctors reported to COPIC, a Denver-based physician liability insurance company, from 2002 to June 2008. As...
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Work Comp- Winter Can Mean a Bump Up in Workplace Injuries | Newsletter January 2011

The snow and cold have invaded Colorado and winter has set in, particularly in the mountains. Winter can be a dangerous time for Colorado's workers, and the Denver worker's compensation lawyers in the Law Offices of Dianne Sawaya want to remind you to take extra care and be safe in your workplace. The next few...
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