Questions Usually Asked By An Insurance Adjusters in Car Accident cases

If you are the victim of a Automobile Accident, you might already know that you will need to contact your insurance company to let them know about the crash. We recommend that before you talk to an insurance adjuster about your California car accident case, you give us a call for a free consultation at 800-816-1529. You can potentially seriously damage your case if you say the wrong thing. Anything you say can and will be used against you.

You should expect to be given a call from an insurance adjuster who will interview you about the car accident and the circumstances surrounding it.

The interview is meant to offer the adjuster with the necessary information to get your claim started and to pursue legal action against another driver who caused the crash.

It might appear intimidating, but the interview is essentially a fact-finding process for the insurance company, it’s not an interrogation. We can properly prepare you for your statement to the insurance adjuster.

To prepare you for your interview, below is a list of Questions usually Asked by an Insurance Adjuster after a Car Accident:

Interview Procedure During the interview process, the insurance adjuster will ask a series of questions which are associated with the car accident.

Your answers will provide the adjuster with documentation about what occurred, from your point of view during the accident. Additionally, it will help to determine the damages which resulted from the crash. The amount of questions along with the details that the insurance adjuster asks you may seem overwhelming, especially if you’re still in the process of recovering from your injuries. Just try to respond to each question as honestly as you can, and tell the adjuster what you recall. Remember, it’s okay if you don’t recall every detail of the collision, and if there’s something that’s fuzzy in mind, it is perfectly okay to tell the adjuster that you don’t remember or that you are unsure.

Never make up something because you feel the need to answer every single question, it’s always best, to be honest even if this means you don’t provide an answer. That said, let us get into the typical questions that the adjuster may ask you.The questions your Insurance Adjuster may ask include:

• Could you please state your full name
• Do you know that this interview is being recorded?
• Is it being listed with your permission?
• What’s the year/make/model of the vehicle which you were driving at the time of the collision?
• Are you currently using the vehicle for any type of business or government use?
• What was the date of the Crash?
• What time did the accident happen?
• Where did the injury occur?
• In what direction were you going?
• How did the injury occur?
• Are there additional vehicles involved?
• Was the traffic moderate or heavy?
• Were you wearing your seat belt?
• What did you see, hear, and watch?
• What types of damages were done to the car?
• Was anybody Hurt?
• Was anybody treated with the paramedic or taken to a medical center for treatment?
• If so, who treated them and where were they taken?
• Were there any witnesses to the collision?
• If so, what are their names and contact info?
• Did the police come to the scene?
• If so, which agency?
• Have you got the officer’s name and badge number?
• Was a ticket or citation issued?
• In that case, which repair shop?
• Do you have bills, receipts, or any other paperwork about the collision?

After the Interview The information that’s gathered during the interview will be used along with other information that was gathered to gauge the value of your claim.

Now it is important to note that you always have the right to hire an attorney to assist with this process. Having an attorney ensures that you don’t back yourself into a corner and accept a low settlement. The Law Office of Norman Gregory Fernandez’s expert car accident lawyers will advise you not to answer any of the insurance adjuster’s questions from the other party’s insurance company.

They will be attempting to trip you up and to use whatever you tell them against you. Let us, your car accident lawyer, handle the negotiations with them, and let us, your car accident attorney, provide them proof of your losses.

Being involved in a Car incident can cause a lot of unwanted stress. You should not have to worry about filing a lawsuit on your own. With the help of an experienced car accident attorney, The Law Office of Norman Gregory Fernandez, you don’t have to worry about paperwork or negotiations with the other driver’s insurance company.