Archive for October 31, 2019

The legal system expects an accident settlement to provide a victim with a way to regain the financial security that he or she enjoyed prior to the accident. Still, no settlement can help a claimant/victim to recover all the time and effort that was expended, during the quest for a fair compensation.

An insurance company has promised to provide financial support to a policy holder that has suffered a covered loss. Still, that fact does not prevent the same insurance company from working to minimize the extent of that loss.

Accident victims that file a claim with the Insurance Corporation British Columbia (ICBC) have experienced decided losses. Each of them has good reason to welcome the receipt of compensation. Yet the Personal Injury Lawyer in Abbotsford advising such drivers counsel against agreeing to ICBC’s first settlement offer.

It would seem clear that a bike rider would have a strong case against any driver that hit that same bicyclist. Still, the nature of ICBC’s investigative process pushes lawyers with bike-riding clients to warn them about the appropriate actions, following any involvement in a collision.

The legal system in British Columbia allows for completion of 2 different appeals, if a disabled worker has received a denial letter. In other words, 2 levels of appeal have been included in the process used for acceptance of a policy holder’s request for long term disability benefits.

No personal injury lawyer in British Columbia can tell a client exactly how long a case might take, after that same client has filed a claim with ICBC (Insurance Corporation British Columbia). Still, those same lawyers do understand which factors can influence the rate at which such a claim gets investigated, in order to determine ICBC’s response to the claim’s allegations.

It would seem clear that any bike rider would have a strong case against any driver that hit that same bicyclist. Still, the nature of ICBC’s investigative process pushes lawyers in British Columbia to warn their bike-riding clients about the appropriate actions to take, after being hit by a motorist.

If a motorist that resides in British Columbia gets involved in an accident on one of BC’s roads or highways, he or she must report that incident to ICBC within a period of 24 hours. Still, motorists that act too hastily could make a mistake. There are at least 8 places in ICBC’s process, where a potential claimant might make an error.

The Insurance Corporation British Columbia does its best to make sure that the motorists on the Province’s highways carry an automobile license. Still, the Provincial government cannot keep uninsured drivers from other provinces or states from traveling across British Columbia. For that reason, a driver that gets hit by an unlicensed motorist has 2 options.

The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) is an arm of the Provincial government. If the monetary benefits delivered by ICBC comes from the government, why should it get taxed? The fact is that money that comes from ICBC does not get taxed.