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2 Answers | Asked in Car Accidents and Insurance Bad Faith for New Hampshire on
Q: Other drivers insurance quotes the repairs for my car a lot cheaper than multiple shops has, what do I do?

Someone hit my car in the front end. Multiple body shops have quoted the repairs between $1500 and $2000. The other persons insurance has accepted fault but has sent me a quote that they will only pay $600. They got this quote from a parts shop that doesn't do body work and is forcing me to... View More

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Aug 11, 2024

A New Hampshire attorney could advise best, but you await a response for a week. It appears that you got your quotes from legitimate auto body repair shops that are registered in New Hampshire for such work. That gives you a strong argument against the carrier's PD department basing damages on... View More

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2 Answers | Asked in Car Accidents and Insurance Bad Faith for New Hampshire on
Q: Other drivers insurance quotes the repairs for my car a lot cheaper than multiple shops has, what do I do?

Someone hit my car in the front end. Multiple body shops have quoted the repairs between $1500 and $2000. The other persons insurance has accepted fault but has sent me a quote that they will only pay $600. They got this quote from a parts shop that doesn't do body work and is forcing me to... View More

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Aug 11, 2024

Addendum - another alternative, depending on your carrier and coverage. If you handle it as a first-party claim (through your carrier), carriers often pursue that from the carrier for the liable driver. But it could involve a deductible, and it could depend on your coverage. That's something... View More

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1 Answer | Asked in Real Estate Law and Insurance Bad Faith for New Hampshire on
Q: I recently changed my homeowners insurance they added a name not associated with the house now they want to cancel

I changed my insurance because of cost. I was given a policy and it was paid for the year by mortage company. I notice that they added a name to my policy that was not associated with my home to give me that rate but I never asked for that or approved that the company did it on their own. When I... View More

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Apr 25, 2024

A New Hampshire attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for four weeks. However, any attorney is likely to ask questions about the addition of the person, their capacity, why they were added, etc. A New Hampshire attorney could advise more meaningfully with the benefit of knowing... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Divorce and Insurance Bad Faith for New Hampshire on
Q: If a judge says I can stay on my husband's insurance after divorce, how can a federal insurance deny that?

My husband wants a divorce. But we are doing it amicably and he wants to keep me on his health insurance due to my health issues. He wants to have it written into the final papers. He has a federal health plan and spoke with someone the other day; the insurance says I cannot be on his insurance... View More

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Nov 27, 2022

A New Hampshire attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for three weeks. I can only speak for the insurance law-based attributes of your question, not the divorce-related ones. But as a general matter, courts do not usually have the power to change insurance policies. If the... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Insurance Bad Faith for New Hampshire on
Q: Homeowners insurance bad faith claim?

Need to find a lawyer.

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on May 14, 2024

A New Hampshire attorney could advise best, but your question remains open for a week. Attorneys here can't reach out to you. But you could supplement your own searches with the tab above called "Find a Lawyer" and the referral sections of local or state bar associations. Those... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Insurance Bad Faith and Insurance Defense for New Hampshire on
Q: I'm hoping to get info on settling a claim after I was rear-ended by another driver in my handicapped/wheelchair van

All State is the insurance and is willing to settle the medical portion but because they could not find an adequate vehicle for me to use and because of the nature of the repairs, I was out a vehicle for more than 3 weeks. My daughter has a specialized wheelchair and we missed out on a lot of fun... View More

Randy Bryan Ligh
Randy Bryan Ligh
answered on Feb 18, 2022

You do not have to hire a lawyer but most insurance companies will not take you seriously without a lawyer, especially on a loss of use claim and/or speculative general damages. That said, it is your choice. Please note that most attorneys practicing in the filed of injury/accident law will... View More

1 Answer | Asked in Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Defense and Consumer Law for New Hampshire on
Q: Have a insurance company that will not negotiate even after I asked for several item . Spoke to the “supervisor “

In negotiations with insurance, though talk have stalled. They only went up 300 dollars from initial offer on a total losS they have not been able to provide information on how they arrived at that number of 8,000 when I see car for sale for 10000 to 12000 I even provided them direct links though... View More

Tim Akpinar
Tim Akpinar
answered on Dec 11, 2021

A New Hampshire attorney could advise best, but your post remains open for two weeks. As a general premise nationwide, insurance carriers do not have a statutory obligation to settle all claims. They have an obligation of conducting the claims process in good faith. But it is not necessarily bad... View More

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