Firm News / 2.26.2020

Are insurance companies looking out for their policyholders?

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Not according to Tony Tinelli in the September 18, 2017 edition of the Daily Business Review:

Tony Tinelli, a name partner at Mase Mebane who represented insurance companies until switching to plaintiff work last year, said he handled thousands of claims on behalf of insurance companies that were underpaid or improperly applied exclusions. The policyholders ended up hiring public adjusters and attorneys “because they were being paid $200 to repair a roof that needed to be replaced,” he said, adding that, in hindsight, they would have been better off hiring them sooner.”

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