An insurance attorney specializes in insurance law and may work on cases involving personal and corporate insurance. They may also oversee the writing of new policies and must stay up to date on changing laws through continuing education.
An insurance attorney is a professional who specializes in the various types of insurance and the legal maintenance of those policies. Day-to-day activities may include working with advisors and staff to track the progression of current cases, investigate current cases, and complete continuing education courses involving changes in insurance law. Some of the most common types of insurance include home insurance, auto insurance, health insurance and mortgage insurance. The lawyer can practice in any of these areas or in one of the hundreds of other divisions of insurance law.
A common function of the insurance attorney involves mitigating insurance law cases. These cases may involve personal and corporate insurance laws. The attorney practicing mitigation may need to employ time management skills, the ability to gather and decipher information, and communication skills when presenting the collected information to the court.
Case investigation often works concurrently with case mitigation. The insurance claim attorney usually works with advisors and officials to gather facts around the insurance case in order to present them to the court. These facts will form the basis of the defense of the client who has hired the insurance claim attorney to represent his case. In many insurance cases, the amount of facts needed to win a case requires the use of additional manpower, hence the use of assessors and clerks.
In addition to mitigating in-court insurance cases, the insurance attorney can oversee the writing of new insurance policies for professional or corporate clients. Specific wording of policies can be completed by insurance underwriters. However, the solicitor will be responsible for verifying the legality of the insurance policy and removing any loopholes the policy may have.
As insurance laws change, the insurance attorney may need to complete continuing education courses or attend continuing education seminars to stay current on changing laws. Such continuing education can help the attorney provide the most effective representation for the client that the attorney insures. Continuing education may not be required in all regions to maintain a license in insurance law.
There is a long list of insurance policies, companies and laws that the insurance attorney will practice under. Each of the different types of insurance may require specific knowledge about the effective legal support needed to obtain insurance cases. These lawyers can work for the victim or the defendant.
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