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    Secrets to Settling Your Insurance Claim
    Secrets to Settling Your Insurance Claim
    Secrets to Settling Your Insurance Claim
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    Secrets to Settling Your Insurance Claim

    By Mike Mahoney

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    "Secrets to Settling Your Insurance Claim" lays out a blueprint for dealing with insurance adjusters. When your car has been damaged or you have been injured, this book takes you step by step to a fair settlement and eliminates the confusion and intimidation many people suffer in this situation. The book avoids jargon and legalese to guide people to the insurance settlement they deserve.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMike Mahoney
    Release dateFeb 20, 2012
    ISBN9781465877024
    Secrets to Settling Your Insurance Claim
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    Mike Mahoney

    Mike Mahoney currently lives in the Northwestern US.. He has a varied background and has worked in the newspaper, broadcast and insurance industries. He is currently working on a novel which will be available on Smashwords as soon as it is finished.

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    Secrets to Settling Your Insurance Claim - Mike Mahoney

    SECRETS TO SETTLING YOUR INSURANCE CLAIMBy

    Mike Mahoney

    The Insurance Geek

    http://the-insurance-geek.com/

    Secrets to Settling Your Insurance Claim

    ISBN 978-1-4658-7702-4

    Copyright © 2017 by Mike Mahoney

    Originally Published 2012, Revised 2017

    Cover Photo © iStockphoto.com/rep0rter

    Smashwords Edition, License Notes

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    The 20 Minute University

    The 20 Minute University was created based on the idea that many people need practical, useful information but don’t necessarily want to know every detail or spend days reading a manual or text book. With that in mind, our authors address a topic directly, succinctly and aim to write an ebook that the average reader can finish in 20 to 30 minutes. The goal is to enable to reader, at the completion of the ebook, to address the subject competently.

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: The Adjuster is Not Your Enemy – Maybe!

    Chapter 2: Know What You Want

    Chapter 3: Document Your Damages

    Chapter 4: If You Are Not a Doctor, Get One!

    Chapter 5: No Extra Money for Big Dreams

    Chapter 6: Don’t Be Macho – If You’re Injured, Admit It

    Chapter 7: The Guy on TV Got a Million Bucks – Can You?

    Chapter 8: Loss of Consort – Let’s Calculate That!

    Chapter 9: My Car’s in the Body Shop for a Week – Now What?

    Chapter 10: You Got Your Car Back and It’s Just Not Right

    Chapter 11: I Just Put $2,000 in the Engine, Whaddya Mean Totalled?

    Chapter 12: Getting Your Car Totalled and Driving It Home!

    Chapter 13: The Adjuster Does Have Some Discretion – I Said Some!

    Chapter 14: Let’s Make a Deal

    Chapter 15: The Adjuster Has a Boss

    Chapter 16: How About Small Claims Court?

    Chapter 17: I;m Gonna Get a Lawyer and…

    Chapter 18: Getting an Attorney – Shop for a Pit Bull

    Chapter 19: My Attorney Gets How Much? Is That Legal?

    Chapter 20: Putting it All Together

    About the Author

    Introduction

    The Auto Claims we are going to talk about here are the ones where you have suffered some sort of damage. That means either your vehicle is

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