Quote Originally Posted by Really Clark? View Post
That's not a true blanket statement at all. I have dealt with both sides of insurance claims process and it is honestly much much more likely that delays occurr from the claimants side. In fact I know multiple plaintiff attorney's who deliberately will not settle a claim and wait to file a lawsuit until the statute of limitations nearly run out. Even when the carrier is attempting to honestly settle. There is more than enough to complain about in the insurance industry, but I see delays (purposeful delays for that matter) the vast majority of the time come from the plaintiff side strickly to play up that stereotype. It's just a game to many of these attorneys and over half the time in arbitration the claimant didn't come out any better by waiting and many times come away with 50% less if they would have settled years prior. Then they have to pay attorney fees on top of that.
Im talking about routine stuff that never makes it to court. Stuff like a company says it doesn't have a providers NPI #. Never mind that they paid a claim the day before and the day after for the same provider using the # they say they don't have. They know they will eventually have to pay it, they just delay for the sake of delaying. It happens all the time.