Isn\’t it amazing that the line Kevin used in his comment is the same line that literally jumped out at me when I read the article.;\”you don\’t have the character to be a lawyer if you can\’t be honest\”. SINCE WHEN was that a requirement to be a lawyer? If it ever was, or if it is now, there are many many many of them out there that need to be disbarred immediately!
Now that I have had my laugh for the day (during my lunch hour thank you), I will go back to work with the sick realization that the standards truly are not very high and maybe my hopes for America will never be realized.
In view of Mr. Spitzer\’s investigations, and the rash of Insurance Brokers and Companies rushing to settle, to avoid further embarrassment, it is time for the Insurance World to stop throwing stones at the Legal Profession, and time to clean up our own.
In my 30+ years in the Insurance Industry, I have had many dealings with attorneys, and while there certainly are some bad eggs among them, I have found most to be decent,and committed to serving the needs of their clients.
While I know that most Insurance Professionals are also good decent people, I have seen too many examples where faced with a choice between what is best for the client vs. what is best for the agent/broker or their office, the client came out on the short end.
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones, and friends, our \”glass house\” is in danger.
It is time for us to re-commit ourselves to serving our clients, not because of political pressures, but rather, because that is what our industry is supposed to do!
When significant progress is made, perhaps we\’ll be able to reflect and be proud to be part of this industry, rather than being embarrassed by the latest revelation, and explaining or apologizing for the acts of our brothers!
I will take my chances on insurance type people over attorneys any day when it comes to honesty. I have had over 20 years experience with both and although I know there are \”bad ones\” in the insurance industry, I guess I have been fortunate to have worked at companies that did not look at how to get out of paying claims but to process them if the coverage was there and there was no fraud involved (there is alot of that you know). On the other hand, those same 20 years gave me many experiences with attorneys as well and when they know there are pockets out there to empty, regardless of whether or not there is cause, they do their best to do so without thought of the word indemnity and how it relates to insurance and losses. Yes there are some good attorneys but in my experience, there are more out there looking out for their own greedy selves than those who are truly trying to help the insured or claimant as they claim to be doing. Attorneys who scavenge policies to try and find loopholes and then advertise them on TV to get the free lunch bums to come on in and file suits
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\”you don\’t have the character to be a lawyer if you can\’t be honest,\’\’
That\’s a quote from the article. If we held that standard there would be half as many lawyers in the USA.
Isn\’t it amazing that the line Kevin used in his comment is the same line that literally jumped out at me when I read the article.;\”you don\’t have the character to be a lawyer if you can\’t be honest\”. SINCE WHEN was that a requirement to be a lawyer? If it ever was, or if it is now, there are many many many of them out there that need to be disbarred immediately!
Now that I have had my laugh for the day (during my lunch hour thank you), I will go back to work with the sick realization that the standards truly are not very high and maybe my hopes for America will never be realized.
In view of Mr. Spitzer\’s investigations, and the rash of Insurance Brokers and Companies rushing to settle, to avoid further embarrassment, it is time for the Insurance World to stop throwing stones at the Legal Profession, and time to clean up our own.
In my 30+ years in the Insurance Industry, I have had many dealings with attorneys, and while there certainly are some bad eggs among them, I have found most to be decent,and committed to serving the needs of their clients.
While I know that most Insurance Professionals are also good decent people, I have seen too many examples where faced with a choice between what is best for the client vs. what is best for the agent/broker or their office, the client came out on the short end.
People who live in glass houses should not throw stones, and friends, our \”glass house\” is in danger.
It is time for us to re-commit ourselves to serving our clients, not because of political pressures, but rather, because that is what our industry is supposed to do!
When significant progress is made, perhaps we\’ll be able to reflect and be proud to be part of this industry, rather than being embarrassed by the latest revelation, and explaining or apologizing for the acts of our brothers!
I will take my chances on insurance type people over attorneys any day when it comes to honesty. I have had over 20 years experience with both and although I know there are \”bad ones\” in the insurance industry, I guess I have been fortunate to have worked at companies that did not look at how to get out of paying claims but to process them if the coverage was there and there was no fraud involved (there is alot of that you know). On the other hand, those same 20 years gave me many experiences with attorneys as well and when they know there are pockets out there to empty, regardless of whether or not there is cause, they do their best to do so without thought of the word indemnity and how it relates to insurance and losses. Yes there are some good attorneys but in my experience, there are more out there looking out for their own greedy selves than those who are truly trying to help the insured or claimant as they claim to be doing. Attorneys who scavenge policies to try and find loopholes and then advertise them on TV to get the free lunch bums to come on in and file suits