If I haven’t accepted an offered settlement but the insurance company closed the case for re-evaluation, how do I open up the case?
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If I haven’t accepted an offered settlement but the insurance company closed the case for re-evaluation, how do I open up the case?
Asked on March 22, 2013 under Personal Injury, Colorado
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
You can't make the insurer re-open the "case"--from what you seem to write, this is not a case in a legal sense (i.e. it's not a case filed in court), but is rather the insurer's own internal process for reviewing a matter and deciding whether or not to settle and for how much. You have no legal way to force them to continue with this process. What you can do is to sue the insurer, if it is your own insurer and you feel it is not honoring its policy obligations; or due the other party, if this is the insurer of some other person whom you feel has injured you or caused you property damage or some other economic loss.
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