Insurance Law

We provide legal and technical assistance in disputes involving motor vehicle accidents, residential and commercial property damage, legal expenses insurance, Datassur/RSR registrations, commercial insurance, life insurance, and health insurance, including cases concerning claim refusals, underpayments, and disputes relating to insurance records.

We start with the problem you are facing—not with legal terminology.

In insurance disputes, the greatest loss of rights often occurs during the earliest stages of the claims process—for example, through the initial correspondence with the insurer, failing to challenge an expert report within the applicable time limits, accepting an inadequate settlement offer, or allowing the insurer to interpret the scope of the policy unilaterally.

At Brussels LAC, we assess your case not only from a legal perspective but also by carefully reviewing your insurance policy, the claimed loss, expert reports, settlement offers, and relevant data records. Depending on the nature of your case, we work with you to determine the most appropriate strategy, whether through negotiations with the insurance company, proceedings before the Insurance Ombudsman, mediation, litigation, or other available legal remedies.

Road Traffic Accidents and Motor Insurance Disputes

We provide legal assistance in matters relating to liability assessments, vehicle damage, total loss (write-off) determinations, market value, diminution in vehicle value, replacement vehicles, personal injuries, loss of earning capacity, loss of income, and dependency claims arising in the event of death.

Our services include:

  • Objections to accident reports and liability determinations

  • Claims involving uninsured vehicles, unidentified (hit-and-run) vehicles, and applications to the Guarantee Fund

  • Review of expert reports, repair cost assessments, and total loss (write-off) evaluations

  • Legal issues involving foreign-registered vehicles and the Green Card system

Real Estate, Fire and Water Damage

We provide legal assistance in disputes arising from fire, water damage, plumbing failures, storms, flooding, and damage caused by neighbouring properties affecting residential homes, apartment buildings, commercial premises, and other real estate.

Our services include:

  • Liability issues involving tenants, property owners, neighbours, and building management
  • Disputes concerning condominium associations (syndics), common area insurance policies, and recovery (subrogation) proceedings
  • Challenges to inadequate settlement offers and disputes concerning policy exclusions
  • Claims for business interruption losses, equipment damage, and stock losses following damage to commercial premises

Legal Expenses Insurance

We provide legal assistance in disputes concerning legal expenses insurance (protection juridique / rechtsbijstand), including disagreements over the coverage of lawyers’ fees, litigation costs, expert fees, notarial fees, translation costs, and court-appointed expert expenses.

Our services include:

  • Activation of legal expenses insurance and challenges to coverage refusals
  • Disputes concerning policy limits and litigation costs
  • Exercising the right to freely choose your own lawyer
  • Complaints and proceedings before the Insurance Ombudsman

Why Should You Choose Us?

Follow-up

We manage the entire GDPR application process effectively, ensuring that you do not suffer any loss of rights, and handle it in the most advantageous way on your behalf.

Attention and Care

For each application, we develop a tailored strategy and carefully prepare the documents and legal grounds.

Effective Communication

Throughout the process, we maintain regular communication with our clients and respond to requests from data protection authorities in a timely and effective manner.

How Do We Handle an Insurance Dispute?

Our objective in every case is to identify the most effective and cost-efficient solution. Wherever possible, we seek to resolve the dispute through correspondence and negotiations with the insurer. Where this is not possible, we advise and assist clients in pursuing the appropriate formal complaint, ombudsman procedure, mediation, or court proceedings.

We carefully examine the insurer's reasons for refusing the claim, the terms and conditions of the insurance policy, and all relevant facts and evidence relating to the loss.

The amount paid or offered by the insurer is assessed against the policy terms, expert reports, invoices, market value, and the actual loss suffered to determine whether the settlement is fair and adequate.

 

We assess Datassur/RSR registrations from the perspective of insurance accessibility and data protection rights, including the accuracy and lawfulness of the information recorded.

We Are With You Every Step of the Way

Frequently EncounteredInsurance Issues

For more information on these and similar topics, feel free to contact us. We would be happy to assist you.