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Personal injury claims for conditions such as asbestos related diseases can take many years to develop after the actual exposure occurred and as such it is very common for the employer or employers who were responsible for the exposure to have long since closed down. In cases such as this your solicitor will try to track down the insurance company who covered the employers when you worked there and hold them responsible for your compensation.
Tracing a company’s insurance history is a skilled task and sadly not all solicitors are as diligent as others when it comes to such an undertaking. While it is true that sometimes insurers simply cannot be found and nothing can be done it is important that you seek a second opinion if you find yourself in this situation. If our solicitors manage to trace the insurance history where others have failed then it may be possible to claim for professional negligence.
