Being injured as the result of someone elses wrongdoing can have a devastating impact to your health, finances and family. Many peoples only interaction with an insurance company prior to sustaining an injury is through the never ending cycle of television commercials. While the various spokespersons, mascots and slogans can be entertaining, they do nothing to prepare individuals for what really happens after you have been injured in an accident. Make no mistake about it, from the moment an insurance company is notified of a claim, it has virtually unlimited resources to accomplish one thing -- minimize its exposure.