If we are able to negotiate a resolution, it may take just months. If after communicating with your insurer, our attorneys still cannot achieve payment of your claim and we have to sue them in court, it will typically take significantly longer. Cases that go to trial may take a year or more depending upon all the circumstances involved. However, sometimes simply the threat of being dragged into court will convince insurers to pay for policyholder claims. They often do not want to spend the time or undergo the hassle of a court case. And if there is strong evidence of bad faith, the insurer could end up paying a lot more money to you than it originally owed.