Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
SCPIE Holdings Announces Third-Quarter and Nine-Month Results
Nov 13 2003 // SCPIE Holdings Inc., a provider of healthcare liability insurance, reported results for its third quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2003. For the 2003 third quarter, SCPIE reported a net loss of $14.8 million, or...
Former N.J. Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Health Care Claims Fraud
Nov 13 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that a former Bergen County chiropractor previously convicted of insurance fraud has pleaded guilty to additional charges, including Health Care Claims Fraud for...
Calif. Congressman Helps Put Schwarzenegger on the Right Path
Nov 3 2003 // alifornia Congressman David Dreier (R- San Dimas) is just a little busy these days. Along with representing Californians in the 26th District and being unanimously selected in 2001 by his California colleagues to chair the...
Wis. Weighs Scores, ‘Sponsor’ Auto Cover
Oct 29 2003 // A Wisconsin Assembly bill that would prohibit insurers from using credit information in rating or underwriting auto or homeowners insurance would undermine the state’s stable insurance market and could increase...
Sierra Health Services Announces an Increase in Its Share Repurchase Program
Oct 29 2003 // Las Vegas-based Sierra Health Services Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the company to purchase up to an additional 3 million shares of its common stock. On Jan. 7, 2003, the company announced that...
New Fla. Doctor-Owned Company Ready for Business
Oct 10 2003 // Healthcare Underwriters Group of Florida (HUGFL), a doctor-owned, non-assessable, medical liability insurance company, reported that the company is accepting applications from licensed physicians throughout...
N.J. Mother, Son Sentenced for Auto Fraud & Official Bribery Scam
Oct 9 2003 // New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that an East Orange mother and son were sentenced for their reported participation in an organized scheme to illegally obtain valid police accident reports in order to...
Kibble & Prentice Expands Medical Liability Practice
Oct 9 2003 // To address the increased difficulty health practitioners are having obtaining liability insurance, Seattle-based Kibble & Prentice has expanded its medical liability insurance practice. To this end, Philip Dyer has...
CPCU Society to Highlight Results From P/C Survey at Annual Meeting
Oct 1 2003 // The CPCU Society invites insurance professionals to “Jazz Up Your Career!” at the CPCU Society’s 59th Annual Meeting and Seminars in New Orleans, Oct. 11-14. Join CPCUs, the New Designee Class of 2003,...
Mo. Governor Forms Group to Reduce Medical Errors
Sep 29 2003 // Missouri Gov. Bob Holden announced the creation the 17-member Missouri Commission on Patient Safety to improve the quality of health care and further reduce the number of medical malpractice claims in the...
Fair Isaac Acquires Diversified HealthCare Services
Sep 19 2003 // Fair Isaac Corporation announced that it has acquired Diversified HealthCare Services Inc. Diversified, a rapidly growing provider of medical bill review products and services for the workers’ compensation insurance...
AIA: NC. Senate Med-Mal Bill Lacking
Sep 18 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced that the North Carolina Senate approved a medical malpractice bill that the association believes falls short of the goal of comprehensive medical liability reform. S. 802...
N.J. Commissioner Reactivates Med Mal Reinsurance Association
Sep 12 2003 // New Jersey’s Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke has issued an order to reactivate the state’s long-disused Medical Malpractice Reinsurance Association (MMRA) in order to “assure continued...
Gov. Bush Sees Hope for Industry in Florida and Nationally
Sep 8 2003 // From medical malpractice to workers’ compensation, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush {R} has been working with insurance industry leaders to solve problems in the Sunshine State during his two terms in office. The issues in...
Has ‘Pain and Suffering’ Priced Itself Out of the Market’
Sep 8 2003 // Texas voters have an opportunity on Sept. 13 to remove the joker from an ingenious form of judicial poker that has pushed up insurance costs so high medical providers are being forced to restrict services. Non-economic...
Gov. Bush Sees Hope for Industry in Florida and Nationally
Sep 8 2003 // From medical malpractice to workers’ compensation, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) has been working with insurance industry leaders to solve problems in the Sunshine State during his two terms in office. The issues in...
IIAT Urges Members to Support Prop. 12
Sep 4 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced it is urging its 2,000 independent insurance agency members to support Proposition 12 in the upcoming Sept. 13 election. In a letter to members, IIAT President Jim Berger...
Nev. Dental Liability Insurance Rates to Increase
Aug 27 2003 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved revised rates for the National Dental Program insured by Continental Casualty Company. The National Dental Program policies may include professional...
MedRisk, Diversified HealthCare Services Ink Deal on Workers’ Comp Physical Therapy
Aug 20 2003 // MedRisk, Inc. and Diversified HealthCare Services, Inc. have signed an agreement, providing MedRisk’s (www.medrisknet.com) entire Expert Provider Organization (EPO) network of workers’ compensation physical...
New Med-Mal Provider Applies in Florida
Aug 19 2003 // Florida Healthcare Providers Insurance Exchange, (The Exchange) announced it filed an application with the state to offer medical malpractice insurance to physicians in Florida. The Exchange expects to begin issuing...
