Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Barney and Barney, Salu Inc. Partner to Provide Medical Malpractice Coverage
Aug 31 2001 // San Diego-based brokerage firm Barney & Barney LLC and Salu Inc. entered into an agreement to provide Salu’s physician-specialist members with medical malpractice insurance coverage at competitive prices...
The Shrinking, Expensive Market for Nursing Home Coverage
Aug 20 2001 // I find that nursing homes are in a serious crisis in trying to obtain medical liability coverage,” Texas Insurance Commissioner José Montemayor said in February, as he announced the Texas Department of Insurance...
Court Decision Puts The St. Paul Companies Back in Business in Georgia
Jul 23 2001 // The St. Paul Companies heralded a July 12 Fulton County, Ga., Superior Court ruling that allows the company to continue providing medical liability and other commercial insurance products and services to new customers in...
Mo. Adopts NAIC Privacy Model Without Health, Workers’ Comp Provisions
Jul 9 2001 // The Missouri Insurance Department has adopted an emergency consumer privacy regulation containing a third party claimant provision but excluding health and workers’ compensation insurance. National Association of...
PA Hospital Ass’n. Lauds Passage of Medical Liability Privatization Bill
Jun 21 2001 // The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) hailed the passage of Senate Bill 556, “which fully privatizes the state’s medical professional liability system.” The reform measure...
TOUGH TIMES FOR MED-MAL
Jun 18 2001 // Decreases in investment income, coupled with increases in the severity of lawsuits and the rising costs of reinsurance, are likely to make medical malpractice a difficult market in the near future, according to Conning...
TOUGH TIMES FOR MED-MAL
Jun 11 2001 // Decreases in investment income, coupled with increases in the severity of lawsuits and the rising costs of reinsurance, are likely to make medical malpractice a difficult market in the near future, according to Conning...
Penn. Hospitals, Physicians Call for Medical Liability Reform
May 24 2001 // The Pennsylvania Medical Society and The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) released a joint statement outlining a set of principles and an action plan for reforming the medical professional...
Conning & Co. Study Predicts Tough Future for Medical Malpractice Industry
May 21 2001 // According to a Conning & Company study, “Medical Malpractice Insurance: A Prescription for Chaos,” decreases in investment income, coupled with increases in the severity of lawsuits and the rising costs of...
The St. Paul Launches Medical Liability Policy for Physicians and Surgeons
May 16 2001 // St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Co. a St. Paul Companies subsidiary, introduced an enhanced medical liability product for physicians and surgeons that will be available in Georgia beginning July 1, and the company is...
ProMutual to Increase Malpractice Insurance Rates
May 3 2001 // Beginning July 1 of this year, ProMutual, Massachusetts’ largest provider of malpractice insurance for physicians, will raise its rates for malpractice insurance an average of 14 percent across specialties. According...
ROC Study: Texas Workers’ Comp Claim Costs Topping the Charts
Mar 5 2001 // Texas has the highest average medical costs per workers’ compensation claim of nine states according to a survey recently released by the Texas Research and Oversight Council on Workers’ Compensation. The...
Agent-Broker Malpractice
Feb 19 2001 // In specifying, arranging for and renewing insurance policies, it is customary in the industry for agents to use a kind of shorthand. It is also customary for agents to rely upon manuals provided to them by insurers. A case...
