Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Shumer Joins Signature B&B from Professional Medical Insurance Services
May 2 2017 // The Signature B&B Companies (SBB), a New York-based regional independent insurance brokerage and an Acrisure Agency Partner, has hired Julie Shumer as senior vice president. Shumer, a 28-year veteran in the medical...
Capacity Group of NY Hires Jeanne Braun to Health Care Strategy Group
Apr 18 2017 // Capacity Group of NY LLC (CGNY), a division of Mahwah, N.J.-headquartered The Capacity Group – an EPIC Company, has hired Jeanne Braun as president of CGNY’s newly established Health Care Strategy Group. Braun...
Iowa House OKs $250K Limit in Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Apr 17 2017 // The Iowa House has approved legislation that would cap financial awards in medical malpractice lawsuits except in severe cases. The House approved the bill 65-32 to limit pain and suffering payouts at $250,000 in most...
Identifying the Hybrid Nonprofit Organization
Apr 17 2017 // It can be difficult to distinguish whether a client is a hybrid nonprofit. To help provide the best insurance protection for nonprofit organizations, the following are some questions top agents ask. This can help agents to...
Understanding the Needs of the Hybrid Nonprofit Organization
Apr 17 2017 // The nonprofit of yesterday has evolved, and a new, hybrid nonprofit model has emerged, bringing with it an array of complexities. Human services agencies and nonprofits across the country have recognized crucial needs in...
Bills Still Active in Iowa: Medical Malpractice Caps, Limits on 911 Call Access
Apr 4 2017 // Legislation capping recoveries in medical malpractice awards and a bill that would limit public access to 911 call information are still alive the Iowa Legislature. Medical Malpractice Caps The legislation would limit...
Underwriting Profits Now Imperative for Medical Liability Insurers: PLUS Report
Apr 3 2017 // For all the changes in healthcare in the past 10 years, the principal challenges facing medical professional liability (MPL) insurance remain much the same as they did during the crisis in the mid-2000s: a high level of...
How Medical Liability Insurers’ $30 Billion ‘Cushion’ Is Also Barrier to Profit
Mar 22 2017 // For all the changes in healthcare over the past 10 years, the principal challenges facing medical professional liability (MPL) insurance remain much the same as they have been since its crisis in the mid-2000s: a high...
Medical Professional Underwriters Weigh Impact of Republican Healthcare Changes
Mar 20 2017 // As they grapple with persistently soft market conditions, medical professional liability (MPL) underwriters must weigh the potential impact on their business of proposed changes in the U.S. healthcare financing system. As...
Kentucky Set to Create Medical Malpractice Claim Review Panels
Mar 20 2017 // A bill revising Kentucky’s medical malpractice system by creating panels of medical providers to review claims of error or neglect before cases go to court was passed earlier this month by state lawmakers. The...
Jury Awards Missouri Woman $28.9M in Suit Against Health Provider
Mar 10 2017 // A southwestern Missouri jury has ordered a health provider to pay roughly $29 million to a woman who argued that doctors’ failure to timely diagnose her rare disorder made her reliant on a feeding tube. The...
Kentucky Lawmakers Finish Work on Medical Review Panel Bill
Mar 8 2017 // Kentucky lawmakers wrapped up work Friday on revising the medical malpractice system by creating panels of medical providers to review claims of error or neglect before cases go to court. The legislation, long a priority...
Texas Ex-Postal Employee Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme
Mar 7 2017 // McArthur Baker, 69, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Workers’ Compensation...
California DIR Suspends 7 Workers’ Comp Medical Providers for Fraud
Mar 6 2017 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended seven medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system. The providers...
Patient Complaints Can Identify Surgeons Who Are Higher Claims Risks
Mar 6 2017 // Recording and analyzing patient and family reports about rude and disrespectful behavior can identify surgeons with higher rates of surgical site infections and other avoidable adverse outcomes, according to a study led by...
PwC’s Oscars Screw-Up Could Risk Defense at MF Global Malpractice Trial
Mar 3 2017 // PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s epic screw-up at the Oscars could carry a high cost if jurors arrive at a malpractice trial next week suspecting the global accounting firm is error-prone. Until a PwC accountant handed...
Workers’ Compensation Could Pay If Obamacare Replacement Falls Short
Mar 2 2017 // The workers’ compensation system could end up feeling some pain if changes to health care and other social insurance programs by Congress and the Trump Administration mean some Americans lose benefits, workers’...
Marsh Launches New Excess Medical Professional Liability Policy Form
Feb 27 2017 // Marsh has unveiled a new excess medical professional liability (MPL) policy form that combines industry favorable MPL terms and conditions into a single excess policy to be used by commercial insurers. Developed by...
Michigan Medical Services Firm to Pay $21.5K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
Feb 23 2017 // A medical services provider serving the Muskegon, Michigan, region will pay $21,500 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
California DIR Suspends 7 Workers’ Comp Medical Providers for Fraud
Feb 17 2017 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended seven medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system. The providers...
