Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Digital Benefit Advisors Acquires Minnesota’s Corporate Health Systems
May 20 2016 // Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA) a national employee benefits firm, has acquired Corporate Health Systems of Eden Prairie, Minn., expanding its footprint in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Corporate Health Systems’...
Arizona Governor Signs Law to Close Agent Malpractice Loophole
May 19 2016 // Arizona’s governor has signed a bill to fix a loophole that exposes agents who write auto policies to malpractice suits. The bill was written in response to an Arizona Supreme Court ruling in July 2015 favoring an...
Changing Directions, Oklahoma Eyes Medicaid Expansion
May 17 2016 // Despite bitter resistance in Oklahoma for years to President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, Republican leaders in this conservative state are now confronting something that alarms them even more: a huge $1.3...
Previous Telecom Efforts Flopped But Google, Apple See Future for Telemedicine
May 16 2016 // Google and Apple Inc. have some bright ideas about the future of health care. Not so long ago, AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. had similar ideas: a networked world of devices and services that would...
Medical Professional Liability Insurers’ Profits Decline But Outlook Stable: A.M. Best
May 11 2016 // The specialty medical professional liability (MPL) insurance industry remained profitable in 2015, however its net income fell nearly 36.6 percent to almost $1.1 billion in 2015. In a special report, A.M. Best said the MPL...
Medical Liability Insurer NORCAL Mutual Names Stewart Chief Underwriter
May 10 2016 // Andre Stewart has been named chief underwriting officer for NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. Stewart joined NORCAL in 2015 as senior vice president of underwriting for custom accounts, where he was responsible for new business...
Insurer’s Hospital Claims Study Corroborates High Death Risk from Medical Errors
May 10 2016 // Death claims are the most common hospital liability claims, according to an insurance company study released after researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine reported that medical errors are the third...
Los Angeles Medical Worker Nabbed for Workers’ Comp Fraud
May 4 2016 // Johana Magnolia Paredes, 45, of Bellflower, Calif. was arrested by California Department of Insurance detectives on two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud after allegedly misrepresenting her...
Medical Errors Now Third Leading Cause of Death in the U.S.: Study
May 4 2016 // Medical errors in the U.S. account for more than 250,000 deaths per year, which makes them the third leading cause of death in the country, according to researcher at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Johns...
Liability Insurers Win Right to Question NFL Executives, Doctors in Concussion Cases
May 2 2016 // National Football League executives may for the first time have to testify about what they knew of concussion risks after a judge cleared the way for questions from insurers who are suing to avoid paying more than $1...
Lockton Benefit Group Adds Leopold as Chief Medical Officer
Apr 29 2016 // Lockton Benefit Group, based in Kanas City, Mo., has added Dr. Ronald S. Leopold to its national Lockton Health Risk Solutions practice. As leader of the practice, Dr. Leopold will combine his clinical knowledge with...
Proposal for Food Inspection Cuts in Louisiana Raises Health Risk Concerns
Apr 28 2016 // More people could be exposed to foodborne illnesses in Louisiana if lawmakers approve a provision in the governor’s 2017 budget proposal which would lead to fewer inspections of the retail food industry, officials...
Supreme Court Hears Claim Against Hospital for Allegedly Defrauding U.S.
Apr 19 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with the question of when federal contractors can be sued for defrauding the government in a case involving a 19-year-old Massachusetts woman who suffered a fatal 2009 seizure at...
Where Prescription Drug Prices Are Headed in U.S.
Apr 15 2016 // Spending on medicines increased by double digits for a second year in 2015 and reached $425 billion based on invoice prices. After adjusting for rebates and other price concessions by manufacturers, net spending was $310...
Public Health Experts Warn U.S. Unprepared for Zika Outbreak
Apr 13 2016 // Despite dire predictions that the Zika virus could affect much of the United States including large cities this summer, two public health law experts warn that the country is unprepared, and the financial and moral...
Federal Court Rules CGL Insurance Covers Data Breach
Apr 12 2016 // A federal appeals court in Virginia has upheld a lower federal court in ruling that a commercial general liability policy (CGL) may cover a data breach. In a case involving the publication of private medical records on the...
Schuhriemen Joins Alliant’s Healthcare Practice in California
Apr 6 2016 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Robert Schuhriemen senior vice president in its healthcare practice. Schuhriemen has 24 years of experience. He was a client executive with a global...
Chubb Launches Healthcare Industry Practice, Taps Clouser to Lead
Mar 30 2016 // Chubb has launched a new industry practice providing insurance coverage and risk management options to the healthcare marketplace. Chubb’s Healthcare Industry Practice will offer a range of insurance products and...
Update: Lloyd’s Underwriter Marketform Sells UK Med Mal Businesses to Beazley
Mar 24 2016 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced it has sold its UK Open Market Medical Malpractice and UK / International Delegated Authority Insurance businesses to Beazley. The team being transferred is led by...
Measure Increasing Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Cap Moves Forward
Mar 2 2016 // Medical malpractice victims would be able to receive more compensation under a measure an Indiana House committee approved on Feb. 29 that would update the payment cap for the first time in nearly 18 years. The bill, which...
