Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
North Carolina Jury Deadlocks in John Edwards’ Malpractice Trial Against Doctor
May 19 2014 // Former U.S. senator and Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards’ return to the courtroom as a lawyer ended with a settlement and a mistrial. A jury in Pitt County deadlocked last week on whether to hold an...
NORCAL Mutual Expands Medical Professional Liability Coverage to Nevada
May 19 2014 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. is now offering medical professional liability insurance to Nevada physicians. For the past eight years, Nevada healthcare professionals have been offered coverage from Medicus Insurance Co., a...
Medical Malpractice Claims Hit New Low in Ohio
May 19 2014 // Medical malpractice claims in Ohio hit a new low in 2012, according to the Ohio Department of Insurance’s Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report. There were 2,733 claims in 2012, the last year for...
NORCAL Mutual Expands Medical Professional Liability Coverage to Nevada
May 6 2014 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. is now offering medical professional liability insurance to Nevada physicians. For the past eight years, Nevada healthcare professionals have been offered coverage from Medicus Insurance...
Glatfelter Program Managers Names Healthcare Practice Leader in Penn.
May 6 2014 // Glatfelter Program Managers, a business unit for York, Penn.-based Glatfelter Insurance Group’s program business, has appointed Shawn Yingling as president of Glatfelter Healthcare Practice.Shawn YinglingYingling is...
Ohio Medical Malpractice Claims Decline Again in 2012
May 5 2014 // Medical malpractice claims in Ohio hit a new low in 2012, according to a new report. The annual Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report from the Ohio Department of Insurance showed 2,733 claims in 2012, the...
Affordable Care Act Could Have ‘Modest’ Effect on Other Insurance Costs
May 5 2014 // The expansion of health insurance accomplished under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may alter costs for several major types of liability insurance, although any such changes are likely to be modest, according to a new Rand...
Nonprofit in Maryland Builds Different Kind of Health Insurance Company
Apr 29 2014 // Maryland hadn’t had a health insurance co-op for 20 years. Then Dr. Peter Beilenson came along. Although Beilenson — who has held a number of prominent health positions — describes himself as a staunch...
Tennessee Supreme Court Reinstates Malpractice Suit
Apr 28 2014 // The Tennessee Supreme Court has reinstated a medical malpractice lawsuit that had been thrown out by lower courts because the plaintiff failed to file paperwork to confirm it had met notice requirements. Richard Thurmond,...
Healthcare Industry Lacks Adequate Cybersecurity, Says FBI
Apr 25 2014 // The FBI has warned healthcare providers their cybersecurity systems are lax compared to other sectors, making them vulnerable to attacks by hackers searching for Americans’ personal medical records and health...
ACE Enhances Life Sciences Coverage Offerings
Apr 24 2014 // The ACE Medical Risk Group has enhanced its life sciences capabilities to include a commercial package offering comprised of general liability, inland marine, crime, umbrella liability and business automobile coverages to...
Affordable Care Act Could Have ‘Modest’ Effect on Other Insurance Costs
Apr 23 2014 // The expansion of health insurance accomplished under the Affordable Care Act may alter costs for several major types of liability insurance, although any such changes are likely to be modest, according to a new RAND Corp....
John Edwards Returns to Courtroom in Medical Malpractice Trial
Apr 23 2014 // Former U.S. senator and Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards has returned to the courtroom to help represent a 4-year-old Virginia boy in a medical malpractice case in North Carolina. Edwards is one of three...
Florida Constitutional Amendment on Medical Malpractice Caps Urged
Apr 22 2014 // Following a Florida Supreme Court decision that struck down caps on certain awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, the members of a 2002 task force that supported those caps are calling for a constitutional amendment that...
IronHealth Increases Limits, Broadens Coverage for Healthcare Professional Liability
Apr 21 2014 // Bermuda-based IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has enhanced its Healthcare Professional Liability (HPL) insurance product, increasing limits to $50 million and broadening the scope of...
Fireman’s Fund Names Senior Product Director for Healthcare Practice in N.Y.
Apr 17 2014 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company has appointed Mike Midgley to senior product director for healthcare professional liability. He is located in Fireman’s Fund’s New York office.Mike MidgleyMidgley most...
Starkweather & Shepley Names Healthcare Risk Specialist in Massachusetts
Apr 15 2014 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. has appointed Stephen Primiano as healthcare risk specialist. Primiano will be working out of Starkweather’s Westwood, Mass., location, where he will continue to...
Florida Legislators Look to Expand, Regulate Telemedicine
Apr 11 2014 // The calls may come in the middle of the night and from hospitals more than an hour away. Someone is having a stroke and is en route an emergency room in the Florida Keys, but there aren’t any neurologists on...
Ott Stepping Down as President, CEO of Texas Medical Liability Trust
Apr 8 2014 // Austin-based Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) announced that Charles R. “Chip” Ott Jr. is stepping down from his role as TMLT’s president and chief executive officer (CEO) effective June 30 to...
Nearly $3M Awarded in Kansas Malpractice Case
Apr 8 2014 // The parents of a Missouri man awarded nearly $3 million by a Kansas jury say they hope the case helps raise awareness of the risks and possible complications from pain injections. A Johnson County, Kan., jury awarded the...
