Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ironshore, BLIS Offering Medical Liability for Specialty Surgeons
Dec 20 2010 // Ironshore, Inc. has announced the creation of a specialty market program in partnership with BLIS, Inc to protect bariatric surgeons performing elective cash or self-pay surgery. The agreement will enable BLIS to expand...
Massachusetts Couple Gets $2M in Malpractice Suit
Dec 17 2010 // A jury has ruled in favor of a Massachusetts couple and awarded them nearly $2 million in a medical malpractice suit they brought against St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester. Laura Ginisi claimed in the suit that...
Arkansas Doctor, Clinic Cleared in Malpractice Suit
Dec 17 2010 // A northwest Arkansas doctor and a women’s clinic have been cleared in a medical malpractice lawsuit. A Washington County District Court Jury found Dr. Robert Hix and Parkhill Clinic for Women were cleared in the 2005...
Study: Tort Reform May Not Curb Defensive Medicine or Fear of Suits
Dec 17 2010 // Physicians’ fears of being sued for malpractice are out of proportion to their actual risk of being sued, according to a recent study. The study by a University of Iowa researcher and colleagues also suggests that...
IronHealth Releases Loss Portfolio Transfer for Medical Liability Sector
Dec 14 2010 // IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has developed the Loss Portfolio Transfer Plus Program to meet the needs of captive insurance entities and other alternative self-insurance vehicles in the...
Chubb Program Expedites Clinical Trials in Czech Rep., Hungary, Portugal
Dec 8 2010 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies announced that it has added the Czech Republic, Hungary and Portugal to its WORLDcert program, a proprietary online system that instantly generates certificates of insurance in 152...
Lawyer Malpractice Claims on the Rise
Dec 8 2010 // The economy has taken its toll on all businesses today and law firms are no exception. They have experienced downsizing, pressure to change specialties in order to compete for new business, and other cost cutting measures,...
Colorado Court: Expert Can’t Be Excluded From Malpractice Case
Dec 7 2010 // The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that a defense expert can testify in a medical malpractice case even though a defendant failed to produce the raw data that the expert had “considered” in rendering his...
Lawyer Malpractice Claims on the Rise
Dec 5 2010 // Economy, Fees Countersuits and ‘Door Law’ Changing E&O Climate The economy has taken its toll on all businesses today and law firms are no exception. They have experienced downsizing, pressure to change...
Medical Liability Market Faces Challenges from Health Care Changes
Nov 29 2010 // The medical professional liability insurance industry faces new challenges from both health reform and increased competition. A new industry study by Conning Research & Consulting claims that both health care reform...
Medical Errors Take 15,000 Seniors’ Lives a Month: Inspector General
Nov 17 2010 // Mistakes and unavoidable problems kill an estimated 15,000 elderly U.S. patients every month in hospitals, U.S. government investigators reported Tuesday. More than 13 percent of patients covered by Medicare, the...
Illinois Faces Physician Shortage Due to Malpractice Liability, Study Warns
Nov 12 2010 // Half of all graduating medical residents or fellows trained in Illinois leave the state to practice medicine elsewhere, in large part due to the medical liability environment in Illinois, according to a new study from...
Texas Work Comp October Enforcement Actions Include Hefty Fines
Nov 12 2010 // Final disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) in October include fines of up to $153,000, the department announced. Commissioner of Workers’...
Workers’ Compensation Fees Would Cost New York Drivers, Insurers Warn
Nov 10 2010 // Proposed 30 percent increases in what medical providers in New York are paid for treating workers’ compensation injuries could have unintended consequences for the state’s motorists, an industry group has...
Capson Expands Online Medical Malpractice Program Into More States
Nov 9 2010 // Capson Physicians Insurance Co. (Capson), a new online medical malpractice insurance provider, has expanded its services to Texas, Kentucky and Idaho healthcare providers. Expansion into several additional states will be...
MMD Offers Product Liability Coverage for Medical Cannabis Firms
Nov 1 2010 // MMD Insurance Services said it has developed manufacturing standards and product liability coverage for medical marijuana manufacturers. The company’s program is designed to protect dispensaries, wholesalers and...
Medical Malpractice Claims Frequency Declining, Severity Stabilizing
Nov 1 2010 // Health care organizations’ medical malpractice claim frequency appears to be declining slightly and severity is leveling off, according to a new report. Data collected from 1,600 hospitals in report years 1997...
Medical Cost per Worker High in Wisconsin; Utilization Low
Oct 29 2010 // Higher medical costs per claim in Wisconsin are offset by much lower utilization of medical services in the state’s workers compensation system. As a result, medical payments per workers’ comp claim in...
Texas Workers’ Comp Sept. Enforcements Bring Nearly $268K in Fines
Oct 22 2010 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation in September issued nearly $268,000 in fines in disciplinary actions. The orders issued by Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon...
Medical Malpractice Claims Frequency Declining, Severity Stabilizing
Oct 22 2010 // Health care organizations’ medical malpractice claim frequency appears to be declining slightly and severity is leveling off, according to a new report released today. Data collected from 1,600 hospitals in report...
