Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
The Hartford Expands Coverage For Healthcare Providers
Oct 19 2010 // As the aging population and advances in medical technology fuel the healthcare industry’s rapid expansion, providers face new growth opportunities and specialized protection needs. To help healthcare administrators...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Race: Views on Credit Scoring, Tort Reform
Oct 19 2010 // Georgia voters going to the polls on Nov. 2 will have a choice when it comes to electing the state’s next insurance commissioner. The Democratic, Republican and Libertarian candidates cite different priorities; hold...
Florida Medical Liability Market Found in Good Health
Oct 18 2010 // Medical malpractice insurers writing in Florida earned an average return on surplus of 6.6 percent in 2009, their sixth straight profitable year, although their profits were lower than in 2008. That’s one of the news...
Florida Medical Malpractice Insurance Market Found in Good Health
Oct 6 2010 // Medical malpractice insurers writing in Florida earned an average return on surplus of 6.6 percent in 2009, their sixth straight profitable year, although their profits were lower than in 2008. That’s one of the news...
General Star Adds Data Privacy Coverage for Medical Professionals
Oct 6 2010 // General Star has made four types of data privacy coverage available to its Select and Premier physicians & surgeons policies. The protection is included without additional charge. The enhancement was driven by a need...
South Carolina Requires Notice to Families of Deaths from Medical Errors
Oct 4 2010 // A new state law designed to notify families of those who die within 24 hours of hospital admittance and invasive surgery is increasing the call volume for some coroner’s investigators. The Ann S. Perdue Independent...
Five Star Specialty Programs Launches Healthcare Practice
Sep 30 2010 // Five Star Specialty Programs, a division of Crump Insurance Services Inc. and part of Crump Group Inc., announced it is launching a new health care practice based in Sacramento, Calif. The practice, known as Five Star...
New Hampshire Panel Mulls Rule Changes to Malpractice Fund
Sep 27 2010 // Senate members of the legislative rules committee have objected to rule changes for the malpractice insurance fund proposed by the New Hampshire insurance commissioner. The joint legislative committee on Friday raised...
Full Disclosure of Medical Errors Lowers Liability Costs, Study Finds
Sep 9 2010 // Full disclosure of medical errors including compensation for them can lower defense and overall liability costs for medical providers, according to a new study. While many medcial providers today acknowledge that patients...
All Risks Ltd. Launches Home Health Product Through Rockhill Insurance
Aug 20 2010 // All Risks, Ltd. has introduced an exclusive insurance program designed to meet the evolving challenges of the hospice and home health industry with Rockhill Insurance Company. The Home Health Program specifically targets...
Travelers Introduces Liability Package for Medical Technology
Aug 16 2010 // The evolution of software and electronics for medical devices and the transferring of electronic personal identity records is creating a new combination of risks in the medical technology industry. To address these risks,...
Colorado Medical Malpractice Insurer Fined $48,400
Aug 16 2010 // Colorado’s Department of Regulatory Agencies Division of Insurance has fined Denver-based COPIC, one of the state’s largest medical professional liability insurers, following a market conduct...
Scientists Downplay Health Risks of Fires Near Chernobyl Nuclear Plant
Aug 15 2010 // Fears that fires scorching forests polluted by Chernobyl fallout may propel dangerous amounts of radioactivity into the air are overblown, scientists say, and the actual health risks are very small. Even firefighters...
Almost 1 Medical Malpractice Claim Filed for Every Physician, Reports AMA
Aug 5 2010 // A study from the American Medical Association (AMA) reports that an average of 95 medical liability claims are filed for every 100 physicians, almost one per physician. The AMA says its report has data not available...
Some Fear Nevada Court May End Malpractice Limits
Aug 4 2010 // Some Nevada doctors say they’re worried a state court could overturn a law limiting the amount of damages paid out in medical malpractice cases. The Nevada Supreme Court is being asked to consider a 2008 lawsuit...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Sides with Physicians in Med Mal Trust Fund Fight
Aug 2 2010 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s taking of $200 million from the Wisconsin’s Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (IPFCF) to help balance the general budget was...
Thai Doctors Protest Proposed Malpractice Liability Law
Jul 30 2010 // Across Thailand many doctors traded their white coats for black on Thursday to protest a draft law that would give victims of medical malpractice legal rights to win compensation. The law would be the first of its kind in...
Wis. Supreme Court Sides with Physicians in Med Mal Trust Fund Fight
Jul 21 2010 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided that the state’s taking of $200 million from the Wisconsin’s Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (IPFCF) to help balance the general budget was...
Wash. Court Dumps Notice for Malpractice Lawsuits
Jul 19 2010 // The Washington state Supreme Court said it is unconstitutional to require 90 days notice before suing a doctor, marking the second time in less than a year the court has rejected a legislative attempt to reform medical...
How New Exchange of Healthcare Data Might Reduce Tort Costs
Jul 19 2010 // Tort reform, which has been a longstanding and slow-moving political juggernaut, needs to sprout a necessary and useful set of wings. A “perfect storm” between today’s data technology, an existing...
