Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
2007 Property/Casualty State Specialist Insurers
May 21 2007 // 1 Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Co. WV 765,963 2 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. TX 743,095 3 Old American Cty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. TX 491,641 4 SAIF Corp. OR 449,794 5 Universal Property & Casualty...
Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Names Botkin Senior VP, Healthcare Practice Leader
May 17 2007 // Large insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. of Richmond, Va., has hired Mary S. Botkin as senior vice president and healthcare industry practice leader. Botkin joins HRH from Alliant Insurance Services, (formerly...
MedPro Seeks 24% Med Mal Rate Cut in Conn.
May 17 2007 // What a diffence a few years makes. MedPro, whch sought to hike medical malpractice rates in Connecticut by some 90 percent three years ago, now wants to lower rates by 24 percent. On May 11, 2007, the company submitted its...
Critics: Wyoming Medical Review Panels Aren’t Lowering Insurance
May 15 2007 // Critics of panels that review medical malpractice cases in Wyoming say the oversight has not lowered the cost of medical malpractice insurance. Voters in 2004 amended the state constitution to allow the Legislature to...
Trial Begins for Man Suing Idaho Hospital in Malpractice Case
May 10 2007 // Lawyers for a man who blames an eastern Idaho hospital for brain damage during surgery for a minor wrist injury have begun presenting their case to a jury. Brock Higham is suing the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center,...
Omaha Medical Liability Co. Adds Staff
May 9 2007 // Preferred Professional Insurance Co. (PPIC), an Omaha-based medical liability insurance firm, announced two additions to its staff: Larry E. Pike, CLU, ChFC, LTCP, joins PPIC as senior account executive, and Emalee K....
Assisted living and miscellaneous medical facilities spur new growth
May 7 2007 // Rise in numbers of surgicenters, medispas and clinics brings new risks and opportunities in professional liability An aging population and a demand for new and unique medical services in non-hospital settings are driving...
Medical professional liability underwriters face new environment
May 7 2007 // Expect new exposures as practitioners replace physicians as supervisors and nanotechnolgy and stem cell research grow An ever-expanding health care and quasi-health care services environment has placed the role of...
News Currents
May 7 2007 // Study questions insurance cost effect on Pa. doctor supply Spiraling-malpractice insurance costs appeared to have little effect on the number of doctors in high-risk specialties practicing in Pennsylvania over a 10-year...
Schwarzenegger proposal suggests combining workers’ comp with group health coverage
May 7 2007 // As part of his health care reform plan unveiled in early January, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing a “24-Hour coverage” program that would combine the medical treatment component of...
Assisted living and miscellaneous medical facilities spur new growth
May 7 2007 // An aging population and a demand for new and unique medical services in non-hospital settings are driving growth in certain areas of medical professional liability coverage, in particular medical facilities coverage. The...
Medical professional liability underwriters face new environment
May 7 2007 // An ever-expanding health care and quasi-health care services environment has placed the role of physicians in a constant state of flux. So, what new exposures will be faced by medical professional liability underwriters...
Neb. County Sued in Gastric Bypass Surgery Medical Malpractice Case
May 2 2007 // Douglas County might have to pay a hefty price for an employee’s failure to deliver. The county finds itself as the defendant in a medical malpractice lawsuit because, contrary to a civil process server’s...
Symetra Financial To Acquire Medical Risk Managers
May 2 2007 // Bellevue, Wash.-based Symetra Financial has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Medical Risk Managers Inc. of South Windsor, Conn. The deal is expected to close by the end of second quarter 2007 and be accretive to...
Study: Malpractice Crisis had Little Effect on Pa. Doctor Supply
Apr 27 2007 // Spiraling-malpractice insurance costs appeared to have little effect on the number of doctors in high-risk specialties practicing in Pennsylvania over a 10-year period, according to a new study. Opponents of efforts to...
Tenn. House Panel Moves Med Mal Bill
Apr 26 2007 // A proposal to limit medical malpractice lawsuits in Tennessee advanced Tuesday out of the House subcommittee where it faced its biggest challenge for passage. The civil practice subcommittee of the House Judiciary...
Minn. Senate Votes to Examine Health Risks from 3M Co. Chemicals
Apr 24 2007 // With traces of industrial chemicals linked to 3M Co. products turning up in more places, legislators are demanding that state scientists step up their examination of health risks and are allocating money for testing and...
Majority of medical malpractice claims close without payment
Apr 23 2007 // The majority of medical malpractice claims in a study of seven states were closed without any compensation paid to those claiming a medical injury, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)...
Consumer groups say market forces, not claims, caused re-cent medical malpractice crisis
Apr 23 2007 // A consumer coalition released a report that disputes insurers’ contention that the most recent medical malpractice insurance crisis for doctors was caused by rising costs. The study, Stable Losses/Unstable Rates...
R.I. Court Seeks Health Expert Advice on Lead Paint Cleanup
Apr 17 2007 // Lawyers for the state of Rhode Island and former lead paint manufacturers were expected this week to recommend experts to assist a judge as he directs the companies to carry out what could be a hugely expensive cleanup of...
