Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Washington To Hold Hearing on Purchase of Dental Malpractice Insurer
Feb 13 2007 // Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has scheduled a Feb. 26 public hearing in Tumwater, Wash., to consider a request by the Washington Dental Association and a Portland, Ore., company to acquire a...
Nevada’s Med-Mal Changes Help Doctors, Hinder Lawsuits
Feb 9 2007 // Physicians’ insurance premiums are down and more doctors are coming to Nevada since voters limited damages in medical malpractice cases, lawmakers were told Wednesday. But trial lawyers said many malpractice victims...
Medical Malpractice Risk Retention Group Launched in N.Y.
Feb 7 2007 // J. M. Woodworth Risk Retention Group has registered with the New York Insurance Department to offer medical malpractice insurance to physicians and surgeons in the state. “The RRG provides New York doctors the first...
Del. Regulator Backs Health Pool; Cites New Risk Retention Group
Feb 7 2007 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn urged General Assembly budget writers to fund the creation of a health insurance pool that could cover 10,000 Delawareans. He also reported that a group of Kent County doctors has...
Ariz. Lawmakers Move to Raise Burden of Proof on ER Suits
Feb 6 2007 // Hoping for a change of heart by Gov. Janet Napolitano, the Arizona Senate narrowly approved a medical malpractice bill to raise the bar on the legal burden of proof required for malpractice lawsuits involving emergency...
Okla. Supreme Court Ruling Puts new Twist on Civil Liability Debate
Feb 2 2007 // For Dr. David Russell, an Enid radiologist and president of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, the debate over civil justice reform in Oklahoma isn’t about the politics that has kept many reform measures bottled...
Pateras Joins Integro (Bermuda) Healthcare Professional Liability Team
Jan 31 2007 // Integro (Bermuda) Ltd. announced that Susan N. Pateras has joined the firm as a Principal in the Healthcare Practice, and will lead the Bermuda Healthcare initiative. “Ms. Pateras has more than a decade of experience...
Arizona Lawmakers Move to Raise Burden of Proof on ER Suits
Jan 31 2007 // Hoping for a change of heart by Gov. Janet Napolitano, the Arizona Senate on Monday narrowly approved a medical malpractice bill to raise the bar on the legal burden of proof required for malpractice lawsuits involving...
Largest Ill. medical malpractice insurer lifts moratorium on new business
Jan 29 2007 // The largest medical malpractice insurer in Illinois plans to lift a four-year-old moratorium on new business, citing an improved economic and legal climate. ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co., which provides malpractice coverage...
Allied medical professional liability: healthy growth to continue
Jan 29 2007 // As America ages and the health sector expands to accommodate it, demand for this coverage is also growing Allied Medical Professional Liability insurance provides coverage for those risks associated with the use of Allied...
Allied medical professional liability: healthy growth to continue
Jan 28 2007 // Allied Medical Professional Liability insurance provides coverage for those risks associated with the use of Allied Health care Providers (AHPs), commonly known as “nonphysician clinicians.” This coverage is...
Texas Workers’ Comp Commissioner Signs Disability Management Rules
Jan 19 2007 // Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts has signed rules that establish treatment guidelines, treatment planning benchmarks, and return-to-work goals and time frames which can be used to provide...
Ohio Health-care Provider Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Jan 19 2007 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced today that a Cleveland woman pleaded guilty to a felony count of workers’ compensation fraud. Carolyn Burten, also known as Carolyn Cook, pleaded guilty...
Delaware Moves Swiftly to Enact Major Workers’ Comp Reform
Jan 18 2007 // The Delaware Senate and House moved swiftly in the past week to pass a bill containing major reforms of the state’s workers’ compensation system and Gov. Ruth Ann Miller immediately signed the reforms into...
Sen. Ensign Introduces Federal Malpractice Award Cap Legislation
Jan 17 2007 // Senator John Ensign, R-Nev., has introduced the Medical Care Access Protection (MCAP) Act of 2007, which would set a cap on non-economic damages in medcial mapractice lawsuits. “Medical liability reform works, and...
Nader Group Urges Improving Patient Safety, Removing Dangerous Doctors
Jan 17 2007 // Despite claims by business and medical lobbying interests, there is no medical malpractice lawsuit crisis in America, according to analysis released by Ralph Nader’s national group, Public Citizen. But there is a...
Largest Ill. Medical Malpractice Insurer Lifts Moratorium on New Business
Jan 17 2007 // The largest medical malpractice insurer in Illinois plans to lift a four-year-old moratorium on new business, citing an improved economic and legal climate. ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co., which provides malpractice coverage...
Ill. The Park Group Adds Senior Vice President
Jan 10 2007 // The Park Group (AVRECO), a wholesale insurance brokerage in Chicago, has announced the hiring of Sarah Dore, CPCU, to the position of senior vice president within the Healthcare department. Prior to joining AVRECO, Dore...
Worldwide Facilities and Heritage General Offer Professional Medical Liability Seminar
Jan 5 2007 // The Los Angeles-based offices of Worldwide Facilities Inc. and Heritage General Agency will be co-sponsoring a free continuing education seminar discussing medical professional liability coverages and products. The...
Medical Protective Decreasing Medical Malpractice Rates in Nevada
Dec 28 2006 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved revised classification relativities filed by the Medical Protective Co. for physicians and surgeons. The revised factors contemplate an average 5.4 percent...
