Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mo. Insurance Dept. Releases 2005 Medical Malpractice Report
Oct 16 2006 // In 2005, medical malpractice insurers in Missouri recorded a positive underwriting result for the second consecutive year and the highest recorded number of new claims filed, according to the 2005 Medical Malpractice...
Washington’s Mike Kreidler Vows to Protect Trust Relationship Between Insurers, Consumers
Oct 12 2006 // Watch Video Interview Washington – Mike Kreidler: Opening Up the Debate Washington Commissioner Mike Kreidler is proud of his state’s consumer record and how it has dealt with brokerage compensation and...
Mich. Med Mal Insurer FinCor Acquires Washington Casualty
Oct 10 2006 // Lansing, Mich.-based FinCor Holdings, Inc., an integrated risk management corporation serving health care providers and facilities, today announced its acquisition of Issaquah, Wash.-based medical malpractice insurer,...
Mike Kreidler, Washington, Insurance Commissioner
Oct 9 2006 // The Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner is a vigorous protector of consumers under the leadership of Commissioner Mike Kreidler. From maintaining a trust relationship between consumers and insurers, to...
Doctors Company to Acquire Ohio OHIC Med Mal Insurer
Oct 6 2006 // Napa, Calif.-based The Doctors Company, a physician-owned medical malpractice insurance provider, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire OHIC Insurance Company (OHIC), a leading medical liability...
Darwin Offers Mental Health Liability Program Through N.Y. Agency
Oct 5 2006 // Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc., in Farmington, Conn., has expanded its partnership with New York-based American Professional Agency to provide a professional liability insurance program for mental health...
Fla. High Court Allows Waiver of Minimum Malpractice Award
Oct 5 2006 // The back-and-forth battle between lawyers and doctors over medical malpractice escalated recently when the Florida Supreme Court approved a rule letting lawyers avoid limits on their fees. That led doctors to say they may...
Medicus Insurance Offering Malpractice Coverage for Texas Physicians
Oct 2 2006 // Medicus Insurance Company, providers of comprehensive medical malpractice insurance, announced it is offering lower-priced, fully regulated medical malpractice coverage to Texas health care providers. Medicus’ launch...
U.S. Risk Launches New Physician Med-Mal Product
Oct 2 2006 // Dallas, Texas-based U.S. Risk Underwriters, a specialty lines underwriting manager and wholesale broker, introduced a new medical malpractice insurance product for physicians practicing as medical directors in long-term...
La. Appeals Court Says $500,000 Malpractice Cap Too Low
Sep 29 2006 // Louisiana’s $500,000 cap on medical malpractice damages, set in 1975, is unconstitutional because it no longer provides an adequate remedy to patients, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in Lake Charles has ruled in a...
Insurer to drop Texas medical liability rates again
Sep 25 2006 // Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) recently declared a 20 percent dividend amounting to approximately $35 million for 2006 effective Jan. 1, 2007, for renewing TMLT policyholders. In addition, it plans to reduce rates...
Insurer ProMutual Offers Captive-Like Option to Medical Facilities
Sep 19 2006 // ProMutual Group, a provider of medical malpractice liability insurance in the Northeast, recently launched ProSolutions Insurance Company, an alternative capptive-like insurance entity designed to assist medical facilities...
Association Says Texas Liability Reforms a Positive for Physicians, Patients
Sep 13 2006 // The Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA), a national trade association that represents doctor-owned and/or operated medical professional liability insurance companies, reported that medical liability reforms...
Specialized Care Network Found to Reduce Workers’ Comp Costs
Sep 12 2006 // In workers’ compensation cases, management of injured workers by a specialized network of health care providers—without third-party utilization review—can reduce missed work days and lower health care costs,...
Study: Fla. Med Mal Climate Discouraging OB/Gyn Students
Sep 11 2006 // The medical malpractice climate in Florida is discouraging medical students from pursuing careers in obstetrics and gynecology – a trend that could further reduce patients’ access to obstetric care, a survey by...
Medical Liability Insurer Sold by Washington Commissioner
Sep 8 2006 // After operating a major insurer of the Washington’s rural hospitals and medical centers for more than three years under a court order, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has announced his intent to sell the...
Ohio Oswald Companies Partners with Wellness Coaches USA
Sep 8 2006 // Oswald Companies announced this week that it will offer employers an on-site wellness coaching service through an exclusive partnership with Wellness Coaches USA. This service provides face-to-face, personalized support to...
Texas Liability Reforms of 2003 Paying Off, Study Says
Sep 8 2006 // Sick and injured Texans now have more physicians who are more willing and able to give them the medical care they need, closer to home thanks to the state’s 2003 health care liability reforms, according to the...
Avreco Announces Ill. Malpractice Carrier Reduces Rates by 25 Percent
Sep 6 2006 // Ill.-based wholesaler Avreco has announced that one of its carriers has significantly reduced its medical malpractice rates for standard doctors, as well hard-to-place doctors within Illinois and outside of Cook County, by...
Ahrens Named Health Care Provider Ombudsman for Texas DOI
Aug 27 2006 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin appointed Jennifer Ahrens as Health Care Provider Ombudsman for the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). Ahrens, formerly general counsel and Advisor for the Governor’s...
