Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Montana Governor Signs Four Malpractice Bills
Mar 30 2005 // Doctors and hospitals will have more protection from medical malpractice lawsuits beginning July 1 under four bills signed into law March 28 by Gov. Brian Schweitzer. The measures are among nine proposals before the 2005...
Law Professors’ Medical Liability Findings Baffle Texas Health Care Community
Mar 24 2005 // The Texas medical community collectively scratched its head recently as newspaper headlines trumpeted a new study claiming that increases in physicians’ medical liability insurance premiums were not the result of...
Malpractice Payouts in Pennsylvania Rose in 2004
Mar 23 2005 // Insurance companies and other underwriters in Pennsylvania reported a steep jump last year in payments for malpractice claims against physicians, according to a federal agency. In 2004, insurers reported paying out $448...
Washington Commissioner Ends Med Mal program
Mar 23 2005 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced March 22 that he is closing the voluntary Market Assistance Program for medical malpractice insurance due to a lack of business. Kreidler points out that the...
Study Questions Whether Med-Mal Caps on Only Non-Economic Damages Reduce Total Awards
Mar 21 2005 // A new study raises questions about medical liability reform initiatives premised on the assumption that caps on awards for non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases will reduce total jury compensatory awards. The...
More Data Needed?
Mar 21 2005 // In 2003 Texans voted for Proposition 12, which placed limits on jury awards in medical malpractice lawsuits. Currently, the U.S. Congress and the Oklahoma Legislature, among others, are considering similar tort reform...
Health Care Revolution Delivers Opportunities for Surplus Lines Industry
Mar 21 2005 // How long do you plan on living?” asked a wholesale broker at a recent industry meeting. The trends facing every aspect of our health care system seem daunting at best. Yet most people would hope and plan for a longer...
Texas Study Says Malpractice Verdicts Not to Blame for Rising Premiums
Mar 21 2005 // Large medical malpractice verdicts and settlements were not to blame for a rapid increase in insurance premiums for Texas doctors and hospitals, according to a study by law professors at the University of Texas at Austin...
TDI Applauds JUA’s Medical Liability Rate Reduction
Mar 16 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance praised the recent rate reductions filed by the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association, commonly referred to as the Joint Underwriting Association. TDI said in a rate...
Okla. House Votes to Give PLICO Two More Years to Build Reserves
Mar 16 2005 // The Oklahoma House of Representatives has voted to give the state’s major medical malpractice insurer two more years to build up its reserves before state regulators intervene. House Bill 1566, by State Rep. Dan...
Conn. Commissioner Cogswell Holds Her Ground in Broker Compensation, Med-Mal Battles
Mar 16 2005 // “I’m willing to meet with just about anyone to sit down and discuss issues. That’s the most effective and efficient way to uncover and deal with problems.” Well, meet with almost anyone. Connecticut...
Texas Study Says Malpractice Verdicts Not to Blame for Rising Insurance Premiums
Mar 11 2005 // Large medical malpractice verdicts and settlements were not to blame for a rapid increase in insurance premiums for Texas doctors and hospitals, according to a study by law professors at the University of Texas at Austin...
Insurer Trade Group Announces 2005 Legislative Agenda
Mar 11 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has announced its federal affairs agenda for 2005, and topping the list of items include further legal reform, improving state-based insurance regulation, an...
Insurance Journal ‘How to Write’ Series Focuses on Medical Malpractice March 10
Mar 8 2005 // Insurance Journal will present the third in its year-long series of ‘How to Write’ seminars on Thursday, March 10, with a look at medical malpractice. Scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. (PST), the seminar’s...
Shield for Doctors’ Apologies Clears Arizona Senate
Mar 7 2005 // A bill approved Feb. 22 by the Senate would let doctors apologize and offer condolences to patients and their families without fear of having the statements held against them in court. The so-called “I’m...
Nevada Medical Malpractice Rates Said to Be Stabilizing
Mar 7 2005 // Approval of a 2004 ballot question and action by state lawmakers two years before that are stabilizing medical malpractice insurance rates in Nevada, legislators were told recently. Question 3, the Keep Our Doctors in...
Healthcare Revolution Delivers Opportunities for Surplus Lines Industry
Mar 7 2005 // How long do you plan on living?” asked a wholesale broker at a recent industry meeting. The trends facing every aspect of our healthcare system seem daunting at best. Yet, like the wholesale broker who asked this...
Consumer Group Applauds Washington Commissioner For Refunding Premiums to Doctors
Mar 4 2005 // The Center for Justice & Democracy, a national consumer organization that monitors insurance industry practices, applauded the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner for ordering the state’s...
Kentucky’s HU Adds New Board Members
Mar 4 2005 // Two Kentucky physicians were elected to the Subscribers Advisory Committee (Board) for Healthcare Underwriters Group of Kentucky (HU), a doctor-owned and governed medical professional liability insurance company, at the...
Chubb Offering Travel Accident Policy in 12 More Areas
Mar 2 2005 // Following an initial three-state product launch two months ago, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is now also offering Signature Passport in Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Michigan,...
