Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. Jury Awards $16 Million in Brain Surgery Malpractice Case
Dec 27 2006 // A Miami-Dade jury has awarded a woman $16 million in a medical malpractice case alleging complications from an unnecessary operation left her brain damaged. Lourdes Landis, 48, of Miami, suffered a seizure in 2001 after...
Texas Mutual Launches Purchasing Groups for Health Care Industry
Dec 27 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced two new purchasing groups: Hospitals of Texas (HOTComp) and Texas Medical Group (TMG). Both groups provide members with a competitive option for their workers’ compensation...
Most Tenn. Med-Mal Cases End in No Payout But Incur Defense Costs
Dec 26 2006 // Most medical malpractice claims closed in Tennessee last year resulted in no payment of damages to patients and their families, according to a recent report. However, the approximately 16 percent of claims that were paid...
Report recommends phase-out of Pennsylvania med-mal subsidies
Dec 25 2006 // Pennsylvania should get out of the medical malpractice insurance business and return the medical malpractice market to the private sector as soon as possible, according to a recent report. Insurance Commissioner Diane...
2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products
Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
2006 New Markets Report
Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
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Dec 24 2006 // Report recommends phase-out of Pennsylvania med-mal subsidies Pennsylvania should get out of the medical malpractice insurance business and return the medical malpractice market to the private sector as soon as possible,...
State Preparations for Pandemic Flu Creative But Vary Widely
Dec 19 2006 // Trailers packed with cots and medical supplies are parked in secret locations around Colorado, ready for doctors to open makeshift hospitals in school gyms if a flu pandemic strikes. Parts of southeastern Washington are...
Malpractice Insurance Pushing Wyoming Doctors Out of State
Dec 15 2006 // Nearly one-third of Wyoming doctors are planning to leave the state eventually and many of those say the cost of malpractice insurance is a factor, a new state report shows. The Wyoming Healthcare Commission this week...
Tillinghast: Overall U.S. Tort Costs Dropping; Fewer Auto Claims Drive Decline
Dec 14 2006 // U.S. tort costs totaled $261 billion in 2005, which is approximately $880 per person and $4 less per person than in 2004, according to the 2006 Update on U.S. Tort Cost Trends from the Tillinghast business of Towers...
Ill. Trial Attorney Decides to Open Med Mal Insurance Company
Dec 12 2006 // In Illinois’ intense debate over the cost of medical malpractice, insurance companies and trial lawyers are often bitter enemies. Kim Presbrey is determined to change that. A former president of the Illinois Trial...
Swiss Re Buys 26% Stake in Indian Health Care Provider
Dec 12 2006 // Swiss Re has signed an agreement with TTK Group and India Value Funds Advisors (IVF) to purchase a 26 percent stake in TTK Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd (TTKHCS), one of India’s leading health insurance third party...
Report Recommends Phase-Out of Pa. Med Mal Abatement Program
Dec 8 2006 // Pennsylvania should get out of the medical malpractice insurance business and return the medical malpractice market to the private sector as soon as possible, according to a report. Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken...
Florida Medical Malpractice Market Competitive, Report Finds
Dec 4 2006 // Compared to five states with the largest medical malpractice markets, Florida ranks highest – at 29 percent – when measuring the combined non-loss costs to earned premium ratio, according to a new state...
Radiologists Report Frustration with Medical Liability Issues
Nov 27 2006 // Nearly a quarter (24 percent) of radiologists responding to a recent national salary survey reported that they are frustrated with today’s medical liability environment. Only 7 percent of respondents said they were...
Tenn. Report: Medical Malpractice Payments Rise
Nov 21 2006 // Insurers paid out about 14 percent more in Tennessee medical malpractice cases in 2005 than the year before, a state study released found. Insurers paid out $119 million in settlements last year and another $6 million for...
Medical Malpractice Market in W. Va. Improves
Nov 15 2006 // Medical malpractice insurance in West Virginia, once a money-losing business, has become a profit machine for insurers as the number of lawsuits filed against doctors has declined, a report by the state Insurance...
Ohio Department Says Malpractice Insurance Rates Decrease for Docs
Nov 10 2006 // Four of the state’s five largest medical malpractice insurers have revised their rates to produce an average decrease of almost 2 percent for Ohio doctors this year, following years of increases, the Ohio Department...
Study Reveals Leading Indicators for Hospital Professional Liability Claims
Oct 31 2006 // Advisen Ltd., a provider of analytics, benchmarking and market information to the global commercial insurance industry, released the results of its recent hospital professional liability claims study done in cooperation...
Conn. Trial Lawyers Again Call for Review of Med-Mal Rates
Oct 17 2006 // The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association has asked Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell to again review the medical malpractice insurance rates charged doctors by Connecticut Medical Insurance Co. “We have asked...
