healthcare liability News

Ground Shifting for Medical Liability Insurers: Moody’s

Although it comprises just over two percent of annual direct premiums for the U.S. property and casualty insurance industry, the medical professional liability (MPL) insurance business is integral to the U.S. healthcare system, which today accounts for almost one-fifth of …

Healthcare Execs Facing ‘Responsible Corporate Officer’ Strict Liability

After decades in relative obscurity, a U.S. legal doctrine that holds corporate officers liable for company wrongdoing is finding its way back into some high-profile healthcare prosecutions. The “responsible corporate officer” doctrine allows for prison terms of up to one …