healthcare professional liability News

Houston’s Skyward Specialty Launches Healthcare Professional Liability Group

Houston-based Skyward Specialty Insurance Group Inc. (Skyward Specialty) has launched its Healthcare Professional Liability practice led by Brenda Craig, April Gilcreast and Chantelle Burton. Underwriting will focus on out-patient medical services centers such as dialysis centers, labs, and physical therapy …

Berkshire’s MedPro Acquires Swiss Re Corporate Health Care Liability Business

Berkshire Hathaway health care liability insurance unit MedPro Group has agreed to acquire the healthcare professional liability business of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions effective Oct. 11. The agreement includes hospital and senior care accounts underwritten by SRCS from the U.S., …

Allied World Enhances Coverage for UK, Asia and Australia Healthcare Organizations

Allied World Global Markets has introduced enhanced coverage options for hospitals and other healthcare organizations in the UK, Asia and Australia. “The healthcare landscape is becoming increasingly complex,” said Peter Ford, senior vice president – Allied World Global Markets Healthcare. …

Freedom Specialty, Pro-Praxis Unite for Healthcare Professional Liability

Freedom Specialty, an arm of Scottsdale Insurance Co., is partnering with healthcare underwriter Pro-Praxis, part of the Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford Group, for a specialized excess healthcare professional liability program. The Complex Healthcare program is available immediately and can …

Nursing Home Neglect Trial Challenges Shell Company Transfers

Juanita Jackson died in July 2003, five weeks after she was removed from a Florida nursing home where her family said continual neglect led to multiple bedsores, malnutrition and a fall that injured her head. Trying to collect a $110 …

IronHealth Increases Limits, Broadens Coverage for Healthcare Professional Liability

Bermuda-based IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has enhanced its Healthcare Professional Liability (HPL) insurance product, increasing limits to $50 million and broadening the scope of coverage. IronHealth’s HPL coverage can now include individual limits for employed or …