The MGIS Companies Inc. named Paul Fischerkeller assistant vice president of medical professional liability insurance sales. Fischerkeller will be responsible for managing and growing the firm’s MPL business, including managing sales and broker relationships, and spearheading business development opportunities. Fischerkeller …
A Eugene, Ore. dentist is being sued for $1.75 million for allegedly pulling the wrong teeth during dental surgery on a 4-year-old boy two years ago. The Register-Guard reported the lawsuit claims dentist and dental surgeon Gerald Harper mistakenly removed …
Ten years after the Texas Legislature capped damages in the state’s medical malpractice lawsuits, the number of suits and the amounts paid out have fallen sharply. The Austin American Statesman reported that Department of Insurance data shows medical malpractice claims, …
The chairman of the Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee is asking the drug company that makes OxyContin to turn over information about Nevada doctors suspected of overprescribing the powerful pain medication. Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, wrote a letter to the …
A state court overruled Pennsylvania’s top insurance regulator in a decision made public Monday, siding with hospital officials and doctors who said a supplemental medical malpractice insurance fund is keeping too much of their money. Commonwealth Court’s 5-2 ruling directed …
Jacksonville-based MedMal Direct Insurance Company (MedMal Direct), now in its fourth year of business, has received its certificate of authority from the Texas Department of Insurance and has officially launched operations as a medical malpractice insurance carrier in Texas. MedMal …
Under a measure being pursued for next year’s ballot by Consumer Watchdog California voters will have the opportunity to boost the cap on medical negligence lawsuits, but opponents of the measure on Friday said doing so will add billions-of-dollars in …
Allied World U.S. and the American Professional Agency, Inc. (APA, Inc.) have launched a medical malpractice insurance program for psychiatric nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the field of behavioral health. The latest in a suite of products developed specifically …
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has expanded its healthcare industry options with an increased appetite and capabilities for the rapidly growing areas of the healthcare industry, including allied healthcare centers and home healthcare and medical equipment. The company also will …
The University of Washington will pay $15.2 million in a medical malpractice judgment after a mistake caused a debilitating brain damage to a girl in 2008. The sum ordered a King County judge is one of the largest medical malpractice …
