More than a decade ago, Kristin Fritz was struggling with pain in her spine and saw a rheumatologist recommended by her doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The visit with Dr. Derrick Todd started normally for the 37-year-old …
NORCAL Mutual Insurance Co. is now offering medical professional liability insurance to Nevada physicians. For the past eight years, Nevada healthcare professionals have been offered coverage from Medicus Insurance Company, a NORCAL Mutual wholly owned subsidiary. Upon renewal, Medicus policyholders …
The MGIS Companies, Inc. (MGIS), the a nationwide insurance provider of products and services designed specifically for physicians, has partnered with Astute Doctor Education Inc., for a new PREVENT education program. Astute Doctor Education Inc. is an independent provider of …
MagMutual Insurance Co., a medical professional liability insurer in the Southeast, has formed OURCell Captive, P.C.C. A wholly owned subsidiary of MagMutual, OURCell Captive provides physician practices and hospital systems that desire to actively participate in the retention and management …
Alterna has entered into the alternative risk marketplace, specifically focusing on providing medical professional liability services for physicians, clinics, and hospital groups through one company. Most group insurance facilities (i.e., risk retention groups (RRGs), captives) have several third-party service providers …
Evolving reimbursement models for healthcare providers are fueling a surge in demand for provider excess insurance with industry experts forecasting a jump in premiums of 15-30 percent in 2013, according to a ReSource Intermediaries survey. Traditional fee-for-service contracts that reward …
The ACE Group has launched ACE Express Private Health Care Protection and ACE Express Not-For-Profit Health Care Protection policies specifically designed for the new exposures facing health care organizations. The policies address exposures such as an increase in False Claims …
IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has introduced IronMed NC, a hybrid medical professional liability product that will be available through a partnership with Medical Mutual Insurance Company (MMIC) of North Carolina. The new product has been designed …
Express Scripts, a nationwide prescription manager of more than a billion prescriptions each year, has created a new program to help workers’ compensation payers save money on medications. The new product is based on the findings of a pilot study …
A Northern California physicians network says a computer stolen last month contains personal information on more than 4 million patients dating back to 1995. The Sacramento Bee reports the database includes the names, addresses, email addresses, birthdates, telephone numbers and …
