The holiday season is a great time to eat, drink and be merry. But the last thing anyone wants is a visit from the Grinch. And an unfortunate side-effect of too much holiday reveling are accidents that can injure individuals …
ProAssurance Corporation and Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc. have agreed to merge PIC Wisconsin into ProAssurance through a proposed stock-for-stock transaction. The medical malpractice insurance companies said that the merger will expand ProAssurance’s presence in the upper Midwest and …
How governments can best prevent, prepare and respond to mass casualties, whether from natural events such as Hurricane Katrina or a terror attack, is the mission of a new center led by Johns Hopkins University. A $15 million, three-year grant …
The physician-led traffic safety advocacy group called End Needless Death on Our Roadways (END), and the National Safety Council, released their annual list of the 15 deadliest states in the country for impaired driving and reported that 13 states have …
A federal district court judge in South Dakota ruled this week that the state’s countersignature law is unconstitutional. The ruling means that 50 states have taken action to eliminate the countersignature requirement. Eradicating the countersigature laws that bar out-of-state insurance …
Harleysville Insurance today named the leaders of its new regional field organization, which realigns the company’s existing network of field offices into four geographic zones. The appointments include: Clinton Bothwell, Southeast regional president; William D. Granato, Midwest regional president; Brandon …
Drivers in most of the 13 states that comprise the Western region enjoy about average auto insurance premiums, according to the most recent study produced by the National Association of Insurance Commis-sioners (NAIC). In NAIC’s “State Average Expenditures and Premiums …
Drivers in most of the 13 states that comprise the Western region enjoy about average auto insurance premiums, according to the most recent study produced by the National Association of Insurance Commis-sioners (NAIC). In NAIC’s “State Average Expenditures and Premiums …
Patients in Rhode Island, Vermont and Minnesota are the most satisfied with their doctors, and patients in Wyoming and Arizona have doctors with the highest rate of disciplinary actions in the country. Vermont, North Carolina and Alaska have highest percentage …
Medical malpractice premiums for New York physicians in some specialties can vary by more than $100,000 depending upon where in the state they practice, with upstate physicians generally paying less than others. For example, obstetrician/gynecologists in Rochester may pay $30,084 …
