Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: Medical Liability Insurer EmPRO Expands to Massachusetts, Names 3
May 14 2025 // Medical malpractice insurer EmPRO Insurance Co. has opened its first office in Massachusetts. The new Boston office marks EmPRO’s further expansion into the New England market, following prior entries into New...
Markets/Coverages: Markel Launches Clinical Trials Cover to Support Research Globally
May 12 2025 // Markel Insurance, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc., announced the launch of its clinical trials insurance product. Markel said the product underscores its commitment to providing best-in-class solutions to...
5 Ways to Prepare for Healthcare Liability Changes in 2025
May 5 2025 // Healthcare providers, insurers, and underwriters face potential shifts in healthcare liability regulations under the new presidential administration in 2025. Here are five key steps to help navigate these changes: 1. Stay...
Healthcare Liability Trends to Watch Under Trump’s Administration
May 5 2025 // The 2025 presidential administration is likely to lead to changes for the healthcare liability landscape. Potential deregulation initiatives could ease administrative burdens on providers and improve efficiency; however,...
Vermont Takes Over Medical Liability Insurer CARE RRG Facing $35.4M Judgment
Apr 28 2025 // A Vermont Superior Court has approved a state takeover and rehabilitation plan for a medical professional liability insurer for 1,300 physicians that the state says is in hazardous financial condition as a result of a...
California Agency Issues Guidelines for Healthcare Providers Affected by LA Wildfires
Mar 27 2025 // The California Department of Managed Health Care issued an all-plan letter designed to provide flexibility for health plans to assist healthcare providers impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. Related: LA Municipal...
Texas Measles Outbreak Could Become National Epidemic: Public Health Experts
Mar 24 2025 // With its measles outbreak spreading to two additional states, Texas is on track to becoming the cause of a national epidemic if it doesn’t start vaccinating more people, according to public health experts. Measles, a...
US Chicken, Pork Plant Workers Face Higher Health Risks, USDA Studies Confirm
Feb 24 2025 // Workers in US chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, according to two studies the US Department of Agriculture issued in...
People Moves: AIG’s Furth to Hiscox to Head US Claims; Hamlin to Lead TMHCC US Hospital Pro Liability; Amwins Names Healthcare Practice Leader
Feb 12 2025 // Alex Furth Hiscox, headquartered in Atlanta, appointed Alexandra Furth as head of claims in the U.S., effective March 10. Furth has over 20 years of claims and legal leadership experience, most recently serving as...
Child Killed in Hyperbaric Chamber Explosion at Michigan Medical Facility
Feb 3 2025 // A pressurized oxygen chamber exploded Friday, killing a 5-year-old patient and injuring his mother at a suburban Detroit medical facility. The hyperbaric chamber explosion occurred about 8 a.m. at the Oxford Center in...
US Chicken, Pork Plant Workers Face Higher Health Risks, USDA Studies Confirm
Jan 14 2025 // Workers in U.S. chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, according to two studies the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued on...
Wildfire Smoke Health Risks Can Linger in Homes That Escape Burning
Jan 2 2025 // (THE CONVERSATION) On Dec. 30, 2021, a wind-driven wildfire raced through two communities just outside Boulder, Colorado. In the span of about eight hours, more than 1,000 homes and businesses burned. The fire left entire...
Lawsuit Challenges Law Shielding Doctors Prescribing Abortion Pills Via Telemedicine
Dec 17 2024 // Texas has sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion pills to a woman near Dallas, launching one of the first challenges in the U.S. to shield laws that Democrat-controlled states passed to protect physicians after...
Texas DWC Seeks Public Comment on Telemedicine Rule Proposal
Dec 5 2024 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is seeking public comments for a proposed rule to allow treating doctors to perform maximum medical improvement examinations by telemedicine...
New Mexico Man Gets $412M Medical Malpractice Payout for Botched Injections
Dec 2 2024 // Jurors in New Mexico have awarded a man more than $412 million in a medical malpractice case that involved a men’s health clinic that operates in several states. The man’s attorneys celebrated last week’s...
AM Best Assigns Ratings to New York Healthcare Workers’ Compensation Carrier
Nov 19 2024 // AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Standard and Preferred Insurance Co. of Kew Gardens, New York. The outlook assigned...
Delaware High Court Rescues Insurance Agency’s Malpractice Suit Against Law Firm
Oct 10 2024 // Six months after a three-judge panel of the Delaware Supreme Court said an insurance agency deserved another shot at proving its claims of professional negligence against a law firm, the full state high court has...
Arkansas County and Health Provider to Settle for $6M Over Detainee’s Death
Sep 16 2024 // LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A county in western Arkansas and a health provider have agreed to a $6 million settlement with the family of a man who died from dehydration and malnutrition while being held in a local jail, an...
Former NFL Player’s $43.5 Million Score in Medical Malpractice Case Upheld
Sep 6 2024 // A Philadelphia appeals court has upheld the $43.5 million award to former Philadelphia Eagles’ special teams player and captain Chris Maragos in his medical malpractice claim alleging that failed treatment of a knee...
Health Systems Increasingly Targets of Cyberattacks But They Can be Ready
Aug 14 2024 // Just as a Southeastern U.S. blood center tries to recover from another cyberattack on a health system, others who have lived through the pain offered some words of wisdom in a webinar Tuesday that could help providers...
