Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Study by W. Va. Lawmakers: Caps Won’t Lower Med-Mal Coverage Rates
Jan 8 2003 // The West Virginia State Legislature has issued a report finding that imposing caps on damages in medical malpractice lawsuits will not reduce insurance rates for physicians, at least in the near future. Following the...
Capital BlueCross Against Proposed Pa. Health Insurance Tax
Jan 6 2003 // Capital BlueCross President and CEO James Mead issued a statement supporting Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Ed Rendell’s proposed health insurance reserve tax to help alleviate the state’s medical malpractice...
New Data Shows Worsening Med-Mal Crisis in Fla.
Jan 2 2003 // Floridians’ ability to obtain healthcare services is being disrupted statewide as hospitals are forced to close units or reduce services due to the medical liability insurance crisis, new information shows. The...
New Med-Mal Providers Approved for Pennsylvania
Dec 25 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken announced that two new medical-malpractice insurance entities—Pennsylvania Health Providers Reciprocal Exchange of Harrisburg and United Central PA Reciprocal Risk...
Perry Calls Med-Mal Reform an Emergency Issue
Dec 20 2002 // During a visit to the Rio Grande Valley, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced plans to declare medical malpractice reform an emergency issue when the 78th Texas Legislature convenes in January. He has previously said that...
Pa. Supreme Court: Workers’ Comp Payments Recoupable from Malpractice Suit Proceeds
Dec 19 2002 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling stating that insurers can recoup workers’ compensation payments from malpractice suit proceeds made to injured employees who sue their lawyers for mishandling their...
Exec. Says Florida Hospitals Facing ‘Meltdown’
Dec 18 2002 // The medical liability insurance crisis in Florida will cause the state’s medical system to meltdown, unless a legislative fix is implemented soon, according to a hospital executive who is a member of the Coalition to...
Conventus Approved to Underwrite Med-Mal in New Jersey
Dec 10 2002 // Conventus Inter-Insurance Exchange, a Woodbridge, N.J.-based medical malpractice insurance company owned and governed by physicians, announced that the New Jersey Banking and Insurance Department has issued it a...
Pa. Gov: Insurers Should Postpone MCARE Collection to Allay Med-Mal Crisis
Dec 2 2002 // Pa. Gov. Calls for Postponement of MCARE to Allay Med-Mal Crisis Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker announced he has directed Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken to request a postponement of Medical Care Availability and...
Orlando Agent Charged with Selling Bogus Policies
Nov 26 2002 // Florida Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher announced that Michael E. Rock of Orlando, was arrested on charges of soliciting thousands of Florida doctors to purchase fraudulent medical malpractice...
Study Calls Medical Liability Crisis in Fla. ‘Bleak’
Nov 25 2002 // A study conducted on behalf of the Florida Hospital Association (FHA) shows that Florida faces a “bleak” medical liability crisis, with doctors facing more claims and liability losses, and paying substantially...
Dramatic Market Change Hits Professional Liability
Nov 11 2002 // For most law firms, 2002 and 2003 will be challenging years in respect to securing professional liability insurance. The “new market” is similar to that of the mid-’80s and has caused consolidation of...
Pa. JUA Offers Med-Mal Discount to Physicians with No Claims
Nov 4 2002 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner M. Diane Koken announced that at the request of Gov. Mark Schweiker, the state insurance department has approved a filing by the Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting...
A.M. Best Reports Med-Mal Crisis Adding to Health Insurer Woes
Oct 30 2002 // Rising medical-malpractice insurance premiums for doctors and hospitals are adding to already budget-busting medical-cost inflation, according to the special report, “The Impact of the Med-Mal Insurance Crisis on...
Pa. Med-Mal Crisis Deepens
Oct 23 2002 // A new poll commissioned by the The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) and the Pennsylvania Medical Society has found that four out of 5 Pennsylvanians consider malpractice jury awards “out...
AAI Says Newly Signed Pa. Med Mal Law on Forum Shopping a ‘Huge Victory’
Oct 18 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers called a bill signed into law by Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker (R) Oct. 17 a “huge victory” in the fight to reel in runaway malpractice awards. The bill (SB 138), which...
Pa. Gov. Expected to Sign Med-Mal Reform Bill
Oct 14 2002 // Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker is expected to sign a bill passed by the state General Assembly reforming medical malpractice in the state, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). Under SB 138, medical...
Mo. Insurance Director to Hold Hearing on Increase in Med-Mal Costs
Oct 9 2002 // Missouri Department of Insurance Director Scott B. Lakin announced that he will hold a public hearing on Oct. 30 to examine why medical malpractice insurance rates for the state’s doctors are rising sharply despite...
Fla. Speaker-Designate Appoints Med Mal Committee
Oct 7 2002 // Incoming Florida House Speaker Johnnie B. Byrd, Jr. announced the creation of a Medical Liability Insurance Workgroup to study the issue of rapidly rising medical liability insurance premiums in Florida. According to the...
Condition Critical: Med Mal Liability Markets in Dire Need of Rescuscitation
Sep 30 2002 // By now, it’s hardly an exaggeration that medical-malpractice liability insurance markets in several states are in crisis. As is the case with so many other insurance lines, the exodus of medical liability carriers...
