Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIA Calls on Ky. To Reform Tort Liability System
Jul 19 2002 // Enacting key reforms to Kentucky’s tort litigation rules is the single most important step the state can take to improve its medical malpractice insurance environment, the American Insurance Association (AIA) said at...
Deadline Noted for PA Medical Facilities to Comply with Reforms
Jul 11 2002 // An announcement by Pennsylvania’s PMSCO Healthcare Consulting, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Medical Society, highlights the new safety provisions contained in the Medical Malpractice Reform Bill enacted earlier...
Nev. Gov. to Call Special Session to Deal With Med- Malpractice Crisis
Jul 4 2002 // Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn is set to call a special session of the Legislature within the next few weeks to deal with the state’s medical malpractice crisis, according to the Associated Press. Saying he will ask for the...
Texas JUA Increases Med-Malpractice Choices for Doctors
Jul 2 2002 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that doctors coming to the state’s Joint Underwriting Association (JUA) for medical malpractice insurance now have more policy choices and, for certain beleaguered...
News Analysis: Commentary on Full Year 2001
Apr 29 2002 // The property/casualty insurance industry reported a statutory rate of return of negative 2.7 percent in 2001, down from 6.5 percent return for the year 2000. The results were released by the Insurance Services Office, Inc....
News Analysis: Commentary on Full Year 2001
Apr 29 2002 // The property/casualty insurance industry reported a statutory rate of return of negative 2.7 percent in 2001, down from 6.5 percent return for the year 2000. The results were released by the Insurance Services Office, Inc....
PA Legislature Passes Med Mal Reform Bill
Mar 14 2002 // Three months of wrangling over reforming Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice insurance system may be at an end with the passage of House Bill 1802 by a 196 to 1 margin, following its unanimous approval in the...
Bronx Health Care Providers Charged in No-Fault Fraud Sting
Mar 11 2002 // On March 8 New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio and Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson announced the arrests of eight people, including health care providers at two Bronx clinics, in connection with...
Medical Malpractice
Feb 25 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar has available a medical malpractice program. Appointment only—inquire. Classes include physicians and surgeons, anesthesiologists, dentists, podiatrists, medical clinics, labs, clinical...
Penn Med Mal Reform Bill Stalls in House
Feb 14 2002 // Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives voted by a 148-51 margin to approve additional provisions to the Senate’s version of the medical malpractice reform bill, delaying passage of any measure until a...
Penn. Med Mal Reform Debate Heats Up
Jan 30 2002 // The controversy surrounding Pennsylvania’s ongoing medical malpractice crisis increased on Tuesday as some 700 physicians, healthcare professionals and patients demonstrated in favor of tort reform at the State...
Penn. Lawmakers to Push Med Mal Reform
Jan 28 2002 // Tort reforms affecting Pennsylvania medical malpractice recoveries will apparently be receiving top priority from some of the State’s legislators, as they seek solutions to the current crisis in physicians’ and...
Med-Mal Cover Available in Ark.
Jan 28 2002 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens recently assured Arkansas doctors that medical malpractice insurance is still available in the state. Pickens made the announcement in response to the decision by St. Paul...
Penn. Doctors, Patients Gather to Urge Med Mal Reform
Jan 22 2002 // Pennsylvania’s ongoing medical liability insurance crisis has generated a rare alliance between the State’s doctors, health care professionals and their patients, culminating in a gathering in Harrisburg,...
Penn. Doctors Given Delay for Med Mal Premium Payments
Jan 11 2002 // Pennsylvania’s Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken joined Governor Mark Schweiker in seeking to postpone the due date for medical malpractice surcharge premium payments by the State’s physicians into the Medical...
CPA Advantage™ Professional Liability Program, Accountingmalpractice.com Form Alliance
Jan 9 2002 // The CPA Advantage ™ Professional Liability Insurance program (managed nationally by the Herbert H. Landy Insurance Agency of Needham, Mass. and underwritten by the Chicago Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Fireman’s...
IRMI Supports Penn. Lawyers; Insurers to Blame for Malpractice Cost Rise
Jan 3 2002 // The International Risk Management Institute (IRMI) has issued a statement supporting the contentions of the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association(PaTLA) that the insurance industry’s own business practices are...
NYSID Announces Changes in No-fault Arbitration
Jan 3 2002 // New York State Insurance Superintendent Gregory V. Serio announced a major reform package for the State’s automobile no-fault insurance arbitration program, designed to expedite settlement of insurance disputes,...
Penn. Gov. Orders Malpractice Relief
Dec 31 2001 // Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker backed up his call for the reform of the state’s medical malpractice insurance system (See IJ Website, Dec.27) with an executive order to delay collection of the surcharge for the...
Governor Calls For Malpractice Reforms in Penna.
Dec 27 2001 // Pennsylvania Governor Mark Schweiker called on the General Assembly to adopt strong reforms to curb the skyrocketing costs of medical-malpractice insurance and to address the diminishing availability of insurance. He also...
