Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
The Truth About AIG and Pennsylvania’s P/C Markets
Oct 20 2008 // As problems began unfolding at American International Group last month, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Joel Ario was tapped to be the vice chairman of a special task force of the National Association of Insurance...
Medical Professional Liability Insurer Drops Rates by 6.2% in Texas
Oct 17 2008 // Medical professional liability insurer Medical Protective announced a 6.2 percent average rate decrease for physicians in Texas, effective Jan. 1, 2009. The rate change represents the sixth rate reduction for the insurer...
Mo. Docs Move to Kan. Citing Lower Malpractice Costs
Oct 6 2008 // A Missouri physicians’ group plans to build a new medical office building in Galena, Kan., citing lower malpractice insurance costs across the state line. Dr. Christopher Banwart, a member of Orthopedic Specialists...
Real Estate Lawyers Face Rising Malpractice Claims
Oct 1 2008 // Legal malpractice claims related to real estate are up approximately four percentage points according to the just-released American Bar Association study of legal malpractice claims for 2004-2007 compared to the previous...
Medical Malpractice Insurer Lowers Mass. Rates 2.7%
Sep 25 2008 // CMIC, a doctor-owned medical malpractice insurer, announced a 2.7 percent overall rate reduction in its claims made rates for Massachusetts doctors effective Oct. 1, 2008. Denise Funk, CEO of CMIC, credited the continued...
Docs Tout Lower Malpractice Costs as Impetus to Move to Kansas
Sep 19 2008 // A Missouri physicians’ group plans to build a new medical office building in Galena, Kan., citing lower malpractice insurance costs across the state line. Dr. Christopher Banwart, a member of Orthopedic Specialists...
Van Gilder Adds Healthcare Practice
Sep 16 2008 // Denver-based Van Gilder Insurance Corp. has announced the creation of a new business unit to meet the risk management needs of the healthcare industry. The new unit will be called the Healthcare Specialty Business...
Washington Jury Awards $14.8M Dental Malpractice Verdict
Sep 2 2008 // A former cheerleader has been awarded $14.8 million by a Spokane County, Wash., Superior Court jury after a series of dental surgeries left her disabled and disfigured with her jaw fused shut. The jury decided that Dr....
West Virginia Malpractice Cases Rising
Aug 26 2008 // The West Virginia Medical Association says the number of medical malpractice lawsuits against West Virginia doctors and hospitals is going back up. But recent claims are still below the totals reported earlier this decade,...
South Dakota Neurosurgeon Loses 2 Malpractice Appeals
Aug 25 2008 // A Rapid City neurosurgeon who said he had been sued more than 30 times for malpractice lost two appeals on August 21 in the South Dakota Supreme Court. The court upheld a jury verdict awarding a woman nearly $552,000 in...
New York Freezes Malpractice Insurance Rates
Aug 25 2008 // Gov. David Paterson is freezing medical malpractice insurance rates for a year as he seeks a broader solution to high business costs doctors claim are driving them out of New York. The freeze heads off a scheduled...
Lawsuit Challenges South Dakota’s Malpractice Cap
Aug 25 2008 // A medical malpractice complaint filed this month in Sioux Falls seeks to challenge the constitutionality of South Dakota’s cap on non-economic damages. South Dakota limits the amount of such damages to $500,000. That...
New MPL Endorsements Create Opportunities for Agents
Aug 21 2008 // Miscellaneous Professional Liability Classes • Advertising agencies • Answering services • Audio/visual consultants • Business/management consultants • Communications/media/public...
Widow Awarded $8.5M in California Malpractice Case
Aug 12 2008 // A jury has awarded $8.5 million to the widow of a Modesto, Calif., man who died on the day a surgeon was going to discharge him from the hospital. Because of medical malpractice limits, 38-year-old Holly Stinnett likely...
ProMutual Cuts Malpractice Insurance Rates for Pennsylvania Doctors 6%
Jul 22 2008 // Malpractice insurer ProMutual Group recently announced a rate reduction for individual physicians and surgeons in the state of Pennsylvania. All individual professional liability policyholders will receive a 6 percent...
Judge Reduces Award to West Virginia Surgeon in Malpractice Insurance Case
Jul 14 2008 // A judge in West Virginia reduced by more than half a jury’s multimillion-dollar award to a Charleston surgeon whose hospital privileges were wrongfully revoked. A Kanawha County jury in February awarded Dr. R.E....
Mass. Allows Liquor Liability JUA to Expand as Hospitality Mutual
Jul 8 2008 // Massachusetts lawmakers have approved legislation converting the state’s liquor liability insurer of last resort into a competitive mutual insurance company offering liquor liability insurance to the entire...
West Virginia Mutual Insurance Co. Cuts Remaining Debt in Half
Jun 30 2008 // West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, approved West Virginia Mutual Insurance Co.’s request to repay $8 million on an outstanding balance of the $16 million surplus note it owes the state. The state...
Insurers, Tech Firms, Consumers Agree on Electronic Health Record Rules
Jun 26 2008 // A major consumer group, insurers together with Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday they have agreed to standards intended to speed adoption of personal electronic health records. The electronic medical record...
Arizona Court Overturns Medical Malpractice Law on Expert Witnesses
Jun 20 2008 // An Arizona appellate court ruling says a state law on medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional. At issue is a law that sets qualifications required for expert witnesses in medical malpractice cases. A three-judge...
