Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Delaware Moves Swiftly to Enact Major Workers’ Comp Reform
Jan 18 2007 // The Delaware Senate and House moved swiftly in the past week to pass a bill containing major reforms of the state’s workers’ compensation system and Gov. Ruth Ann Miller immediately signed the reforms into...
Sen. Ensign Introduces Federal Malpractice Award Cap Legislation
Jan 17 2007 // Senator John Ensign, R-Nev., has introduced the Medical Care Access Protection (MCAP) Act of 2007, which would set a cap on non-economic damages in medcial mapractice lawsuits. “Medical liability reform works, and...
Nader Group Urges Improving Patient Safety, Removing Dangerous Doctors
Jan 17 2007 // Despite claims by business and medical lobbying interests, there is no medical malpractice lawsuit crisis in America, according to analysis released by Ralph Nader’s national group, Public Citizen. But there is a...
Largest Ill. Medical Malpractice Insurer Lifts Moratorium on New Business
Jan 17 2007 // The largest medical malpractice insurer in Illinois plans to lift a four-year-old moratorium on new business, citing an improved economic and legal climate. ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co., which provides malpractice coverage...
Ill. The Park Group Adds Senior Vice President
Jan 10 2007 // The Park Group (AVRECO), a wholesale insurance brokerage in Chicago, has announced the hiring of Sarah Dore, CPCU, to the position of senior vice president within the Healthcare department. Prior to joining AVRECO, Dore...
Worldwide Facilities and Heritage General Offer Professional Medical Liability Seminar
Jan 5 2007 // The Los Angeles-based offices of Worldwide Facilities Inc. and Heritage General Agency will be co-sponsoring a free continuing education seminar discussing medical professional liability coverages and products. The...
Medical Protective Decreasing Medical Malpractice Rates in Nevada
Dec 28 2006 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved revised classification relativities filed by the Medical Protective Co. for physicians and surgeons. The revised factors contemplate an average 5.4 percent...
Fla. Jury Awards $16 Million in Brain Surgery Malpractice Case
Dec 27 2006 // A Miami-Dade jury has awarded a woman $16 million in a medical malpractice case alleging complications from an unnecessary operation left her brain damaged. Lourdes Landis, 48, of Miami, suffered a seizure in 2001 after...
Texas Mutual Launches Purchasing Groups for Health Care Industry
Dec 27 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced two new purchasing groups: Hospitals of Texas (HOTComp) and Texas Medical Group (TMG). Both groups provide members with a competitive option for their workers’ compensation...
Most Tenn. Med-Mal Cases End in No Payout But Incur Defense Costs
Dec 26 2006 // Most medical malpractice claims closed in Tennessee last year resulted in no payment of damages to patients and their families, according to a recent report. However, the approximately 16 percent of claims that were paid...
Report recommends phase-out of Pennsylvania med-mal subsidies
Dec 25 2006 // Pennsylvania should get out of the medical malpractice insurance business and return the medical malpractice market to the private sector as soon as possible, according to a recent report. Insurance Commissioner Diane...
2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products
Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
2006 New Markets Report
Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
News Currents
Dec 24 2006 // Report recommends phase-out of Pennsylvania med-mal subsidies Pennsylvania should get out of the medical malpractice insurance business and return the medical malpractice market to the private sector as soon as possible,...
State Preparations for Pandemic Flu Creative But Vary Widely
Dec 19 2006 // Trailers packed with cots and medical supplies are parked in secret locations around Colorado, ready for doctors to open makeshift hospitals in school gyms if a flu pandemic strikes. Parts of southeastern Washington are...
Malpractice Insurance Pushing Wyoming Doctors Out of State
Dec 15 2006 // Nearly one-third of Wyoming doctors are planning to leave the state eventually and many of those say the cost of malpractice insurance is a factor, a new state report shows. The Wyoming Healthcare Commission this week...
Tillinghast: Overall U.S. Tort Costs Dropping; Fewer Auto Claims Drive Decline
Dec 14 2006 // U.S. tort costs totaled $261 billion in 2005, which is approximately $880 per person and $4 less per person than in 2004, according to the 2006 Update on U.S. Tort Cost Trends from the Tillinghast business of Towers...
Ill. Trial Attorney Decides to Open Med Mal Insurance Company
Dec 12 2006 // In Illinois’ intense debate over the cost of medical malpractice, insurance companies and trial lawyers are often bitter enemies. Kim Presbrey is determined to change that. A former president of the Illinois Trial...
Swiss Re Buys 26% Stake in Indian Health Care Provider
Dec 12 2006 // Swiss Re has signed an agreement with TTK Group and India Value Funds Advisors (IVF) to purchase a 26 percent stake in TTK Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd (TTKHCS), one of India’s leading health insurance third party...
Report Recommends Phase-Out of Pa. Med Mal Abatement Program
Dec 8 2006 // Pennsylvania should get out of the medical malpractice insurance business and return the medical malpractice market to the private sector as soon as possible, according to a report. Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken...
