Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Medical Malpractice Market Competitive, Report Finds
Dec 4 2006 // Compared to five states with the largest medical malpractice markets, Florida ranks highest – at 29 percent – when measuring the combined non-loss costs to earned premium ratio, according to a new state...
Radiologists Report Frustration with Medical Liability Issues
Nov 27 2006 // Nearly a quarter (24 percent) of radiologists responding to a recent national salary survey reported that they are frustrated with today’s medical liability environment. Only 7 percent of respondents said they were...
Tenn. Report: Medical Malpractice Payments Rise
Nov 21 2006 // Insurers paid out about 14 percent more in Tennessee medical malpractice cases in 2005 than the year before, a state study released found. Insurers paid out $119 million in settlements last year and another $6 million for...
Medical Malpractice Market in W. Va. Improves
Nov 15 2006 // Medical malpractice insurance in West Virginia, once a money-losing business, has become a profit machine for insurers as the number of lawsuits filed against doctors has declined, a report by the state Insurance...
Ohio Department Says Malpractice Insurance Rates Decrease for Docs
Nov 10 2006 // Four of the state’s five largest medical malpractice insurers have revised their rates to produce an average decrease of almost 2 percent for Ohio doctors this year, following years of increases, the Ohio Department...
Study Reveals Leading Indicators for Hospital Professional Liability Claims
Oct 31 2006 // Advisen Ltd., a provider of analytics, benchmarking and market information to the global commercial insurance industry, released the results of its recent hospital professional liability claims study done in cooperation...
Conn. Trial Lawyers Again Call for Review of Med-Mal Rates
Oct 17 2006 // The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association has asked Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell to again review the medical malpractice insurance rates charged doctors by Connecticut Medical Insurance Co. “We have asked...
Mo. Insurance Dept. Releases 2005 Medical Malpractice Report
Oct 16 2006 // In 2005, medical malpractice insurers in Missouri recorded a positive underwriting result for the second consecutive year and the highest recorded number of new claims filed, according to the 2005 Medical Malpractice...
Washington’s Mike Kreidler Vows to Protect Trust Relationship Between Insurers, Consumers
Oct 12 2006 // Watch Video Interview Washington – Mike Kreidler: Opening Up the Debate Washington Commissioner Mike Kreidler is proud of his state’s consumer record and how it has dealt with brokerage compensation and...
Mich. Med Mal Insurer FinCor Acquires Washington Casualty
Oct 10 2006 // Lansing, Mich.-based FinCor Holdings, Inc., an integrated risk management corporation serving health care providers and facilities, today announced its acquisition of Issaquah, Wash.-based medical malpractice insurer,...
Mike Kreidler, Washington, Insurance Commissioner
Oct 9 2006 // The Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner is a vigorous protector of consumers under the leadership of Commissioner Mike Kreidler. From maintaining a trust relationship between consumers and insurers, to...
Doctors Company to Acquire Ohio OHIC Med Mal Insurer
Oct 6 2006 // Napa, Calif.-based The Doctors Company, a physician-owned medical malpractice insurance provider, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire OHIC Insurance Company (OHIC), a leading medical liability...
Darwin Offers Mental Health Liability Program Through N.Y. Agency
Oct 5 2006 // Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc., in Farmington, Conn., has expanded its partnership with New York-based American Professional Agency to provide a professional liability insurance program for mental health...
Fla. High Court Allows Waiver of Minimum Malpractice Award
Oct 5 2006 // The back-and-forth battle between lawyers and doctors over medical malpractice escalated recently when the Florida Supreme Court approved a rule letting lawyers avoid limits on their fees. That led doctors to say they may...
Medicus Insurance Offering Malpractice Coverage for Texas Physicians
Oct 2 2006 // Medicus Insurance Company, providers of comprehensive medical malpractice insurance, announced it is offering lower-priced, fully regulated medical malpractice coverage to Texas health care providers. Medicus’ launch...
U.S. Risk Launches New Physician Med-Mal Product
Oct 2 2006 // Dallas, Texas-based U.S. Risk Underwriters, a specialty lines underwriting manager and wholesale broker, introduced a new medical malpractice insurance product for physicians practicing as medical directors in long-term...
La. Appeals Court Says $500,000 Malpractice Cap Too Low
Sep 29 2006 // Louisiana’s $500,000 cap on medical malpractice damages, set in 1975, is unconstitutional because it no longer provides an adequate remedy to patients, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in Lake Charles has ruled in a...
Insurer to drop Texas medical liability rates again
Sep 25 2006 // Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) recently declared a 20 percent dividend amounting to approximately $35 million for 2006 effective Jan. 1, 2007, for renewing TMLT policyholders. In addition, it plans to reduce rates...
Insurer ProMutual Offers Captive-Like Option to Medical Facilities
Sep 19 2006 // ProMutual Group, a provider of medical malpractice liability insurance in the Northeast, recently launched ProSolutions Insurance Company, an alternative capptive-like insurance entity designed to assist medical facilities...
Association Says Texas Liability Reforms a Positive for Physicians, Patients
Sep 13 2006 // The Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA), a national trade association that represents doctor-owned and/or operated medical professional liability insurance companies, reported that medical liability reforms...
