Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
TDI Applauds JUA’s Medical Liability Rate Reduction
Mar 16 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance praised the recent rate reductions filed by the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association, commonly referred to as the Joint Underwriting Association. TDI said in a rate...
Okla. House Votes to Give PLICO Two More Years to Build Reserves
Mar 16 2005 // The Oklahoma House of Representatives has voted to give the state’s major medical malpractice insurer two more years to build up its reserves before state regulators intervene. House Bill 1566, by State Rep. Dan...
Conn. Commissioner Cogswell Holds Her Ground in Broker Compensation, Med-Mal Battles
Mar 16 2005 // “I’m willing to meet with just about anyone to sit down and discuss issues. That’s the most effective and efficient way to uncover and deal with problems.” Well, meet with almost anyone. Connecticut...
Texas Study Says Malpractice Verdicts Not to Blame for Rising Insurance Premiums
Mar 11 2005 // Large medical malpractice verdicts and settlements were not to blame for a rapid increase in insurance premiums for Texas doctors and hospitals, according to a study by law professors at the University of Texas at Austin...
Insurer Trade Group Announces 2005 Legislative Agenda
Mar 11 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has announced its federal affairs agenda for 2005, and topping the list of items include further legal reform, improving state-based insurance regulation, an...
Insurance Journal ‘How to Write’ Series Focuses on Medical Malpractice March 10
Mar 8 2005 // Insurance Journal will present the third in its year-long series of ‘How to Write’ seminars on Thursday, March 10, with a look at medical malpractice. Scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. (PST), the seminar’s...
Shield for Doctors’ Apologies Clears Arizona Senate
Mar 7 2005 // A bill approved Feb. 22 by the Senate would let doctors apologize and offer condolences to patients and their families without fear of having the statements held against them in court. The so-called “I’m...
Nevada Medical Malpractice Rates Said to Be Stabilizing
Mar 7 2005 // Approval of a 2004 ballot question and action by state lawmakers two years before that are stabilizing medical malpractice insurance rates in Nevada, legislators were told recently. Question 3, the Keep Our Doctors in...
Healthcare Revolution Delivers Opportunities for Surplus Lines Industry
Mar 7 2005 // How long do you plan on living?” asked a wholesale broker at a recent industry meeting. The trends facing every aspect of our healthcare system seem daunting at best. Yet, like the wholesale broker who asked this...
Consumer Group Applauds Washington Commissioner For Refunding Premiums to Doctors
Mar 4 2005 // The Center for Justice & Democracy, a national consumer organization that monitors insurance industry practices, applauded the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner for ordering the state’s...
Kentucky’s HU Adds New Board Members
Mar 4 2005 // Two Kentucky physicians were elected to the Subscribers Advisory Committee (Board) for Healthcare Underwriters Group of Kentucky (HU), a doctor-owned and governed medical professional liability insurance company, at the...
Chubb Offering Travel Accident Policy in 12 More Areas
Mar 2 2005 // Following an initial three-state product launch two months ago, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is now also offering Signature Passport in Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Michigan,...
Medical Malpractice Bills Passed by Wyoming House
Mar 2 2005 // The House on March 1 approved two bills that attempt to stem rising doctors’ liability insurance costs by allowing state officials to learn more about damage awards in malpractice cases and hospital mistakes that...
LRC Says Med-Mal Study Shows Need for Tort Reform
Mar 1 2005 // Tort reform proponents in Washington were reportedly not surprised that a report issued Tuesday by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) showed continued escalation in both the frequency and the cost of medical...
Conn. Holding Med-Mal Insurance Hearing Today
Feb 25 2005 // Connecticut officials will convene a medical malpractice informational hearing today at Capital Community College in Hartford. Last month Governor M. Jodi Rell asked the Commissioners of the Departments of Public Health...
Shield for Doctors’ Apologies Clears Ariz. Senate
Feb 25 2005 // A bill approved Tuesday by the Senate would let doctors apologize and offer condolences to patients and their families without fear of having the statements held against them in court. The so-called “I’m...
PIA of W. Va. EVP Describes Medical Liability Crisis; Hopes for Legislative Action
Feb 24 2005 // West Virginia’s medical liability insurance market is in a crisis and it has be fixed soon according to Gray Marion, Professional Independent Insurance Agents of West Virginia executive vice president. Marion...
Ariz. Senate Backs Malpractice Changes Sought by Physicians
Feb 22 2005 // The Senate gave preliminary approval Feb. 17 to a three-pronged medical malpractice bill backed by business groups and physicians. The measure would provide a legal shield for doctors’ apologies, tighten requirements...
Medical Science Takes Uneasy Role in Drug, Asbestos Product Liability Cases
Feb 21 2005 // When word spread that people injured by the fen-phen diet drug cocktail could share in a multibillion dollar legal settlement, law firms began sponsoring health screenings so large that a judge quipped that one...
Wyoming Lawmakers Trying to Stem Doctor Liability Costs
Feb 21 2005 // In the first half of the legislative session, the health care industry watched the demise of several measures meant to stem rising insurance costs for doctors. “The liability crisis is getting worse,” said...
