Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
