Latest Medical Professional Liability Headlines
All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Actuaries Say Med-Mal Report Misled the Public
Sep 27 2005 // Independent actuaries with the firm Towers Perrin say that a July 2005 report released by the Center for Justice and Democracy and five other “consumer groups” is incomplete and unsound. Jay Angoff, an attorney...
Pa. Measure Would Grant Premium Break for Reducing Medical Errors
Sep 23 2005 // Pennsylvania State Rep. Phyllis Mundy this week explained to fellow lawmakers why they should approve a bill she has introduced to cut down on medical errors and rein in health-care inflation. Mundy’s legislation...
TMLT to Reduce Rates 5%
Sep 20 2005 // Texas Medical Liability Trust announced that effective Jan. 1, 2006, it will reduce medical liability rates for new policyholders by 5 percent across the board. Current TMLT policyholders will receive this rate decrease...
News Briefs
Sep 19 2005 // Illinois Katrina Could Affect Ill. Insurance Rates: Experts say the path of destruction left by Hurricane Katrina likely will lead to higher insurance rates in the metro-east and across the country, although it is unclear...
Ohio Dept. to Collect Medical Liability Claims Data
Sep 14 2005 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Ann Womer Benjamin recently announced the launch of a web-based medical liability data collection application that enables insurers and those who pay medical liability claims on behalf...
Conn. Medical Holds Malpractice Rates Even After 5 Years of Hikes
Sep 14 2005 // Connecticut Medical Insurance Co., one of the state’s largest writers of medical malpractice insurance, has decided to hold its rates steady for 2006 after raising them each of the last five years. The doctor-owned...
Ark. Med-Mal Rate Increases Slow
Sep 13 2005 // The cost of malpractice insurance for Arkansas doctors didn’t rise as much this year, but a new law limiting damages in liability suits isn’t getting the credit, according to the Associated Press and the...
American Physicians to Waive Liability Premiums for Katrina Volunteers
Sep 13 2005 // American Physicians Assurance Corp., a provider of medical malpractice insurance in the Midwest and New Mexico, announced that premiums will be waived for the company’s insured physicians who volunteer with the...
Mich. Med-Mal Insurer Withdraws Bid on PIC Wisconsin
Sep 6 2005 // American Physicians Capital Inc., a Michigan provider of malpractice insurance, has withdrawn its hostile bid to buy 24 percent of Physicians Insurance Co. of Wisconsin Inc. and opted to purchase a lesser share of the...
N.C. Commissioner Issues Warning About Discount Health Insurance Plans
Aug 30 2005 // Seven North Carolina Better Business Bureaus and 148 Chambers of Commerce are receiving letters of caution from Insurance Commissioner Jim Long urging them to warn their members and citizens about the differences between...
Missouri Makes Push to Rein In Medical Malpractice Payments
Aug 22 2005 // A recently released study from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) points out that Missouri med-mal insurers paid out much less in claims in 2004 to state doctors, yet premiums continue to...
ProMutual Expands Program to Prevent Shoulder Related Birth Injuries
Aug 18 2005 // ProMutual Group, the laregst writer of medical malpractice insurance in the Northeast, is expanding its successful patient safety program aimed at reducing the incidence of shoulder dystocia. Shoulder dystocia is a birth...
Beecher Carlson Expands Health Care Practice; Adds Seven Executives
Aug 18 2005 // Beecher Carlson, an insurance and risk management company, announced that it has expanded its National Health Care Practice with the appointment of seven industry professionals. The team expansion increases Beecher...
Risk of Medical Errors Found High in Intensive, Coronary Care Units
Aug 17 2005 // Patients face a significant risk for preventable adverse events and serious medical errors in hospital critical care units, according to a study sponsored by Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research...
Calif. Commissioner Releases Report on State Healthcare Crisis
Aug 4 2005 // Warning that California’s health care system is in a “death spiral,” Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi unveiled a comprehensive report outlining his plan to begin reforming the system and bring...
SCPIE Holdings Announces 2005 Second-Quarter and First-Half Results
Aug 4 2005 // Los Angeles-based SCPIE Holdings Inc., a provider of healthcare liability insurance, reported continued improved results for its second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2005. For the 2005 second quarter, SCPIE...
AIA: Anti-Tort Reform Group Distorts Data
Aug 2 2005 // Still trying to convince Congress that medical liability reform is not needed, an anti-tort reform group has reportedly released another in a long line of poorly designed and poorly executed, trial bar-funded...
Texas Tech Law School Releases ‘Legislative Intent Roadmap’ on 2003 Lawsuit Reforms
Aug 1 2005 // Texas Tech Law Review has issued a comprehensive overview of lawsuit reform measures passed in 2003. According to an announcement released by the Texas Alliance for Patient Access, the 357-page article, the culmination of...
Congress Forwards President Bush Bill Designed to Boost Reporting of Medical Mistakes
Jul 29 2005 // A national system designed to increase reporting of medical errors has won final congressional approval and been sent to President Bush. It is estimated that more than 250 Americans die every day as a result of preventable...
Del. Chief Vows to Lower Med-Mal Rates Using Claims Tracking System
Jul 29 2005 // Delaware’s new system to track the results of medical malpractice claims is up and running, with the goal of lowering medical costs by proving to insurance companies that Delaware is a favorable place to insure...
