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AIA Comments on Wyoming Med-Mal Amendment
Jul 23 2004 // The special session of the Wyoming legislature ended on Saturday, July 17, following the passage of a constitutional amendment that would allow for caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. This measure...
Wyoming Special Session Ends, Governor Sends Amendment to Voters
Jul 19 2004 // Gov. Dave Freudenthal on July 17 signed the cornerstone of this week’s special session, a joint resolution that offers voters a say whether to allow limits on certain damage awards in doctors’ malpractice...
State Loans for Wyoming Doctors Moves Ahead in Special Session
Jul 14 2004 // The Wyoming state Senate offered preliminary support July 13 for state-funded low-interest loans to help doctors struggling to obtain malpractice insurance. “I think this is a needed interim step … until we can...
Wyoming Committees Work on Special Session Bills
Jun 25 2004 // More than 30 bills have been drawn up for consideration in July’s special session on medical malpractice insurance. State House Speaker Fred Parady, R-Rock Springs, said he expects more to come, although many bills...
Doctors-Lawyers Squabble Remains Civil in Wyoming
Jun 23 2004 // Some doctors in other states are refusing to treat lawyers opposed to medical malpractice insurance reform. But it isn’t happening in Wyoming, according to local doctors and attorneys. Despite Wyoming’s small...
Wyoming Governor Supports Doctor Subsidy
Jun 21 2004 // Gov. Dave Freudenthal said he supports paying a direct subsidy of up to $35,000 toward each Wyoming doctor’s insurance premiums to help keep doctors from leaving the state. The subsidy would be for the short-term and...
Wyoming Med-Mal Rates on the Rise
Jun 7 2004 // Medical malpractice insurance rates are on the rise in Wyoming, and lawmakers anticipate being called into a special legislative session this summer to address the issue. The Doctors Co., which insures about 30 percent of...
W. Va. Gov. Tours Flood Damaged Region, Expects Federal Help for Suffering Residents
Jun 1 2004 // West Virginia Gov. Bob Wise on Tuesday told emergency officials in flood-damaged southern West Virginia that he is confident the federal government will authorize disaster relief money to help residents who have suffered...
Reaction Mixed to Idea of Special Session in Wyoming
Jun 1 2004 // Calling a special session to deal with rising medical malpractice insurance rates could be risky if nothing comes out of it, those involved in the debate said May 28. Legislative leaders opted to vote on whether to...
Malpractice Rates Rise for Many Wyoming Doctors
May 17 2004 // One of Wyoming’s major malpractice insurance providers has been granted an 11.9 percent increase in rates charged to doctors. The Doctors Co., which is based in Napa, Calif., and serves 31 percent of the...
Several Insurance Firms Taking in Wyoming Doctors
May 12 2004 // Three insurance companies are offering medical malpractice plans to Wyoming doctors who are losing coverage with the pullout of the state’s largest insurer. Seven of the state’s hospitals and 381 doctors must...
Wy. Doctors’ Group Says Caps Not the Only Answer to Malpractice Dilemma
May 3 2004 // Capping damage awards is not by itself the solution to Wyoming’s medical malpractice insurance cost dilemma, the incoming president of a state physicians group said. “Even if Wyoming were to enact reforms like...
Community First Acquires Colorado and Wyoming Insurance Agencies
Apr 2 2004 // Community First Bankshares Inc. has acquired Englewood, Colo.-based Shepherd Insurance Agency through its affiliate, Community First Insurance Inc. Community First also has acquired an insurance book of business from...
Wyoming Doctors Group Seeks Special Session
Mar 31 2004 // More doctors will leave Wyoming or retire early if the state does not act to help control medical insurance rates, preferably in a special session of the Legislature, members of a new physician lobbying group...
PCI Disappointed with WY Legislature’s Action on Homeowners Insurance
Mar 9 2004 // As the Wyoming Legislature wrapped up its 30-day session on March 5, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) expressed disappointment in the passage of a key bill dealing with homeowners...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Wyoming Tort Reform Constitutional Amendment Fails
Mar 8 2004 // A proposed constitutional amendment to limit damage awards for medical malpractice died in the Wyoming legislature, but other cost-saving measures for doctors and insurance companies remain on the table. The other measures...
Wyo. Tort Reform Constitutional Amendment Fails
Feb 27 2004 // A proposed constitutional amendment to limit damage awards for medical malpractice is dead, but other cost-saving measures for doctors and insurance companies remain on the table. The other measures include reimbursing...
Wyoming Bill Could Have Unintended Consequences for Homeowners
Feb 17 2004 // A bill currently under consideration in the Wyoming Legislature that would limit insurers’ use of loss history information could have unintended consequences for the state’s homeowners, according to a leading...
NCOIL Scoring Model Reportedly Garners Support in States
Jul 10 2003 // The reported increasing popularity of the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) Insurance Scoring Model Act and the publication of two significant studies showing an irrefutable link between credit-based...
