All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 1 2003 // The CPCU Society invites insurance professionals to “Jazz Up Your Career!” at the CPCU Society’s 59th Annual Meeting and Seminars in New Orleans, Oct. 11-14. Join CPCUs, the New Designee Class of 2003,...
Sep 29 2003 // Missouri Gov. Bob Holden announced the creation the 17-member Missouri Commission on Patient Safety to improve the quality of health care and further reduce the number of medical malpractice claims in the...
Sep 19 2003 // Fair Isaac Corporation announced that it has acquired Diversified HealthCare Services Inc. Diversified, a rapidly growing provider of medical bill review products and services for the workers’ compensation insurance...
Sep 18 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced that the North Carolina Senate approved a medical malpractice bill that the association believes falls short of the goal of comprehensive medical liability reform. S. 802...
Sep 12 2003 // New Jersey’s Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly C. Bakke has issued an order to reactivate the state’s long-disused Medical Malpractice Reinsurance Association (MMRA) in order to “assure continued...
Sep 8 2003 // From medical malpractice to workers’ compensation, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush {R} has been working with insurance industry leaders to solve problems in the Sunshine State during his two terms in office. The issues in...
Sep 8 2003 // Texas voters have an opportunity on Sept. 13 to remove the joker from an ingenious form of judicial poker that has pushed up insurance costs so high medical providers are being forced to restrict services.Non-economic...
Sep 8 2003 // From medical malpractice to workers’ compensation, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) has been working with insurance industry leaders to solve problems in the Sunshine State during his two terms in office. The issues in...
Sep 4 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas announced it is urging its 2,000 independent insurance agency members to support Proposition 12 in the upcoming Sept. 13 election.In a letter to members, IIAT President Jim Berger...
Aug 27 2003 // Nevada Insurance Commissioner Alice A. Molasky-Arman has approved revised rates for the National Dental Program insured by Continental Casualty Company. The National Dental Program policies may include professional...
Aug 20 2003 // MedRisk, Inc. and Diversified HealthCare Services, Inc. have signed an agreement, providing MedRisk’s (www.medrisknet.com) entire Expert Provider Organization (EPO) network of workers’ compensation physical...
Aug 19 2003 // Florida Healthcare Providers Insurance Exchange, (The Exchange) announced it filed an application with the state to offer medical malpractice insurance to physicians in Florida. The Exchange expects to begin issuing...
Aug 18 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers believes the U.S. General Accounting Office’s (GAO) latest report (03-702) on the medical liability insurance crisis provides further evidence that medical liability premiums have...
Aug 18 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers believes the U.S. General Accounting Office’s (GAO) latest report (03-702) on the medical liability insurance crisis provides further evidence that medical liability premiums have...
Aug 7 2003 // A proposed steep increase in malpractice insurance rates affecting most Maryland physicians quickly will cause some medical practices to limit their ability to provide care, according to MedChi, The Maryland State Medical...
Aug 7 2003 // According to the Coalition to Heal Healthcare in Florida, more than 1,600 doctors from across Florida gave sworn statements to a state Senate panel this week detailing how the worsening medical liability crisis is forcing...
Aug 4 2003 // This year has been the busiest for enactment of state civil justice reform legislation since 1995, according to the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA). At mid-year, 20 states already have enacted laws; 19 laws were...
Aug 4 2003 // New Hampshire and Iowa traditionally hold the earliest primary elections of the presidential campaign, and doctors associations in the two states are planning to take advantage of the fact to promote medical malpractice...
Jul 30 2003 // A new report from the General Accounting Office (GAO) concluding that medical liability losses are the primary drivers of insurance rates reportedly corroborates data provided to the GAO last December by the National...
Jul 28 2003 // In a legislative session reportedly dominated by budget issues, Delaware lawmakers rejected a ban on the use of credit-based insurance scores and took a compromise approach toward medical liability reform. The Legislature...