All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 9 2018 // A Kentucky panel established to review medical malpractice claims before lawsuits can be filed is severely backlogged. The Courier Journal obtained records through the Kentucky Open Records act that show only 11 percent of...
Jul 16 2018 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Mary Botkin, as health care industry lead in its Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) segment.Botkin will be responsible for delivering the company’s integrated risk...
Jul 16 2018 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the state’s cap on noneconomic medical malpractice damages on June 27, reversing an appellate ruling that awarded $15 million to a woman who had all four limbs amputated after a...
Jul 16 2018 // New malpractice claims against lawyers are being driven by inadequate safeguards against conflicts of interest, along with participation in certain expanding and complex practice areas, according to a new study by...
Jul 10 2018 // Evergreen Pacific Insurance Corp. (EPIC), the Toronto-based financial-services holding company, announced it has signed a binding agreement to acquire a majority interest in Synergy Health Services, subject to completion...
Jul 5 2018 // Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to provide health insurance to half a billion Indians — a mass of people larger than the entire population of South America — before he seeks a fresh mandate next year...
Jul 2 2018 // The South Carolina Supreme Court recently opined that an insurer can sue an attorney it hired to defend its policyholder for malpractice.The high court in the case of Sentry Select Insurance Company v. Maybank Law Firm,...
Jun 29 2018 // In the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, an ambulance speeds through traffic on a wave of green lights, helped along by an artificial intelligence (AI) system and big data.The system, which involves sending information to...
Jun 28 2018 // The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the state’s cap on noneconomic medical malpractice damages on June 27, reversing an appellate ruling that awarded $15 million to a woman who had all four limbs amputated after a...
Jun 28 2018 // New malpractice claims against lawyers are being driven by inadequate safeguards against conflicts of interest, along with participation in certain expanding and complex practice areas, according to a new study by...
Jun 21 2018 // Chicago-based ISMIE Indemnity, an excess and surplus line division of ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co., plans to offer medical professional liability insurance products in every state in the U.S.With approval from state...
Jun 14 2018 // Prices paid for medical professional services vary significantly across states, ranging from 26 percent below the median in Florida to 158 percent above median in Wisconsin, according to a 35-state study.States with no fee...
Jun 13 2018 // The South Carolina Supreme Court recently opined that an insurer can sue an attorney it hired to defend its policyholder for malpractice.The high court in the case of Sentry Select Insurance Company v. Maybank Law Firm,...
Jun 7 2018 // Every morning, 92-year-old Sidney Kramer wraps a blood pressure cuff around his arm and steps on a scale, and readings of his heart health beam to a team of nurses — and to his daughter’s smartphone — miles from...
Jun 6 2018 // Whether a claim arises out of medical negligence and is subject to the presuit screening requirements of Chapter 766 of the Florida Statutes is a question legal practitioners and courts alike have struggled with for...
Jun 1 2018 // As a young man, Barry Shrewsbury dug coal in the West Virginia mines and spent his time off hunting and fishing in the rolling hills.Now, at 62, he struggles to breathe and accomplish basic tasks such as shopping and...
May 24 2018 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended three more medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended to...
May 8 2018 // Warren Buffett on Saturday said he hoped a chief executive would be found within a couple of months for the healthcare company being set up by Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Amazon.com Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to lower...
May 4 2018 // As the U.S. market for telemedicine continues to expand, so does demand for insurance coverage for these providers, according to Beazley, which launched its product last summer.The U.S. is the largest and most mature...
Apr 23 2018 // A.M. Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B- (Fair) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bb-” from “bbb” of MedMal Direct Insurance Co., headquartered in...