All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 3 2017 // CVS Health Corp. will buy Aetna Inc. for about $67.5 billion, creating a healthcare giant that will have a hand in everything from insurance to the corner drugstore.CVS will pay $207 a share for Aetna, with $145 a share in...
Nov 28 2017 // Tribal First, a division of Alliant Specialty Insurance Services Inc., has acquired American Indian Health Services. Brendan McKenna, president of AIHS, and his team will join Alliant and continue to serve clients from its...
Nov 22 2017 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended nine more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ compensation system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year...
Nov 15 2017 // The Keane Insurance Group in St. Louis, Missouri, has received the ProAssurance 2017 Philanthropic Award.The award was presented to John Keane, president of The Keane Group, and Brian Dames, COO, at ProAssurance’s...
Nov 15 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended 12 more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year...
Nov 8 2017 // ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. and ISMIE Indemnity plan to expand their medical professional liability coverage for health professionals, groups and health care facilities in Wisconsin.With a recently updated state rate...
Nov 8 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended 21 more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year...
Nov 7 2017 // Zurich Insurance Group announced that its subsidiary Zurich Insurance plc has entered into an agreement with Catalina Insurance Ireland DAC (Catalina) to transfer its German legacy medical malpractice book to Catalina.The...
Nov 6 2017 // NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company is now offering coverage to health care professionals in Tennessee. This is the latest in NORCAL’s national expansion, which now reaches 39 states, including the District of...
Nov 6 2017 // In an unpublished opinion decided Oct. 24, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a state law aimed at curtailing the filing of medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional.The Court came to that conclusion in reviewing...
Oct 27 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday issued a notice of public hearing on proposed regulations to implement the provider suspension process required under Assembly Bill 1244.AB 1244, which went...
Oct 27 2017 // In an unpublished opinion decided Oct. 24, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a state law aimed at curtailing the filing of medical malpractice lawsuits is unconstitutional.The Court came to that conclusion in reviewing...
Oct 18 2017 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has reversed a Superior Court decision in favor of a law firm in a legal malpractice suit.The plaintiff, Kiribati Seafood Company LLC, brought the legal malpractice claim against...
Oct 16 2017 // 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 this...
Oct 9 2017 // IMA Inc. has named Maria Terry vice president and healthcare practice leader. Terry has nearly 40 years of industry experience. She was most recently with Lockton Denver. Prior to Lockton, Terry worked for 21 years with...
Oct 5 2017 // The Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended eight more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of providers suspended this year to...
Oct 5 2017 // The Doctors Company, a physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, is now offering coverage on an admitted basis to New York healthcare providers.The New York Department of Financial Services’ recent approval of the...
Sep 29 2017 // Dr. Shealynn Buck, an expert in employee wellbeing and improving health outcomes, has joined Lockton Benefit Group in Dallas as chief medical officer.Buck will advise employers on health strategies that improve employee...
Sep 24 2017 // ISMIE Mutual Insurance Co. and ISMIE Indemnity, based in Chicago, announced the companies are expanding service and product offerings in Michigan. Having operated in Michigan for many years, with a recent updated rate...
Sep 22 2017 // The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended six more medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system, bringing the total number of suspended providers to 38.The...