All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 12 2017 // Caps on how much money patients injured by a doctor’s mistakes can receive were declared unconstitutional by the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday, a decision that strikes down one of former Gov. Jeb Bush’s...
Jun 9 2017 // Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) announced that Debra Goldberg has joined RSG’s managing general underwriting company, Sapphire Blue, as chief underwriting officer. Goldberg is based at Sapphire Blue’s headquarters...
May 24 2017 // Chicago-based medical professional liability insurer, ISMIE Mutual, is mourning the the loss of its late chairman, Harold L. Jensen, M.D. Jensen died unexpectedly on Monday, May 22, 2017.A strong and visionary leader, Dr....
May 17 2017 // A new report shows that an updated medical coding system that went into effect in California a year-and-a-half ago hasn’t done much to better define the characteristics of worker injuries than the old one.A report by...
May 12 2017 // The U.S. medical professional liability (MPL) insurance sector is stable, with strong capitalization and profitable, albeit declining, operating performance, plus the prospect of positive earnings in the medium term,...
May 9 2017 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations and the Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended four more medical providers from participating in California’s workers’ compensation...
May 2 2017 // The Signature B&B Companies (SBB), a New York-based regional independent insurance brokerage and an Acrisure Agency Partner, has hired Julie Shumer as senior vice president.Shumer, a 28-year veteran in the medical...
Apr 18 2017 // Capacity Group of NY LLC (CGNY), a division of Mahwah, N.J.-headquartered The Capacity Group – an EPIC Company, has hired Jeanne Braun as president of CGNY’s newly established Health Care Strategy Group.Braun...
Apr 17 2017 // The Iowa House has approved legislation that would cap financial awards in medical malpractice lawsuits except in severe cases.The House approved the bill 65-32 to limit pain and suffering payouts at $250,000 in most cases...
Apr 17 2017 // It can be difficult to distinguish whether a client is a hybrid nonprofit. To help provide the best insurance protection for nonprofit organizations, the following are some questions top agents ask. This can help agents to...
Apr 17 2017 // The nonprofit of yesterday has evolved, and a new, hybrid nonprofit model has emerged, bringing with it an array of complexities.Human services agencies and nonprofits across the country have recognized crucial needs in...
Apr 4 2017 // Legislation capping recoveries in medical malpractice awards and a bill that would limit public access to 911 call information are still alive the Iowa Legislature.The legislation would limit financial recoveries for pain...
Apr 3 2017 // For all the changes in healthcare in the past 10 years, the principal challenges facing medical professional liability (MPL) insurance remain much the same as they did during the crisis in the mid-2000s: a high level of...
Mar 22 2017 // For all the changes in healthcare over the past 10 years, the principal challenges facing medical professional liability (MPL) insurance remain much the same as they have been since its crisis in the mid-2000s: a high...
Mar 20 2017 // As they grapple with persistently soft market conditions, medical professional liability (MPL) underwriters must weigh the potential impact on their business of proposed changes in the U.S. healthcare financing system.As...
Mar 20 2017 // A bill revising Kentucky’s medical malpractice system by creating panels of medical providers to review claims of error or neglect before cases go to court was passed earlier this month by state lawmakers.The...
Mar 10 2017 // A southwestern Missouri jury has ordered a health provider to pay roughly $29 million to a woman who argued that doctors’ failure to timely diagnose her rare disorder made her reliant on a feeding tube.The...
Mar 8 2017 // Kentucky lawmakers wrapped up work Friday on revising the medical malpractice system by creating panels of medical providers to review claims of error or neglect before cases go to court.The legislation, long a priority of...
Mar 7 2017 // McArthur Baker, 69, a former U.S. Postal Service employee, has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Workers’ Compensation...
Mar 6 2017 // California’s Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended seven medical providers from participating in the state’s workers’ comp system.The providers...