All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 19 2015 // A Minnesota jury has awarded $9.1 million to a former auto mechanic who sued his anesthesiologists after suffering spinal cord damage and paralysis in a 2012 surgery.Joseph Lakoskey’s attorney argued that an...
Oct 14 2015 // This article was published by ProPublica and NPR and is reprinted with permission.Standing before a giant map in his Dallas office, Bill Minick doesn’t seem like anyone’s idea of a bomb thrower. But backed by...
Oct 14 2015 // IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has introduced its “LeadingEdge” policy for hospitals and integrated health care systems. IronHealth has developed the policy in response to the...
Oct 8 2015 // A Waveland, Miss., doctor accused of running a prescription pill mill has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance outside the scope of a medical practice.The Sun Herald reports...
Oct 6 2015 // There are 70,000 ways to get sick, hurt or mortally injured, and the U.S. is making them official.Last Thursday, U.S. hospitals, doctors and other care providers had to start using internationally developed standards...
Oct 2 2015 // The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that doctors don’t have to tell patients whether they have malpractice insurance for surgeries they’re recommending.The Record reports the unanimous ruling made Tuesday...
Sep 29 2015 // The medical professional liability insurance market continued its years-long decline in 2014 in terms of net written premium volume, hammered by forces including worsening accident-year results and a rapidly evolving...
Aug 27 2015 // Glatfelter Healthcare Practice, an insurance program serving senior living facilities, home health care and other private homecare agencies, and VorroHealth, a provider of clinical, AR/billing and interoperable technology...
Aug 27 2015 // Insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro announced today that it acquired HealthCare Risk Specialists in West Hartford, Connecticut. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.HealthCare Risk...
Aug 24 2015 // A Kentucky law revision limiting the solicitation of accident victims within 30 days of a crash has gone into effect but is already being challenged in the state by multiple chiropractic groups that say the law is...
Aug 17 2015 // In a case that could test Nebraska’s strict cap on medical malpractice awards, a federal jury has awarded the family of a 2-year-old girl a whopping $17 million, finding that subpar care at Bellevue Medical Center...
Aug 17 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department announced on July 24 that following a court order, Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny has been officially named as receiver of the New Hampshire Medical Malpractice Joint...
Aug 17 2015 // A Kentucky law revision limiting the solicitation of accident victims within 30 days of a crash has gone into effect but is already being challenged in the state by multiple chiropractic groups that say the law is...
Aug 11 2015 // Coinsurance provisions found in property policies exist primarily to assure that the insurance carrier receives adequate premium for the property insured. Without a coinsurance condition, and its applicable penalties,...
Aug 3 2015 // A former Dallas neurosurgeon has been described by state regulators as so derelict during operations that his actions led to the deaths of two patients and left others with disabling injuries in what’s seen as one of...
Aug 3 2015 // An order by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation for medical malpractice insurer The Doctors Co. (TDC) to decrease its rates by 15 percent is being contested by the California-based company.A hearing has been set for...
Jul 28 2015 // Anthem Inc’s decision to buy Cigna Corp., forming the largest U.S. health insurer by membership, will likely speed consolidation across the healthcare industry, from hospitals to drugmakers.Anthem announced its...
Jul 27 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department announced on July 24 that the Merrimack County Superior Court issued an order appointing Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny as receiver of the New Hampshire Medical Malpractice...
Jul 27 2015 // ANV Underwriters, the international managing general underwriter (MGU) segment of global speciality insurance group ANV, has launched a new North America Miscellaneous Professional Liability (MPL) product and team.The new...
Jul 27 2015 // An order by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation for medical malpractice insurer The Doctors Co. (TDC) to decrease its rates by 15 percent is being contested by the California-based company.A hearing has been set for...