All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 20 2012 // AmWINS Brokerage of the Carolinas, through its partnership with Premier Insurance Management Services Inc. (PIMS) and Beazley plc, is now offering a data privacy and network security insurance product for hospitals. The...
Nov 20 2012 // Georgia physicians are debating whether to push for a state constitutional amendment to reinstate a $350,000 cap on medical malpractice non-economic damages or scrap the current tort driven system in favor of a scheme...
Nov 14 2012 // Indiana’s high court has ruled that the state’s fund established to cover excess damages in medical malpractice cases may not dispute the existence or cause of a plaintiff’s injury in a case in which the...
Nov 5 2012 // RLI Corp. has acquired Rockbridge Underwriting Agency, a managing general agency specializing in medical malpractice insurance. Rockbridge Underwriting Agency is a Houston-based managing general agency specializing in...
Nov 5 2012 // The first medical office in the nation to earn the Fortified for Safer Business designation is opening in Florence. The Pee Dee Nephrology building has earned the designation from the Insurance Institute for Business and...
Nov 5 2012 // Victims of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak are starting to sue the physicians and clinics that administered tainted steroid shots, and the success of the lawsuits could hinge on whether judges decide the injections are...
Nov 5 2012 // Victims of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak are starting to sue the physicians and clinics that administered tainted steroid shots, and the success of the suits could hinge on whether judges decide the injections are...
Nov 5 2012 // The way health care is delivered and financed is undergoing major change, and this is reshaping the risks that hospitals and physicians face on a daily basis.Among other challenges, hospital risk managers are grappling...
Oct 24 2012 // Victims of a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak are starting to sue the physicians and clinics that administered tainted steroid shots, and the success of the suits could hinge on whether judges decide the injections are...
Oct 19 2012 // Affinity Healthcare, the consumer, association and group program business of Aon Risk Solutions, is now providing open access to its Affinity Health Care programs to insurance brokers nationwide.Over the years, Aon...
Oct 17 2012 // The way health care is delivered and financed is undergoing major change, and this is reshaping the risks that hospitals and physicians face on a daily basis.Among other challenges, hospital risk managers are grappling...
Oct 16 2012 // The U.S. meningitis outbreak that has so far killed 15 people and sickened more than 200 others is “nowhere near the end,” a top medical expert said Tuesday, a day after federal authorities warned more tainted...
Oct 11 2012 // The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that refiled medical malpractice lawsuits must follow new state laws. The high court in a unanimous opinion dismissed a lawsuit by Curtis Myers, who alleged medical malpractice after he...
Oct 7 2012 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group, has introduced the privacy and network security liability endorsement to both the healthcare facilities and managed care organization policies. This endorsement...
Sep 17 2012 // For the first time since the American Bar Association began conducting surveys of legal malpractice insurance claims beginning in 1985, insurers reported a higher percentage of claims involving real estate than any other...
Aug 24 2012 // Florida’s new no-fault auto insurance law could result in savings of 14 percent up to as much as 24.6 percent for drivers’ on their personal injury protection premiums, although it remains to be seen whether...
Aug 14 2012 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, has appointed Caroline Clouser as executive vice president of the medical risk and life sciences business. She will be based in New Jersey.In this...
Aug 7 2012 // A newly enacted law in Massachusetts will adopt the “Disclosure, Apology, and Offer” approach to help resolve malpractice cases.The healthcare cost control bill — recently passed by the Massachusetts...
Aug 6 2012 // CMIC, a Glastonbury, Conn.-based carrier offering medical professional liability insurance in New England, has appointed Edward Carroll as director of underwriting. Carroll brings 18 years of experience to his role, most...
Aug 2 2012 // Massachusetts lawmakers have given final approval to a bill designed to save up to $200 billion in health care costs over the next 15 years.Legislative leaders say the bill will help guarantee the future of the...