All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 23 2012 // Healthcare Services Association (HSA), a medical malpractice insurance specialty group headquartered in Missouri, has promoted Joseph B. Moody to president and CEO. Moody will lead HSA and Healthcare Services Group (HSG),...
Jan 23 2012 // Although it comprises just over 2 percent of annual direct premiums for the U.S. property and casualty insurance industry, the medical professional liability (MPL) insurance business is integral to the U.S. healthcare...
Jan 10 2012 // Minneapolis, Minn.-based medical liability insurer MMIC Group Inc. (MMIC) has formed a risk retention group — MMIC RRG Inc. — to meet the evolving medical liability needs of physician groups, clinics or hospitals based...
Jan 9 2012 // After losing a baby because of an incompetent cervix, Patricia Votre thought she was well prepared when she got pregnant again. She made arrangements with her doctors to consult with high-risk pregnancy experts from Yale...
Jan 6 2012 // Professional Program Insurance Brokerage (PPIB) has launched an outpatient medical facilities program. The program is available in all states and offered to both retail and wholesale insurance companies. The program will...
Jan 5 2012 // Medical Protective Co. (MedPro), a medical professional liability insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, announced this week the completion of its acquisition of Princeton Insurance Co.Princeton Insurance is a New...
Jan 3 2012 // Although it comprises just over two percent of annual direct premiums for the U.S. property and casualty insurance industry, the medical professional liability (MPL) insurance business is integral to the U.S. healthcare...
Dec 28 2011 // More than 1,600 people who filed lawsuits claiming that their health was ruined by dust and smoke from the collapsed World Trade Center must decide by Jan. 2, 2012, whether to keep fighting in court, or drop the litigation...
Dec 13 2011 // A medical malpractice claim alleging lack of informed consent requires expert medical testimony to establish harm, Ohio’s high court has ruled.In a case arising from a medical malpractice suit filed by Robert and...
Dec 13 2011 // A medical malpractice insurance specialty group headquartered in Missouri has promoted Joseph B. Moody to president and CEO.Healthcare Services Association (HSA) appointed Moody to lead HSA and Healthcare Services Group...
Dec 8 2011 // Ohio-based Hylant Group has tapped wellness professional Jerid Baxter to lead its growing health and wellness practice. Baxter will be responsible for designing and implementing programming and building the tools and...
Dec 6 2011 // A newspaper’s analysis shows the most common complaints received by the Ohio Department of Insurance come from people who had health claims denied.The Columbus Dispatch reports the department got more than 3,100...
Dec 5 2011 // An Iowa man who had been awarded $10.6 million in malpractice case won’t see any of that money.The Des Moines Register reports that court precedent set while the case was awaiting its second trial prevents Dennis...
Dec 5 2011 // An appeals court has dealt a setback to three state doctors who are fighting a malpractice suit by arguing their patient sent a claim notice to the Minnesota Justice Department’s headquarters in Madison. The doctors...
Dec 5 2011 // The U.S. government reopened public access to a database of malpractice claims and damages paid by doctors, with new restrictions that would prohibit using it in any way to identify the physicians.Consumer advocates and...
Dec 2 2011 // Nebraska should not wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the Obama administration’s health care overhaul before it prepares a state-based insurance exchange, a leading hospital advocate said.Bruce Rieker, a...
Nov 30 2011 // Hiscox has launched a terrorism liability product designed specifically for healthcare risks such as hospitals, physician offices, researchers and long-term care providers.The carrier says the product, which was designed...
Nov 29 2011 // Healthcare providers insured by Markel now have access to a free DataBreach endorsement.The new endorsement covers liability resulting from a compromise of confidential patient information and the associated costs. These...
Nov 21 2011 // A new report on medical services casts light on how different combinations of medical services contribute to workers’ compensation claim costs over time.Understanding what combinations of medical services are used...
Nov 17 2011 // The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center expects to file an appeal after two Allegheny County juries have awarded $12.5 million in damages to the family of a 24-year-old accountant who died in 2003 after an abscess was...