All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 16 2011 // Medical liability insurer MMIC Group Inc. (MMIC), headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., has received final regulatory approval to change from a stock holding company to a mutual insurance holding company.The move...
Nov 14 2011 // New York courts specializing in the state’s 4,000 medical malpractice cases filed each year have begun expanding following the success of a Bronx judge in settling cases early.The approach, shown to cut court...
Nov 10 2011 // The nation’s transition to electronic medical records, now in full swing, risks overlooking potential patient safety problems, independent advisers warned the Obama administration in a report this week.Computerized...
Nov 10 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...
Nov 8 2011 // IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., is offering medical professional liability coverage for federally qualified health centers to provide protection for deemed and non-deemed healthcare services,...
Nov 7 2011 // Insurers in Tennessee will payout fewer damages in medical malpractice cases under a new cap on damages that took effect last month. The law also protects insurers from being sued under the state’s consumer...
Nov 4 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...
Oct 28 2011 // Florida should allow more time for looking into suspicious claims, place a cap on attorneys’ fees and more closely regulate medical clinics to help reduce rampant fraud in the state’s personal injury protection...
Oct 17 2011 // Insurers in Tennessee will payout fewer damages in medical malpractice cases after a new cap on damages took effect earlier this month. The new law also states insurers may no longer be sued under the state’s...
Oct 17 2011 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group, has introduced a healthcare premises pollution liability insurance policy that is designed to address the environmental risks faced by the healthcare industry....
Oct 17 2011 // IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has expanded its government billing errors & omissions product suite to include a policy form tailored to meet the needs of managed care organizations (MCO)....
Oct 17 2011 // Medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) carriers are in a strong financial position overall and the insurers are exhibiting rate discipline in soft market conditions, according to a report by A.M. Best.The past...
Oct 17 2011 // According to a new annual rate survey by Medical Liability Monitor, base-rate premiums for medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) continued their downward trend for a sixth consecutive year. The current soft...
Oct 17 2011 // One county in Florida has decided not to wait on state lawmakers’ promise to address the insurance fraud and fix the state’s automobile no-fault law. It has passed its own ordinance to crack down on fraudulent...
Oct 14 2011 // Hospitals and hospital groups should seek clarity from their malpractice insurers on the loading applied to premiums to account for claims inflation, according to Lloyd’s insurer Beazley.Specialist insurer Beazley is...
Oct 7 2011 // State officials have agreed to pay nearly $400,000 to settle two medical malpractice lawsuits stemming from treatments at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in 2004. The State Appeals Board approved a $300,000...
Oct 6 2011 // According to a new annual rate survey by Medical Liability Monitor, base-rate premiums for medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) continued their downward trend for a sixth consecutive year. The current soft...
Oct 5 2011 // Medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) carriers are in a strong financial position overall and the insurers are exhibiting rate discipline in soft market conditions, according to a new report this week by New...
Sep 30 2011 // Berkshire Hathaway’s medical professional liability insurance unit, Medical Protective Co., is purchasing New Jersey-based Princeton Insurance Co., a professional liability insurer for healthcare providers. Princeton...
Sep 30 2011 // Lawyers for a West Virginia nursing home are preparing to take a case to the state’s Supreme Court on the grounds that a $91.5 million jury award should be reduced under the state’s medical malpractice law.In...