All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 7 2011 // Medical professional liability insurance provider, Medicus Insurance Co., announced it has lowered its base rates an average of 20 percent for medical professionals in Missouri.This rate decrease demonstrates...
Mar 4 2011 // Limits on medical liability lawsuits, including a cap on certain jury awards, cleared the North Carolina state Senate this week in legislation that Republican backers argue will keep malpractice insurance premiums stable...
Mar 1 2011 // St. Louis, Mo.-based workers’ compensation excess insurer, Midwest Employers Casualty Co. (MECC), announced it has launched a Healthcare Risk Management Practice.MECC said it created the Healthcare Risk Management...
Feb 28 2011 // A legislative committee debating a measure that would place limits on awards in medical malpractice lawsuits and change some rules for the litigation could vote on the measure early this week. The Senate Finance Committee...
Feb 23 2011 // For medical risks seeking employment practices liability coverage, NAS Insurance Services offers a $2,500 SIR, competitive premiums, and provides policyholders with risk management tools and resources. The broad policy...
Feb 22 2011 // Medical professional liability insurer Medical Protective is now offering MedPro CyberShield, a cyber liability coverage product at no additional charge to policyholders. The company will be adding MedPro CyberShield...
Feb 21 2011 // Fifteen states and the District of Columbia currently have laws that approve medical marijuana as a medical treatment option, which has increasingly important implications in the workplace.Arizona voters recently passed...
Feb 18 2011 // Putting his own stamp on a long-standing Republican priority, President Barack Obama is launching a drive to overhaul state medical malpractice laws and cut down on wasteful tests doctors perform because they fear...
Feb 17 2011 // North Carolina lawmakers have begun what promises to be a long fight over medical malpractice laws as insurance and medical services companies square off against law firms.A Senate committee opened discussions Tuesday on...
Feb 15 2011 // Final disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) for January 2011 include individual fines up to $68,000. The final actions include orders related to...
Jan 24 2011 // $10.2 MillionThe Kansas Insurance Department recovered $10.2 million for consumers last year, which is 32 percent less than it recovered in 2009. But the agency said the number of complaints from consumers about insurance...
Jan 18 2011 // Final enforcement actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) for December 2010 include fines of up to $78,000.Division of Workers’ Compensationfinal...
Jan 14 2011 // The Justice Department has agreed to pay $2.3 million to a couple who claimed inadequate care at Portsmouth Naval Medical Center caused their child to be born with neurological damage. The Virginian-Pilot reports that a...
Jan 11 2011 // The Connecticut Public Health Department’s online doctor database frequently omits information about past malpractice payments, making it difficult for patients to make informed decisions. The Hartford Courant...
Jan 6 2011 // Nearly one out of every five no-fault auto insurance claims closed in the New York City area in 2010 appears to have elements of fraud, according to a new study from the Insurance Research Council (IRC).And as many as one...
Dec 30 2010 // It has been a challenging few years for those in the excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance market. An endless soft market, extreme competition from the standard markets, and a bad economy left wholesale and retail...
Dec 20 2010 // Ironshore, Inc. has announced the creation of a specialty market program in partnership with BLIS, Inc to protect bariatric surgeons performing elective cash or self-pay surgery. The agreement will enable BLIS to expand...
Dec 17 2010 // A jury has ruled in favor of a Massachusetts couple and awarded them nearly $2 million in a medical malpractice suit they brought against St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester.Laura Ginisi claimed in the suit that misdiagnosis...
Dec 17 2010 // A northwest Arkansas doctor and a women’s clinic have been cleared in a medical malpractice lawsuit.A Washington County District Court Jury found Dr. Robert Hix and Parkhill Clinic for Women were cleared in the 2005...
Dec 17 2010 // Physicians’ fears of being sued for malpractice are out of proportion to their actual risk of being sued, according to a recent study.The study by a University of Iowa researcher and colleagues also suggests that...