All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 7 2010 // The consulting and actuarial firm, Milliman, reports that the Illinois Supreme Court’s overturn of caps on non-economic damages in medical liability cases will increase claim costs in that state. It’s thought...
Feb 23 2010 // The Illinois Department of Insurance reported it has observed increased competition and 10 percent decrease in premium paid in the medical malpractice line of insurance since reforms were enacted in 2005.The Department of...
Feb 23 2010 // IMA Inc., an independently owned retail insurance broker announced that Brent Hartman has joined the company’s health risk management practice, Life IQ, in the Denver office.Life IQ is IMA’s multidisciplinary...
Feb 22 2010 // Free-standing legislation introduced by Reps. Betsy Markey of Colorado and Thomas Perriello of Virginia to amend the McCarran-Ferguson Act for health insurers no longer includes text to remove the limited antitrust...
Feb 21 2010 // The Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report for 2008 shows a total of 3,080 medical professional liability claims were closed in 2008 by 93 insurance entities.The average payment per closed claim was...
Feb 18 2010 // Democrats appear to be removing medical malpractice insurers from a bill to eliminate the antitrust exemption for health insurers in the McCarran-Ferguson Act.According to Politico.com, Democratic aides in the House said...
Feb 9 2010 // Maine-based insurer Acadia Insurance is offering an expanded property and casualty coverage program for medical offices and facilities in New England and New York.The Acadia Rx Medical Office Program includes specialized...
Feb 5 2010 // The American Bar Association says the Illinois Supreme Court was right in striking down as unconstitutional the caps on non-economic damage awards in medical malpractice cases.Insurer groups, however, say the decision will...
Feb 4 2010 // The Illinois Supreme Court Thursday declared unconstitutional a 2005 state law that capped damage awards for a plaintiff’s pain and suffering at $500,000 against doctors and $1 million against hospitals.It was the...
Feb 3 2010 // In its fourth annual Ohio Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Report the Ohio Insurance Department shows a total of 3,080 medical professional liability claims were closed in 2008. The amount of compensation paid...
Jan 28 2010 // New Hampshire’s highest court has ruled that state lawmakers cannot raid $110 million in reserves from the Joint Underwriting Association, which underwrites medical malpractice insurance in the state.The Supreme...
Jan 25 2010 // New Hampshire is dipping into its savings — rather than a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance — for $80 million to close the books on the fiscal year that ended June 30.The state wanted to take $65...
Jan 21 2010 // The Wisconsin Senate has approved a bill that would allow for more medical malpractice claims against health care providers. The approved bill allows parents to sue for pain and suffering damages if their adult-aged...
Jan 19 2010 // Missouri’s top judges questioned Jan. 14 whether a 2005 law limiting medical malpractice lawsuits is being wrongly applied to people retroactively and is discriminating against the spouses of those injured.Attorneys...
Jan 15 2010 // Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether to overturn limits on how much money people can be awarded in medical malpractice cases. The case challenges a 2005 law that set a flat $350,000 cap for non-economic damages,...
Jan 6 2010 // Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has signed a bill into law that ensures that all denied health insurance claims can be reviewed and decided upon by a qualified, independent doctor. The law goes into effect July 1.Under current...
Dec 22 2009 // Terry Morgan Drayer has joined London American Risk Specialists Inc. as senior casualty broker. Drayer will launch the firm’s new Allied Medical Department in the Houston, Texas, office.Drayer’s focus will be...
Dec 10 2009 // Lawyers for former CBS “Early Show” anchor Mark McEwen have appealed the dismissal of his medical malpractice lawsuit.A federal judge in Baltimore threw out McEwen’s lawsuit earlier this year. The...
Dec 9 2009 // North Carolina residents now have online access to information on malpractice lawsuits, convictions, suspensions, or other disciplinary actions taken against physicians and other medical professionals in the state.The...
Dec 6 2009 // Most Americans want Congress to deal with malpractice lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care, says an Associated Press poll.Yet Democrats are reluctant to press forward on an issue that would upset a valuable...