All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 8 2006 // Approximately 535,000 Indiana residents enrolled in the Hoosier Healthwise insurance program will gain more choices for their medical care on Jan. 1, 2007 through three managed care organizations, Indiana state officials...
Aug 3 2006 // Disclosing medical errors made by physicians is extremely important yet often extremely difficult. Two University of Iowa studies examine why this is the case and how increased understanding might help patients, doctors...
Jul 24 2006 // Someone once said “change is inevitable,” and in the health care arena that truism rings a bell. It wasn’t so long ago that the only place a person would go for immediate treatment was the emergency room...
Jul 7 2006 // The Rhode Island General Assembly recently passed the Health Care Affordability Act, a set of 14 bills intended to lower health insurance costs for small businesses, strengthen state control over provider expansion,...
Jul 7 2006 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has a new miscellaneous medical malpractice insurance program provided by Houston Casualty Company (HC) of Houston, Texas, rated A+ by A.M. Best.Existing NAS medical malpractice...
Jul 3 2006 // Someone once said “change is inevitable” and in the health care arena that especially rings true. It wasn’t so long ago that the only place a person would go for immediate treatment was the emergency room...
Jul 3 2006 // Risk mixing and matching with miscellaneous health care facilitiesSomeone once said “change is inevitable,” and in the health care arena that truism rings a bell. It wasn’t so long ago that the only place...
Jul 3 2006 // Someone once said “change is inevitable,” and in the health care arena that truism rings a bell. It wasn’t so long ago that the only place a person would go for immediate treatment was the emergency room...
Jun 21 2006 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, recently announced the launch of its healthcare professional liability product for group and individual physicians in the Ohio and Michigan...
Jun 19 2006 // Tort reforms are the best proven instrument for reducing medical liability insurance premium growth, according to a new study conducted by Stanford University Professor Daniel P. Kessler, who also serves as a research...
Jun 16 2006 // ACE USA has launched a commercial package policy to help protect life sciences companies from property and casualty exposures faced by this specialized industry.The ACE USA Commercial Package Policy is offered to...
Jun 7 2006 // Hylant Group and ACE Medical Risk jointly announced today an agreement for Hylant Group to be the distributor of comprehensive physician medical liability coverage in both Ohio and Michigan. The healthcare professional...
Jun 6 2006 // Austin, Texas-based American Physicians Service Group Inc. announced the planned acquisition of its long-time client, American Physicians Insurance Exchange.The companies anticipate completing the merger prior to the end...
Jun 2 2006 // The cost of medical malpractice insurance in New York can be linked directly to the state’s malpractice litigation awards, rather than to the cyclical nature of the insurance pricing, according to a new study by the...
May 30 2006 // Willis Group Holdings Ltd. has appointed Kevin Downs as leader of its North American Healthcare Practice. Downs is tasked with the strategic, financial and operational growth of the Healthcare Practice and is based in...
May 24 2006 // Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey this week proposed an update to the state’s medical malpractice laws, including streamlining ways to resolve claims prior to trial so that insurance rates for doctors can be held...
May 22 2006 // Senate Republican leaders have again failed in their efforts to place limits on medical malpractice pain and suffering awards.Senate Democrats successfully stymied two Republican bills, one a broad bill affecting medical...
May 22 2006 // About 40 percent of the medical malpractice cases filed in the United States are groundless, according to a Harvard analysis of the hotly debated issue that pits trial lawyers against doctors, with lawmakers in the...
May 22 2006 // Study: Tort reforms reduce med-mal premiumsTort reforms are the best proven instrument for reducing medical liability insurance premium growth, according to a new study conducted by Stanford University Professor Daniel P....
May 22 2006 // Tort reforms are the best proven instrument for reducing medical liability insurance premium growth, according to a new study conducted by Stanford University Professor Daniel P. Kessler, JD, PhD, who also serves as a...