All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 16 2005 // Sharp increases in medical malpractice insurance premiums are prompting Vermont doctors to call for the Legislature to limit payouts in malpractice lawsuits and take other steps to rein in costs.“While medical...
May 12 2005 // Despite a bill signed into law last month in South Carolina capping pain and suffering awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, two of the state’s largest malpractice insurers have announced plans to increase...
May 9 2005 // Pennsylvania’s 182 general acute care hospitals reported a total of $636 million in medical malpractice expenses in fiscal year 2004, according to a research report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment...
May 9 2005 // A pilot malpractice docket for medical liability suits and a “patient safety center” to help prevent medical errors are among the final recommendations offered by a commission chaired by Ohio Insurance Director...
May 3 2005 // Pennsylvania’s 182 general acute care hospitals reported a total of $636 million in medical malpractice expenses in fiscal year 2004, according to a research report from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment...
Apr 29 2005 // A pilot malpractice docket for medical liability suits and a “patient safety center” to help prevent medical errors are among the final recommendations offered by a commission chaired by Ohio Insurance Director...
Apr 20 2005 // On Wednesday, thousands of physicians were scheduled to descend upon Capitol Hill to voice support for medical liability reform to address the rise in medical malpractice premiums.These physicians will be lobbying for a...
Apr 18 2005 // CHICAGO–Five words summed up the mood at this year’s Professional Liability Un-derwriting Society’s medical symposium: “The crisis aspect is over.”Thus spake Howard Friedman, chief financial...
Apr 18 2005 // Doctors and hospitals will have more protection from medical malpractice lawsuits beginning July 1 under four bills signed into law March 28 by Gov. Brian Schweitzer.The measures are among nine proposals before the 2005...
Apr 18 2005 // Five words summed up the mood at this year’s Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s medical symposium: “The crisis aspect is over.”Thus spoke Howard Friedman, chief financial officer at...
Apr 12 2005 // Insurance Journal will present the fourth in its year-long series of ‘How to Write’ seminars on Wednesday, April 13, with a look at lawyers malpractice.Scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. (PST), the seminar’s...
Apr 5 2005 // The largest writer of medical malpractice insurance in Massachusetts said it will not have to raise rates this year, after several years of double-digit hikes.ProMutual Group credited “improved financial...
Apr 4 2005 // The Oklahoma House passed a measure giving the state’s major medical malpractice insurer two more years to build up its reserves before state regulators intervene. HB 1566, by State Rep. Dan Sullivan, would exempt...
Apr 4 2005 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced March 22 that he is closing the voluntary Market Assistance Program for medical malpractice insurance due to a lack of business. Kreidler pointed out that the...
Apr 1 2005 // Conventional wisdom is wrong: primary care doctors who coordinate the care of their patients by specialists may actually have lower liability risk than primary care doctors who do not attempt care coordination.That is one...
Mar 30 2005 // Bogey’s latest starring role: vice president. Toledo, Ohio-based agency Hylant Group has promoted Steven S. Bogart to vice president of its health-care professional business. Bogart is responsible for business...
Mar 30 2005 // Doctors and hospitals will have more protection from medical malpractice lawsuits beginning July 1 under four bills signed into law March 28 by Gov. Brian Schweitzer.The measures are among nine proposals before the 2005...
Mar 24 2005 // The Texas medical community collectively scratched its head recently as newspaper headlines trumpeted a new study claiming that increases in physicians’ medical liability insurance premiums were not the result of...
Mar 23 2005 // Insurance companies and other underwriters in Pennsylvania reported a steep jump last year in payments for malpractice claims against physicians, according to a federal agency.In 2004, insurers reported paying out $448...
Mar 23 2005 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced March 22 that he is closing the voluntary Market Assistance Program for medical malpractice insurance due to a lack of business. Kreidler points out that the...