All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 21 2005 // A new study raises questions about medical liability reform initiatives premised on the assumption that caps on awards for non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases will reduce total jury compensatory awards.The...
Mar 21 2005 // In 2003 Texans voted for Proposition 12, which placed limits on jury awards in medical malpractice lawsuits. Currently, the U.S. Congress and the Oklahoma Legislature, among others, are considering similar tort reform...
Mar 21 2005 // How long do you plan on living?” asked a wholesale broker at a recent industry meeting. The trends facing every aspect of our health care system seem daunting at best. Yet most people would hope and plan for a longer...
Mar 21 2005 // Large medical malpractice verdicts and settlements were not to blame for a rapid increase in insurance premiums for Texas doctors and hospitals, according to a study by law professors at the University of Texas at Austin...
Mar 16 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance praised the recent rate reductions filed by the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association, commonly referred to as the Joint Underwriting Association. TDI said in a rate...
Mar 16 2005 // The Oklahoma House of Representatives has voted to give the state’s major medical malpractice insurer two more years to build up its reserves before state regulators intervene.House Bill 1566, by State Rep. Dan...
Mar 16 2005 // “I’m willing to meet with just about anyone to sit down and discuss issues. That’s the most effective and efficient way to uncover and deal with problems.”Well, meet with almost anyone. Connecticut...
Mar 11 2005 // Large medical malpractice verdicts and settlements were not to blame for a rapid increase in insurance premiums for Texas doctors and hospitals, according to a study by law professors at the University of Texas at Austin...
Mar 11 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has announced its federal affairs agenda for 2005, and topping the list of items include further legal reform, improving state-based insurance regulation, an...
Mar 8 2005 // Insurance Journal will present the third in its year-long series of ‘How to Write’ seminars on Thursday, March 10, with a look at medical malpractice.Scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. (PST), the seminar’s...
Mar 7 2005 // A bill approved Feb. 22 by the Senate would let doctors apologize and offer condolences to patients and their families without fear of having the statements held against them in court.The so-called “I’m...
Mar 7 2005 // Approval of a 2004 ballot question and action by state lawmakers two years before that are stabilizing medical malpractice insurance rates in Nevada, legislators were told recently.Question 3, the Keep Our Doctors in...
Mar 7 2005 // How long do you plan on living?” asked a wholesale broker at a recent industry meeting. The trends facing every aspect of our healthcare system seem daunting at best. Yet, like the wholesale broker who asked this...
Mar 4 2005 // The Center for Justice & Democracy, a national consumer organization that monitors insurance industry practices, applauded the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner for ordering the state’s...
Mar 4 2005 // Two Kentucky physicians were elected to the Subscribers Advisory Committee (Board) for Healthcare Underwriters Group of Kentucky (HU), a doctor-owned and governed medical professional liability insurance company, at the...
Mar 2 2005 // Following an initial three-state product launch two months ago, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is now also offering Signature Passport in Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Michigan,...
Mar 2 2005 // The House on March 1 approved two bills that attempt to stem rising doctors’ liability insurance costs by allowing state officials to learn more about damage awards in malpractice cases and hospital mistakes that...
Mar 1 2005 // Tort reform proponents in Washington were reportedly not surprised that a report issued Tuesday by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) showed continued escalation in both the frequency and the cost of medical...
Feb 25 2005 // Connecticut officials will convene a medical malpractice informational hearing today at Capital Community College in Hartford.Last month Governor M. Jodi Rell asked the Commissioners of the Departments of Public Health and...
Feb 25 2005 // A bill approved Tuesday by the Senate would let doctors apologize and offer condolences to patients and their families without fear of having the statements held against them in court.The so-called “I’m...