All the headlines from our Medical Professional Liability Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 7 2004 // While insurers and lawyers groups have debated the merits of capping medical malpractice awards in the statehouses and on Capitol Hill, the reality of soaring jury awards, insurance premiums and seemingly out-of-control...
Jun 7 2004 // Data compiled from the physician owned and/or operated medical liability insurers that make up the Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA) and the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) indicate that medical...
Jun 7 2004 // Medical malpractice is hot on the list of concerns for Nevada’s independent agents, and the state as a whole. With physicians leaving the state due to the lack of affordable med-mal coverage, the crisis has caught...
Jun 7 2004 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. (Darwin) announced that an affiliate, Platte River Insurance Company, has gained the approval of the Oklahoma Department of Insurance to write hospital professional liability coverage...
Jun 7 2004 // Medical malpractice insurance rates are on the rise in Wyoming, and lawmakers anticipate being called into a special legislative session this summer to address the issue.The Doctors Co., which insures about 30 percent of...
Jun 7 2004 // While insurers and lawyers groups have debated the merits of capping medical malpractice awards in the statehouses and on Capitol Hill, the reality of soaring jury awards, insurance premiums and seemingly out-of-control...
Jun 1 2004 // Calling a special session to deal with rising medical malpractice insurance rates could be risky if nothing comes out of it, those involved in the debate said May 28.Legislative leaders opted to vote on whether to...
May 26 2004 // A remedy to hold down the escalating costs of medical malpractice insurance has received final approval from New Jersey lawmakers, two years after they first stated working on it.The bill would create a $78 million fund to...
May 21 2004 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. (Darwin) announced approval by the Oklahoma Department of Insurance of Platte River Insurance Company to write hospital professional liability coverage on an admitted basis in...
May 21 2004 // The Oklahoma Senate reported that a special joint House-Senate Committee on Tort Reform has already adopted a provision lauded by medical professionals in a front page story in a Wall Street Journal as the most effective...
May 18 2004 // Massachusetts doctors face their fourth straight year of double-digit malpractice insurance rate increases, according to the Massachusetts Medical Society, with the average rate from the region’s largest insurer...
May 17 2004 // It looks like workers’ compensation will be the big insurance issue when the Texas Legislature meets again in 2005.The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission recently came under fire at the Insurance Council of...
May 13 2004 // The House on Wednesday approved medical liability reform legislation (H.R. 4280) as part of a package of health care related bills designed to help the economy.The measure is part of the Republicans’ “Careers...
May 13 2004 // The Coalition for Affordable and Reliable Health Care (CARH) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing a medical malpractice liability reform package as part of its “Cover the Uninsured Week” and...
May 13 2004 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of B+ (Very Good) of Sierra Health Services Inc.’s (Sierra) core HMO, Health Plan of Nevada Inc (both of Las Vegas, Nev.), and its health insurance company,...
May 10 2004 // A lawsuit has temporarily blocked the state from publicly releasing data on malpractice settlements and judgments against physicians practicing in New Jersey.The information, from a state database on doctors’...
May 7 2004 // New York Governor George E. Pataki and Senator Kemp Hannon have introduced a measure in the state Senate that would strengthen protections for patients and ensure that additional background checks for health professionals...
May 5 2004 // Data compiled from the physician owned and/or operated medical liability insurers that make up the Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA) and the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) indicate that medical...
May 4 2004 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) on Monday declared Iowa’s 2004 legislative session a success for consumers and insurers on key issues affecting the property/casualty market.“From passage of a medical...
May 3 2004 // Medical liability insurer, General Electric Medical Protective, has indicated it will bypass Texas regulators and raise liability insurance rates for doctors and Insurance Commis-sioner José Montemayor is not happy about...