The Doctors Co. in California Names Spadacenta Claims Executive

The Doctors Co., based in Napa, Calif., has named Marco Spadacenta senior vice president of claims.

Spadacenta oversees the claims function nationally of the admitted medical professional liability unit, reporting to Robert White, executive vice president of the unit.

Spadacenta was most recently senior vice president of the healthcare malpractice claims department for AIG. He had been with AIG since 1997. Before joining AIG, Spadacenta practiced law in New York, defending bodily injury claims in the general liability, medical malpractice, maritime, aviation, complex tort, product liability, and auto sectors.

The Doctors Co. is a physician-owned medical malpractice insurer, with a reported 82,000 members and over $4.5 billion in assets.