Brene Brown. By now, you’ve probably heard her name or heard about one of her TED Talks (see below). Dr. Brown has researched shame and vulnerability and how it impacts individuals’ lives. In her research regarding shame, she has tried to learn how individuals can overcome shame and why some suffer so much more than […]

We know that you have a lot of choices for your medical malpractice insurance. Here are 8 reasons we think we are the best option out there: 1. We are an independent agent. We can give you choices and options, and therefore, we can get you the best coverage for your situation at the best […]

We knew it was bound to happen. Patients now say that they want to communicate with their physician via Facebook. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that we have often talked about how important it is to thoughtfully and carefully use and manage electronic communication (especially social media) in a […]

We here at Cunningham Group understand that you don’t want to have to pay any more than you have to for your medical malpractice insurance. It’s a major expense and we get it. But what can you do? You can learn from others’ mistakes! Here are 5 ways you will end up paying more for […]

Many pieces have been written over the years about defensive medicine and how it raises the cost of health care and provides unnecessary care to patients. But, a recent article in The New Yorker takes this information a bit further. “Overkill,” by Atul Gawande shows us how such care is actually harming patients both physically […]

Welcome to the new Cunningham Group Insurance website! To our longtime readers, thanks for following us here. For those of you who are new, welcome, we also used to be MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com. Why did we join forces with our parent company? Cunningham Group has always been the parent company of MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com. We decided to merge the […]

A lot of spa owners may think that their malpractice insurance is the most important type of insurance they need. Certainly, malpractice insurance is very important, but today, let’s talk about the importance of Business Owner’s Insurance. First and foremost, a spa is a business. And, as a business, there are many concerns above and […]

With medical malpractice insurance being one of the most significant expenses that physicians face yearly, one of the first questions physicians ask us is, “How much is this going to cost me?” There are several factors that determine the general cost of malpractice insurance. 1. Your medical specialty. As you’d probably guess, specialties that involve […]

For most physicians, their medical malpractice insurance company doesn’t matter until, well, it does. When a physician faces a claim, it is important to know who is defending him or her and how. The next several months up to years can be spent dealing with one’s insurance company. And, because the inherent nature of being […]