Posts tagged "medical malpractice insurance"

Medical malpractice insurer Curi recently announced that Jason Sandner will take over as its next chief executive officer on July 1, 2021, when current CEO Dale Jenkins steps down after more than 25 years of service to the company. Sandner is currently the company’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Jenkins will continue to […]

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Arguments in favor of and against New Mexico’s medical malpractice compensatory damage cap were made last month, and now the question as to whether it is constitutional rests in the hands of five justices on the state’s Supreme Court. The compensatory cap limits economic and noneconomic damages, but not medical costs or punitive damages, to […]

For primary care physicians, diagnostic errors are the leading type of malpractice claim, accounting for the highest proportion of indemnity paid, according to a just-released Primary Care Red Signal Report from Coverys. The analysis of primary care claims is the second in a planned series of claims-trend reporting intended to identify risks and illuminate safety […]

The MPL Association, the organization representing the medical professional liability (MPL) insurance community, has issued a reminder that its annual Conference took place from May 15 to 17 at the Marriott Portland Waterfront Hotel in Portland, Oregon. The Conference is open to both MPL Association members and non-members. Why Attend the MPL Conference? “This event […]

MLMIC Insurance Co. announced last month the completion of its conversion from a property-and-casualty mutual insurance company to a property-and-casualty stock insurance company and the finalization of its $2.5 billion acquisition by National Indemnity Co., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. The conversion and acquisition followed a September 6 approval by the Superintendent of the […]

Amidst Healthcare Uncertainty, PIAA 2017 Medical Liability Conference Focused on Current Challenges, Future Concerns Hosted at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo., with the backdrop of a Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act stalled between the U.S. House and Senate, the 2017 PIAA Medical Liability Conference convened from May 17 […]

by Michael Matray, editor of Medical Liability Monitor New York’s medical malpractice insurance market was the subject of two lengthy articles last month that examined the state’s shifting competitive landscape and the questionable finances of its second-largest insurer of medical liability, Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers (PRI). In an article dated April 9, Politico New York primarily […]

Source: WalletHub Earlier this month, personal finance site WalletHub published a report ranking the best and worst states for physicians. They based the rankings on a variety of factors, including the cost of medical malpractice insurance, the amount of malpractice award payouts per capita in the previous year and average physician wages, as well as […]