Gallagher Bassett Hires Cyber Practice Leader Kirsten Mickelson has joined Gallagher Bassett as cyber practice leader for its specialty liability division, GB Specialty. Mickelson has more than a decade of cyber claims industry experience, GB said in a press release. …
Social inflation accounts for 8 to 11 percent of all medical malpractice losses for carriers that insure physicians, according to an actuarial analysis commissioned by The Doctors Co. TDC hired Moore Actuarial Consulting to estimate how much insurers’ average losses …
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court on Thursday reversed its own two-decade-old rule that required medical malpractice cases to be filed in the county where the alleged harm occurred, a win for civil plaintiffs and the lawyers who represent …
The number of malpractice claims filed against hospitals and physicians dropped 14% last year, even as premiums rose 22% on average, according to a report by the American Society for Health Care Risk Management and Aon. An analysis of Aon’s …
Conn.-based CMIC Group, a medical professional liability insurer, welcomed Lisa Anthony as a loss prevention specialist. Anthony has more than 25 years experience in loss prevention and risk management. She most recently served as a risk manager for Saint Mary’s …
The U.S. medical professional liability (MPL) market has been profitable in recent yearsbut challenges await MPL insurers because an influx of newlyinsured patients, coupled with health care delivery system changes, could expand the risks MPL insurers face, the Casualty Actuarial …
Jacksonville-based MedMal Direct Insurance Company (MedMal Direct) announces it has received its certificate of authority from the Georgia Department of Insurance and has officially launched operations as a medical malpractice insurance carrier in Georgia. MedMal Direct enables physicians to realize …
Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co. (LAMMICO), based in Metairie, announced a sixth consecutive dividend for all LAMMICO policyholders in Louisiana and Arkansas. The announcement affects just over 6,000 policyholders, who will receive a 10 percent dividend of a policyholder’s written …
CMIC, a doctor-owned medical professional liability insurer serving New England, named Denise Condron senior loss prevention consultant. Condron brings 20 years of healthcare experience in both clinical and administrative roles to her position at CMIC. She most recently served as …
The way health care is delivered and financed is undergoing major change, and this is reshaping the risks that hospitals and physicians face on a daily basis. Among other challenges, hospital risk managers are grappling with greater physician integration and …