By Camille Hughes Guard Staff Writer http://www.guardonline.com Holding a police radio in a hand that’s more accustomed to the cool metal of a stethoscope, local physician Doug Bernard has officially become a “SWAT doc.â€? While a career in medicine might be enough to keep most people busy, Bernard is definitely not “mostâ€? people. The 43-year […]

The Insurance professionals only source for News Premier Physicians Insurance Company (PPIC), a Risk Retention Group, celebrates its one-year anniversary with several achievements in its mission to provide Nevada physicians with stabilized medical malpractice liability insurance. In one year, the company has insured more than 100 physicians. PPIC has surpassed $2.5 million in capital and […]

http://www.earthtimes.org Every hour five babies are born prematurely. With the rise in women giving birth later in life, the use of assisted reproductive technology escalates-as does the percentage of newborn babies born high-risk. Dr. Edith McCarthy, a leading Manhattan-based physician certified in both Pediatric Medicine and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, is changing the face of pediatric care […]

The Insurance professionals only source for News The medical malpractice insurance sector for years has been viewed as an industry in crisis. In 2001, the crisis heightened when St. Paul Cos., the nation’s leading medical malpractice insurer, exited the market, leaving more than $583 million of malpractice premium in search of a new home. During […]

A New Haven Register Editorial http://www.nhregister.com Cost in insurance settlements should be incentive for greater emphasis on safety. Thanks to a law passed by the legislature in 2005, lawmakers now have some concrete numbers if it wishes to ever revisit that year’s bruising debate on medical malpractice insurance. Part of the law requires that insurance […]

By Associated Press http://business.bostonherald.com/ An Indiana insurance company that raised medical malpractice rates 90 percent three years ago is now asking Connecticut regulators for permission to cut them by 24 percent. Doctors say they don’t expect much change even if regulators approve the request from the company, one of just four that provides medical malpractice […]

By DIANE LEVICK, Courant Staff Writer http://www.courant.com The Medical Protective Co., a malpractice insurer that raised its Connecticut rates nearly 90 percent three years ago, plans to reduce rates an average 24.2 percent and insure more physicians in the state. The company, which is known as “MedPro” and was acquired in June 2005 by Warren […]

http://www.naplesnews.com A state-by-state examination of medical malpractice claims paid in 2006 shows that Florida’s average payout was lower than the national average, resurrecting the debate about the merits and pitfalls of tort reform that is expected to change the malpractice climate in the state. As in the past, trial attorneys, the medical community and the […]

Christopher Rizo – AHN Staff Writer http://www.allheadlinenews.com The Oregon state Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Wednesday to improve a program to keep the skyrocketing cost of malpractice insurance from driving doctors from small towns. With a 29-1 vote, lawmakers agreed that a 2003 law intended to lure more doctors to rural parts of Oregon needed to […]