By Emilie Reymond http://www.outsourcing-pharma.com Insurance firm Darwin is targeting the booming contract research organisation (CRO) market by launching its own insurance cover designed specifically for companies or organisations involved in clinical research. “We are excited to lead the charge with our innovative CRLI product, specifically designed to address the comprehensive array of exposures that are […]

by John O’Brien http://www.legalnewsline.com Indiana’s Supreme Court recently decided that a policyholder from a failed insurance company may recover from the Indiana Insurance Guaranty Association for lost wages of a deceased claimant up to the point of payment. The case involved the 1997 death of James Brown, who passed away after spending three days at […]

By ADAM LONGO 6 News Reporter http://www.wate.com A political battle in Nashville is pitting state doctors on one side and trial lawyers on the other. For years, the two groups have fought over medical malpractice reform. Now, legislation to cool the issue is moving ahead. A bill unanimously passed the State Senate that tackles medical […]

Rob Stein, Washington Post http://www.sfgate.com The nation’s largest medical specialty group is challenging a widely accepted recommendation that women should routinely undergo mammograms in their 40s, saying the risks of the breast exams may outweigh the benefit for many women. Reopening a long-running debate, the American College of Physicians, which represents 120,000 internists, plans to […]

By Jose F. Arrascue http://www.sun-sentinel.com South Florida Sun-Sentinel readers of this newspaper may remember seeing stories about some emergency patients being transferred from Palm Beach County to Broward County due to a lack of capacity to treat them in Palm Beach, where they should be treated. Understandably, Broward’s doctors aren’t happy about the practice, and […]

BY KAREN KARASZKIEWICZ, TIMES STAFF WRITER http://www.carrollcountytimes.com When Dr. John E. Steers began practicing medicine in 1971, his malpractice insurance premium cost him $1,471 a year. By the time he retired in 2005, the Westminster general surgeon was paying close to $75,000 for insurance to protect himself against potential lawsuits. Other overhead costs, such as […]

By Administrator http://www.desahogate.es The 109th Congress took as one of its favorite causes the issue of tort reform, passing legislation that severely limited an injured party’s right to sue and collect damages, and there is an ongoing debate on further restrictions on the ability of people to sue. One thing that is brought up repeatedly […]

http://www.insurancejournal.com National Specialty Underwriters, Inc. (NSU) has announced the hiring of Dianne O’Donnell as sales executive, and Meghan Hamilton as account manager for NSU Healthcare, a division of the company that specializes in the wholesale of medical professional liability to retail brokers nationwide. Advertisement O’Donnell spent the past 14 years focused on medical malpractice insurance–initially […]

By Ronald David Weiss http://www.baltimoresun.com/ As America’s health care crisis deepens, the chorus demanding a universal solution grows louder. Health care is shaping up as one of the top issues in the 2008 presidential race. Like it or not, universal health care may be the only realistic path to pursue. The major challenge is paying […]