side note: This may not be the federal tort reform most physicians had hoped for, but it is a start. Below please find the official press release from the Health & Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality that details how the $25 million in funding will be allocated. The Department of Health and […]

TDC is set to announce a merger between them and the Utah Medical Insurance Association. The biggest insurers in the nation have been buying up regional companies at an increased rate. This will increase the amount of physicians that TDC insurers up to 76,000. A more in-depth story to come.

side note: The link below references a recent press release from MMIC Group, which provides medical malpractice insurance to physicians, clinics, hospitals and other healthcare facilities, primarily in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The press release announces that MMIC Group received final regulatory approval to change from a stock […]

News about the economy is everywhere. As a national medical malpractice insurance agency, we are constantly talking to physicians and we are constantly hearing about the current state of practicing medicine. And, right now, we are hearing a lot about how physicians are feeling the effects of this terrible economy on their practices. We are […]

Medical Liability Monitor’s 2012 Rate Survey Indicates Medical Professional Liability Insurance Premiums Continue to Shrink, Market Likely Years from Hardening Since 1991, Medical Liability Monitor—an independent, industry newsletter—has been surveying the leading providers of medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) for its annual rate report. This year’s survey reports rates from more than 40 companies that […]

note: This article first appeared in the September 2012 issue of the Medical Liability Monitor, the medical professional liability insurance industry’s preeminent newsletter. To subscribe to the Medical Liability Monitor, click here. The United States’ healthcare delivery system continues to be in a state of flux as it braces for 2014, when key provisions of […]

We know that medical liability insurance coverage is expensive. That is why the agents here at MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com try to get our clients all of the discounts that they qualify for and that is why we are writing about them today –so you, too, are also aware of which discounts you may qualify to receive. 1. […]

No matter where you are located in the U.S., whether you have California med mal insurance or Maine med mal insurance, a gap in coverage is a bad thing. In short, admitted insurance carriers are resistant to cover physicians that have a gap in coverage. What is a gap in coverage? A doctor creates a […]

On Aug. 23, the Mississippi Supreme Court declined to answer whether the state law that places a $1 million cap on non-economic damages in civil cases is constitutional. Currently considering the appeal of a damage award against Sears Roebuck & Co., the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans asked the Mississippi high […]