Kenesey to Lead The Medical Protective Company.
Jones to Lead Global Business Development & Services OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Employers Reinsurance Corporation (ERC), a GE company (NYSE: GE) announced today that Tim Kenesey has been appointed President of The Medical Protective Company and that Robert B. Jones has been...

Risk Managers Access Wealth of Solutions from GE Global Asset Protection Services(SM).
New Offering from Industrial Risk Insurers HARTFORD, Conn., April 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Employers Reinsurance Corporation (ERC), a GE company (NYSE: GE) today announced the introduction of GE Global Asset Protection(SM) Services at the 39th RIMS Annual Conference and Exhibition in Atlanta. Through GE Global Asset...

Eudy to Lead Industrial Risk Insurers.
Brock to Lead GE Global Asset Protection Services Expansion of Risk Management Services Planned HARTFORD, Conn., April 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Employers Reinsurance Corporation (ERC), a GE company (NYSE: GE) announced today that Dan Eudy has been appointed President of Industrial Risk Insurers (IRI)...

Techinsurance.com Teams Up With the #1 B2B Staffing Site, Subcontract.com.
ALLEN, Texas, July 25 /PRNewswire/ - Techinsurance announced today the launch of a unique partnership with Subcontract.com (formerly Subcontractus.com), the leading subcontracting portal in the U.S. and Europe. James M. Cochran, president of Techinsurance, said this agreement represents an exciting opportunity for his company to...

Professionals Group Announces Transaction Financing Arranged.
OKEMOS, Mich., May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Professionals Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: PICM) said today ProAssurance Corporation has finalized financing arrangements for the proposed consolidation of Medical Assurance (NYSE: MAI) and Professionals Group. ProAssurance Corporation is the holding company to be formed as a result of that proposed consolidation....

Excessive heat: suit against nursing home not covered by insurance.
During a spring heat wave the administrator of the nursing home made the decision not to turn on the air conditioning. Four elderly residents died from the heat. One of the deceased resident's daughters sued the nursing home and obtained a civil court judgment for $275,000. She...

Navigating the EPLI Maze.
Published by Bowne & Co. Inc., New York, 41 pages, $10.00 REVIEWED BY MICHAEL L. GASSMANN Few types of insurance have grown as rapidly - and evolved as quickly - as employment practices liability (EPL) insurance. Since the early 1990s (when Title VII of the...

Of swords and shields: the role of clinical practice guidelines in medical malpractice litigation.
INTRODUCTION For several decades, state legislatures and courts have struggled with the question of how to rationalize the system of tort liability as it relates to medical malpractice. It has become commonplace to speak of the costs of malpractice litigation as having reached "crisis" levels, with profound...

The medical director as educator: an interview with Elizabeth M. Gallup, MD, JD, MBA. (The Evolving Role of the Physician Executive).
Q. IS THE ROLE OF THE medical director evolving or changing as we approach the millennium? Gallup: The answer to that question is what they taught me always to answer in law school: "It depends." It really does depend on the entity for which the person is...

Herman Brings Fidelity and Surety Bond ADR Experience to Christie Pabarue Mortensen and Young; Adds New Practice Areas to Growing Law Firm.
PHILADELPHIA, July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Charles J. (Bud) Herman has joined the Philadelphia-based law firm of Christie, Pabarue, Mortensen and Young as a shareholder. Herman was previously Director of Insurance and Litigation Consulting at BDO Siedman, LLP in Philadelphia. His practice focuses on Fidelity, Surety, Arbitration/Mediation Complex...