Blame the insurance industry: but not if you know what you're talking about.
WITH President Bush's reelection in November, the medical-liability crisis was brought into sharper view. Bush had campaigned on liability reform, and in a January speech reiterated his belief that malpractice lawsuits "drive up insurance costs for all doctors . . . even for those who have never had a...

Maryland to create insurance rate stabilization fund: aimed at curbing malpractice premiums.
As physicians push for professional liability reform at the national level, the Maryland legislature signed off on a bill aimed at halting rising malpractice premiums. The centerpiece of the legislation is a rate stabilization fund for medical professional liability insurance that will be financed through a tax...

Maryland passes insurance rate stabilization fund.
As physicians push for professional liability reform at the national level, the Maryland legislature signed off on a bill aimed at halting rising malpractice premiums. The centerpiece of the legislation is a rate stabilization fund for medical professional liability insurance that will be funded through a tax...

CryoLife settles product liability suits; insurance problems remain.
CryoLife Inc said that it has settled five product liability cases pending against it and three additional cases have been dismissed. The company specializes in the processing and distribution of implantable human living tissues for use in cardiovascular and vascular surgeries in the USA and Canada. However,...

Maryland makes progress on malpractice reform.
As physicians push for professional liability reform at the national level, the Maryland legislature signed off on a bill aimed at halting rising malpractice premiums. The centerpiece of the legislation is a rate stabilization fund for medical professional liability insurance that will be funded through a tax...

Insurers set criteria for VBAC coverage.
The malpractice insurance crisis is prompting a small number of professional liability insurers to institute strict standards for performing vaginal birth after cesarean section. And an Oklahoma insurer last month has gone as far as excluding coverage for the procedure, citing a high number of claims associated...

EPLI.
Rockwood Programs has developed an employment practices liability insurance policy to address the needs of small employers. Companies with 15 employees or fewer are eligible for the coverage. The product is being marketed under the name of The Rockwood Guardian EPLI Program. It offers liability limits of 850,000 and...

Medical malpractice insurers address VBAC risks.
The malpractice insurance crisis is prompting a small number of professional liability insurers to institute strict standards for performing vaginal birth after cesarean section. And an Oklahoma insurer last month has gone as far as excluding coverage for the procedure, citing a high number of claims associated...

D&O.
A new service for corporate clients purchasing locally admitted directors' and officers' liability insurance to cover their international operations and subsidiaries is now available from American International Group Inc. Called AIG Passport, the service provides customers with the opportunity to request from an AIG underwriter a global D&O program...

eCTPL program implemented today.
Accredited insurance companies will start implementing today the enhanced Compulsory Third Party Liability Program (eCTPL) for public utility vehicles (PUVs). It will resolve the anxieties of the public transport sector and the riding public on the malpractices in the old CTPL system. The government, through...