Physicians face a myriad of financial and legal risks not seen in many other professions, including malpractice lawsuits and personal liability. At the same time, while doctors are among the most ...

PointBridge, a leading managing general underwriter specializing in professional liability insurance, announced today the launch of a new admitted physicians medical malpractice program in partnership ...

News that The Doctors Company is spending $1.3 billion to buy ProAssurance and take the specialty medical insurer private could be a sign of more consolidation among companies in the business of ...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has declared the high price and limited availability of medical malpractice insurance to be an emergency. He wants the Legislature, which convenes this week, to limit punitive ...

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The last straw for ear, nose and throat specialist Dr. Tom Boran and his partner came when their annual malpractice insurance premiums rose to $92,000 from $54,000 this year. Neither has lost a ...

Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) waded into a crowd of more than 200 restless doctors on a recent evening and issued a call to arms: Your help is desperately needed in Annapolis, he said, to ...

Tomorrow is the day that Cary Brown's next medical malpractice insurance bill comes due. It may also be the day he decides whether he can afford to maintain his practice. Like thousands of other ...

Georgia physicians are suffering from two ailments at the same time. On the one hand, they face the threat of frivolous malpractice lawsuits requiring them to practice defensive medicine. To protect ...

The doctors issued six recommendations for reforming the state’s medical malpractice laws to attract and retain more ...

There is one change to our medical system that has increased providers liability insurance rates: private hospital’s ...

Myth: Physician Shortages are Higher in New Mexico. In every state, physician shortages exist, mostly in rural areas. The U.S. HRSA estimates that 19,000 physicians are needed to overcome existing ...