Malpractice Insurers Face a Tough Market
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In Maryland, requests from state's largest malpractice insurer to raise premiums an average of 41 percent has triggered a fierce debate.
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Some strategies for playing a possible insurance industry downturn.
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The friction that sometimes strains the patient-doctor relationship when lawyers seek medical care is at an all-time high.
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New York and Connecticut officials say they are investigating whether improper behavior by insurance firms has been a factor in the rapidly rising cost of malpractice insurance for lawyers and doctors.
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MRSA compensation claims may become more prevalent as lawyers turn to workplace safety laws to pursue hospitals.
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Insurers are disappearing from the market.
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Less than three years after Maryland began subsidizing medical malpractice insurance premiums for doctors, the state's leading malpractice insurer is reducing rates and offering doctors a rebate.
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Even as the options-backdating scandal continues to grow, law firms that represent shareholders are struggling to find a foothold.
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TORRID times for with-profits policyholders are far from over. And, if concessions from life insurance giants are to be heeded, it could be all downhill from here.
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The Supreme Court made it harder for consumers to sue manufacturers of federally approved medical devices.
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Consumers face what many health care experts describe as two distinct tracks of care for those lucky enough to have insurance through their employer.
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The insurance industry is one of Washington's fiercest and best-funded lobbies, so it rarely gets surprised. But last week several industry representatives privately acknowledged amazement that their most important federal benefit -- an antitrust exemption -- is in danger.
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Mike Cavanaugh is an electrician by trade, but once a year he immerses himself in the U.S. health insurance industry in an increasingly futile search for affordable medical coverage for his 25 employees.
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Insuring companies for costs related to data breaches used to be a slow business, but after the multimillion-dollar TJX case, companies are suddenly scrambling for coverage -- and some are being rejected by insurers for inadequate policies and procedures.
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According to a report by a hospital trade group, the cost of medical malpractice insurance in New York City, Westchester County and on Long Island has risen by nearly 150 percent since 1999.
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and, in many cases, downright disastrous. But in the managed health-care industry, deal-making has become a necessity for growth. An
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A chill is in the air for hospitals accustomed to having insurers pay ever higher prices for hospital services. That era appears to be ending.