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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 3, 2011
Auto insurers Mercury General Corp., Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. and Safety Insurance Group Inc. each report drops in third-quarter income, with Los Angeles-based Mercury General posting a $3.8 million loss.
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By Staff Writer |
October 19, 2011
Jacksonville, Fla. company is now part of national medical liability insurer.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
September 16, 2011
Medical-malpractice insurers are enjoying profitable results, even though rates are decreasing. “It’s a good time to be in this line of business,” says Robert Allen, senior vice president of medical-professional liability for Torus.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
August 19, 2011
Moody’s says second-quarter catastrophes took a toll on property and casualty insurer’s earnings, but there are no signs that price competition on the commercial side will let up anytime soon.
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By Staff Writer |
August 12, 2011
The shareholders of FPIC Insurance Group, Inc. have approved the acquisition of FPIC by The Doctors Co.
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By Staff Writer |
May 25, 2011
The Doctors Company, the nation's largest insurer of physician and surgeon medical professional liability, has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase FPIC Insurance Group of Jacksonville, Fla.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 7, 2011
Legislation setting federal limits on medical liability claims, modeled after California’s 30-year-old medical liability law, was introduced in the House late last Monday. It imposes a $250,000 cap on…
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 25, 2011
Legislation establishing federal limits on medical liability claims has been introduced in the House.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
September 27, 2010
Health care reform "is going to change everything" for medical professional liability insurers--and not necessarily for the better, warns the top executive of one of the largest writers of the coverage in the United States.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
September 14, 2010
A trade group representing medical professional liability insurance companies pointed to a new study indicating that physicians practicing defense medicine cost the U.S. health system $45 billion annually.
