NU Online News Service, Nov. 13, 10:15 a.m.EST
The health care reform bill passed by the House and sent to theSenate is a "trial lawyer's dream," and could have some degree of a"spillover effect" to the property and casualty industry, accordingto Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) President Robert P.Hartwig.
Speaking at the National Underwriter/Ernst & Young21st Annual Executive Conference for the Property andCasualty Industry, Mr. Hartwig said the industry is in an "era ofno tort reform" that began in 2006, adding that a tort crisis couldbe on the horizon by 2012-2014.
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