NU Online News Service, July 6, 3:40 p.m. EDT

New York's average medical malpractice insurance rate will increase 5 percent this year, but "the system is still in crisis," said Insurance Superintendent James J. Wrynn.

The fewer than 300 doctors covered by the insurer of last resort, the Medical Malpractice Insurance Pool, will see an average increase of about 10 percent, Superintendent Wrynn said in a statement.

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