Sentences with phrase «medical malpractice insurers»

«The most recent records and reports of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, and the annual reports of medical malpractice insurers, confirm that not only has the number of insurers providing medical malpractice insurance coverage increased,... the profits would probably shock most concerned.»

We handle large volumes of cases for the Medical Defence Union, Spire, Bupa, Nuffield and medical malpractice insurers such as Marketform, Allied World, RSA, QBE, and Mitsui.

Newsday reported that the state budget passed April 1 renewed a provision preventing the state Department of Financial Services from liquidating medical malpractice insurers with a negative balance.

The Legislature in 1985 passed a law allowing medical malpractice insurers to operate at a loss.

The provision prevents the state Department of Financial Services from liquidating medical malpractice insurers that have a negative balance.

Skelos then allegedly pushed through legislation favorable to PRI including a measure in the 2015 budget that prevented the state Department of Financial Services from liquidating medical malpractice insurers with a negative balance through 2019.

Even though the law requires the state to do a deep analysis of medical malpractice insurers every five years, and make the findings available to the public, no report on PRI has been released for two decades.

Medical malpractice insurers, however, are largely allowed to pick the rates for plans they sell to hospitals.

When Adam Skelos felt that he was being «picked on» at his seldom - show job at a medical malpractice insurer, he called his father, then senate majority leader Dean Skelos, to help sort it out.

Prosecutors say Dean Skelos arranged for his son to receive more than $ 300,000 through bribes, gratuities and extortion payments from a major real estate developer, an environmental technology company and a medical malpractice insurer.

PRI's main competitor, the largest medical malpractice insurer operating in New York, is Latham - based Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company.

«Allowing a medical malpractice insurer to operate in the red is terribly risky,» said Ellen Melchionni, president of the New York Insurance Association, which represents property and casualty insurers.

Prosecutors also say Adam Skelos was paid over $ 100,000 by a medical malpractice insurer seeking to curry favor with his dad.

The indictment added to the accusations by claiming that Adam Skelos received more than $ 100,000 in payments and health benefits from a medical malpractice insurer.

Bonomo, an attorney, is a board member of Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers (PRI), a medical malpractice insurer.

PRI is a medical malpractice insurer that has donated heavily to top New York politicians, and figured prominently in the corruption trial of ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

At trial, the government had accused the elder Skelos of strong - arming three companies with a stake in state legislation — a major real estate developer, an environmental technology company and a medical malpractice insurer — into giving his son about $ 300,000 through consulting work, a no - show job and a payment of $ 20,000.

In the trial, prosecutors persuaded the jury that Mr. Skelos and his son had used the father's official position to pressure a Manhattan developer, an environmental technology company and a medical malpractice insurer to provide Adam Skelos with roughly $ 300,000 via consulting work, a no - show job and a direct payment of $ 20,000.

Conniff, a former assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District, questioned the testimony of real estate executive Charles Dorego and Anthony Bonomo, the head of a medical malpractice insurer, for being similar to each other.

At trial, prosecutors presented evidence that the elder Mr. Skelos, 68, used his position as majority leader to pressure a real estate developer, an environmental technology company and a medical malpractice insurer — firms that depended on his support as senator for legislation that benefited their interests — to provide Adam Skelos with consulting work, a direct payment of $ 20,000 and a job that required him to do virtually no work.

For roughly three hours Tuesday afternoon, Mukhi detailed three «schemes» in which the senator and his son, Adam, were allegedly involved: with a real estate developer (Glenwood Management), an environmental technology company (AbTech) and a medical malpractice insurer (Physicians Reciprocal Insurer).

Mr. Skelos, 67, a Long Island Republican, and his son, Adam B. Skelos, 33, were found guilty on Friday of bribery, extortion and conspiracy charges, for schemes that exploited the senator's position to pressure a developer, an environmental technology company and a medical malpractice insurer to provide the son with hundreds of thousands of dollars in consulting fees and a no - show job.

And in a June 23 newsletter to members, the Doctors Company — the nation's largest physician - owned medical malpractice insurer — said its group and other members of the coalition «worked to draft new federal medical liability legislation.»

At trial plaintiff's counsel attempted to impeach a defense expert with his history of payment from a medical malpractice insurer, by whom he had been paid on several occasions for testimony or opinions.

The report was compiled by the nation's biggest physician - owned medical malpractice insurer and is based on almost 1,500 claims filed against NPs and family medicine and internal medicine doctors from the time span of January 2011 through December 2015.

In fact, California's medical malpractice insurance industry has become so bloated due to this cap, that «as little as 2 or 3 percent of premiums are used to pay claims» and «the state's biggest medical malpractice insurer, Napa - based The Doctors Company, spent only 10 percent of the $ 179 million collected in premiums on claims in 2009.»

SC09 - 301 — In Re: Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases — Report No. 09 - 05 (Medical Malpractice Insurer's Bad Faith Failure to Settle)

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Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers, a Long Island company and one of the largest medical malpractice insurance firms in the state, fired its CEO, Anthony Bonomo.

The medical malpractice firm that plays a role in the indictment of Sen. Dean Skelos and his son is reportedly the politically connected Physicians Reciprocal Insurers.

Multiple sources told Capital the unnamed firm cited in the six - count indictment is likely the politically connected Physicians Reciprocal Insurers, the second - largest medical malpractice firm in the state.

The company attributed its financial problems to a statewide hold on medical malpractice premiums enacted by Governor Eliot Spitzer, and at the time, P.R.I. was lobbying the state for changes in the way insurers do their accounting.

On paper, New York's second - largest medical malpractice insurance company struggled in 2015: Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers» liabilities surged to $ 138 million more than its assets, a gap that had been $ 86 million a year before.

Those companies, prosecutors say, include real estate giant Glenwood Management, AbTech Industries, an environmental technology company, and Physicians Reciprocal Insurers, a medical malpractice firm.

Last June, Faso voted in favor of the cynically dubbed Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017, a bill that sides with insurers, against the rights of patients who have been injured by medical malpractice.

Newsday is reporting that «state lawmakers tucked into this year's state budget an extension of a law that grants a significant benefit to medical malpractice insurance companies operating in the red, such as Roslyn - based Physicians Reciprocal Insurers, a company linked to the federal probe of Sen. Dean Skelos.

ALBANY — Anthony Bonomo, who was a star witness for the prosecution in the trial of ex-Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, has been ousted from running New York's second biggest medical malpractice firm, Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers.

Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers has also spent six - figure sums lobbying on issues related to medical malpractice, in addition to the recent $ 50,000 gift.

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She exclusively serves people who have suffered physical and psychological harm through motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, occupiers» liability, and other forms of negligence, as well as people whose insurers have failed to provide them the coverage to which they are entitled.

«A new study by Dartmouth College researchers, published May 31 by the journal Health Affairs and reported yesterday in The Boston Globe, says that increases in doctors» insurance premiums are the result not of medical malpractice lawsuits, but of insurers» poor investments...»

We are networked globally and help insurers and their risks manage medical malpractice exposures across the globe.

During a recent medical malpractice insurance industry webinar sponsored by A.M. Best company, Richard Anderson, Chairman and CEO of insurer The Doctors Company — and vigorous «tort reform» advocate — said which of the following:

Illinois Needs Insurance Reform For years the insurance industry has tried to convince the public that patients who are victims of medical errors are responsible for increased health care costs, even though Illinois» largest malpractice insurer has reported that payouts have remained flat for more than a decade.

In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Palmer has taught Law and Medicine and Trial Techniques as an Adjunct Professor at Washburn University Law School and has given over 75 lectures on areas of substantive legal practice in the areas of product liability, medical malpractice, automobile liability, and third - party liability of insurers.

It will be far more challenging, if not difficult, to get the settlement you require as well as are entitled to without the help of a proficient attorney — specifically in cases involving severe injuries, disabling injuries, medical malpractice, toxic direct exposure, and issues with the insurer.

One study of leading medical malpractice insurance companies» financial statements found that the insurers artificially raise doctors» premiums and mislead the public about the nature of medical negligence claims.

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Termination of a medical malpractice policy by cancellation is not effective for patients claiming against the insured unless written notice is given to the Department of Insurance at least 30 days in advance of the cancellation, and to the insured in case of cancellation by the insurer.