Huge jury verdicts, once potent political issues in a state known as “tort hell,” are getting little mention in this year’s race for Alabama governor. Dr. Robert Bentley, the Republican nominee, has called for limits on medical malpractice suits, but …
Dog bite claims cost the insurance industry $412 million in 2009, an increase of 6.4 percent from 2008. Dog bites account for more than one-third of all homeowners insurance liability claims paid out in 2009, says the Insurance Information Institute …
A study from the American Medical Association (AMA) reports that an average of 95 medical liability claims are filed for every 100 physicians, almost one per physician. The AMA says its report has data not available anywhere else, including information …
The UK’s insurers are detecting more fraudulent insurance claims than ever according to figures released by the Association of British Insurers. The ABI said that insurers had received over 2,000 dishonest insurance claims every week in 2009, worth more than …
The two oil companies that are BP’s partners in the now-capped oil well told Congress Thursday they will not set aside money for cleanup costs along the Gulf Coast because it is BP’s responsibility. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and MOEX, a …
The family of an 8-year-old girl who was attacked by a pit bull on her birthday is now wondering how to pay for a large hospital bill. Eileen King has nothing but praise for the treatment her daughter Hailey received …
Low reimbursements from public health insurance programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, have prompted hospitals to shift costs to automobile insurance companies—raising auto injury claim costs and forcing auto insurers to more closely scrutinize and negotiate hospital bills prior to …
Airlines which stand to lose millions of euros from a cloud of Icelandic volcanic ash disrupting flights and closing airports across northern Europe are expected to have little recourse to recoup losses from insurance companies. “Normally, the airlines are not …
The average indemnity and expense payments in nurse practitioner liability claims have increased at a rate of 2.3 percent per year over the past 10 years, according to an insurer’s review of claims. Pediatric/neonatal specialty has the highest average severity, …
The Georgia Supreme Court has struck a cap on medical malpractice awards imposed in 2005 as part of a package of legislative tort reforms. The state’s high court said the law limiting noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases violates the …