Medical Malpractice Insurance

The Doctors Company© Provides Automatic Drug Trial Coverage

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The Doctors Company, a leading national medical malpractice insurer has made the process of obtaining coverage for drug trials easier for their policyholders. Existing Doctors Company policyholders participating in clinical trials that are approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) will now benefit from automatic liability coverage. Beginning January 1, 2009 in California, Colorado, Florida, …

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NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company Responds To Recent Credit Crisis

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Norcal Mutual Insurance Company is a leading, California-based, Medical Malpractice Insurance company.  In direct contrast to the volatility of some of the major insurance players (particularly AIG), the CEO of Norcal, James Sunseri,  is very reassuring about Norcal’s financial stability. NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company has no significant exposure to the credit crisis that recently sent shockwaves up …

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The Doctors Company Acquires SCPIE (AHI)

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The medical malpractice insurance industry has been buzzing with the news of the SCPIE (Southern California Physicians Insurance Exchange/American Healthcare Indemnity) acquisition by The Doctors  Company.  The Doctors Company, based in Napa, California, is now the largest insurer of physician and surgeon medical liability in the country.  Whether or not this proves to be better …

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Teleradiology Prompts Medical Malpractice Insurance Quandry

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A California Radiology Group plans to hire a radiologist to read films from his home in Colorado.  A practice commonly referred to as teleradiology, a branch of telemedicine. This teleradiology practice raises questions concerning whether the physician is practicing medicine in California or Colorado and subsequently will the California-based insurance carrier extend coverage for this …

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