11/27/2022: Due to a local power outage, the MPL Association’s phone system is currently offline. For email addresses, please see the Staff Directory.
As we approach the culmination of the biannual event known as “the most important election of our lifetime,” it is an opportune moment to assess what this election has in store with regard to the medical professional liability community.
Wednesday, October 23, 2:00 p.m. ET Join the MPL Association for an in-depth discussion of the drivers and trends related to high-indemnity medical professional liability claims.
Dr. Carl Hook Receives 2024 MPL Association Award of Excellence in Honor of Peter Sweetland
MPL Association Names Recipients of 2024 MPL Industry Defender Award
A new article in Inside Medical Liability Online interviews industry experts to provide insight into the impact of staffing shortages on hospitals and healthcare systems and on MPL—including the issue of patient safety.
By Amy Buttell
The MPL insurance industry is challenged with optimizing indemnity payments and controlling allocated loss adjustment expenses. In this article by Optimalex, gain insight into how AI claims analytics are used to reduce claims handling time and both indemnity and ALAE.
By Frank Giaoui, Jòan Gondolo, and Luv Aggarwal
According to experts in talent acquisition and compensation, the labor market for the MPL insurance industry is going into a transition phase. A new article explores the challenges and opportunities in staffing.
A review of the MPL Association’s Data Sharing Project closed claims database shows that approximately 12% of the 29,153 claims and lawsuits closed between 2018 and 2022 involved cardiovascular disease as the resulting medical condition.
ECRI has conducted extensive research into the effectiveness of the new class of “diet drugs” and shares the key takeaways and insights that were found.
By Eileen Cornish
The Dental Defence Union presents a case study on how to properly handle an erroneous extraction.
By David Lauder
From the state to the federal level, a new article from the MPL Association’s Government Relations Department assesses what the November election has in store with regard to the medical professional liability community.
By Michael C. Stinson
This article from Hall Booth Smith P.C. provides a 50-state survey of the less commonly discussed private civil causes of action potentially arising from or relating to abortion procedures.
By Teresa Pike Tomlinson and Rodrigo Lugo
The MPL Association released a study focused on loss reserves in medical professional liability insurance, which includes the MPL industry’s loss reserve position at the end of 2023, by policy type (occurrence and claims-made), by accident/report year, and in total.
By Bill Burns, ACAS, MAAA, and Kwon Miller
Informed consent requires that a patient understand the risks, benefits, and alternatives of a medical procedure, however, it remains a significant liability concern for surgeons. Learn more from this new article from CRICO that looks at MPL surgical data.
By Hannah Tremont, MPH
A new article from InvoiceCloud discusses how MPL carriers can reduce operational expenses without disrupting short-staffed operations or burdening their hospital and physician clients by employing a high-impact, low-effort strategy to digitize billing, premium collections, and outbound payments.
By Kevin Moon
Insurers navigating market volatility are increasingly seeking asset class distinctive yield opportunities, portfolio diversification, and the potential to enhance portfolio quality—and esoteric asset-backed securities (ABS) are an asset class garnering attention that meets these criteria.
By Mike Nowakowski
The medical professional liability industry is undergoing a period of transformation that includes both technological and business evolution. Read more about this growth, including challenges and solutions in a new article from Sapiens.
By Jiffy Thomas
The past decade has seen a quiet revolution in the provision of many lines of insurance, with managing general agents and managing general underwriters luring talent from insurance companies. Read more to learn how the MPL market has been affected by this change.
By William Pitt